Australia competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in
Squaw Valley,
United States
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. This was the first and last time Australia competed in
ice hockey
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and
Nordic combined
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. While ice hockey gave Australia its only top ten finish in this games, the team lost all of their matches, conceding double-digit goals. Australia also competed in
alpine skiing,
cross-country skiing, and
figure skating
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, where
Mervyn Bower and
Jacqueline Mason came twelfth in the pairs event.
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Cross-country skiing
;Men
Figure skating
Ice hockey
Team roster
;First round
;Group C
;Consolation round
Nordic combined
Speed skating
See also
*
Australia at the Winter Olympics
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External links
Australia NOCOlympic Winter Institute of Australia
References
;Specific
;General
*"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide
PDF file
*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
(Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
*"Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002
Ice Skating Australia
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