# Australia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Australia competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. This was the first and last time Australia competed in ice hockey and Nordic combined. 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, where Mervyn Bower and Jacqueline Mason came twelfth in the pairs event.

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Final/Total | Final/Total | Final/Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank |
| Peter Brockhoff | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:39.7 | +33.7 | 57 |
| Peter Brockhoff | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Peter Brockhoff | Slalom | 1:27.3 | 44 | 1:24.4 | 29 | 2:51.7 | +42.8 | 30 |
| Bill Day | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:30.5 | +24.5 | 52 |
| Bill Day | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:12.2 | +23.9 | 41 |
| Bill Day | Slalom | 1:22.1 | 33 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Final/Total | Final/Total | Final/Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank |
| Christine Davy | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:50.6 | +13.0 | 27 |
| Christine Davy | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:50.7 | +10.8 | 32 |
| Christine Davy | Slalom | 1:13.1 | 38 | 1:04.1 | 24 | 2:17.2 | +27.6 | 29 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Richard Walpole | 15 km | 1:06:48.3 | 51 |

## Figure skating

| Athlete(s) | Event | CF | FS | TO | Points | Rank |
| Bill Cherrell | Men's | 19 | 18 | 162 | 1042.3 | 18 |
| Tim Spencer | Men's | 18 | 11 | 142 | 1171.2 | 17 |
| Aileen Shaw | Ladies' | 25 | 24 | 221 | 965.7 | 25 |
| Mary Wilson | Ladies' | 26 | 26 | 232 | 890.2 | 26 |
| Jackie Mason & Mervyn Bower | Pairs | 12 | — | 83 | 63.7 | 12 |

## Ice hockey

Team roster
| Name | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Ben Acton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Ronald Amess | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Cunningham | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Noel Derrick | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Rob Dewhurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Ekberg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Basil Hansen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Clive Hitch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Jones | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| John Nicholas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Peter Parrott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Pawsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Thomas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Steve Tikal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivo Veseley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Wellman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Name | GP | W | T | L | MINS | GA | SO | GAA | A | PIM |
| Noel McLoughlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Reid | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 240 | 66 | 0 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 4 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 2 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 |

### Consolation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 11 | +39 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 57 | −49 | 0 |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Points | Points | Rank |
| Hal Nerdal | Individual | 138.0 | 33 | 1:10:15.6 | 194.387 | 30 | 332.387 | 31 |

## Speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Colin Hickey | 500 m | 41.3 | 13 |
| Colin Hickey | 1500 m | 2:16.1 | 14 |
| Roy Tutty | 500 m | 43.5 | 35 |
| Roy Tutty | 1500 m | 2:23.8 | 37 |