Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom
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The Men's slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held on February 24 at Squaw Valley.[1][2]
| Men's slalom at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 24, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 63 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:09.62 | ||||||||||||
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The defending world champion was Josl Rieder of Austria.[3]
During the event, race officials asked CBS if they could review videotape of the race because of a controversy about one skier who was alleged to have missed a gate. This gave CBS producers the idea to invent instant replay.[4]