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Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The Men's downhill competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Monday, February 22. The race was postponed from February 19, due to heavy snow fall.

Helmets
This was the first Olympic downhill in which crash helmets were mandatory, following the race death in 1959 of Canadian John Semmelink at Garmisch, West Germany. During his final race, Semmelink wore a leather helmet, which was more protection than many racers used at the time. but most of the Europeans went without. ==Results==
Results
Monday, February 22, 1960 The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −8). : == References ==
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