Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre explained

Event:	Men's 15km
Games:	1960 Winter
Venue:	McKinney Creek Stadium
Date:	February 23
Competitors:	54
Nations:	19
Win Value:	51:55.5
Gold:	Håkon Brusveen
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Sixten Jernberg
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Veikko Hakulinen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

The 15 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the second appearance of the event at its length of 15 km. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 23, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.^[1]

Håkon Brusveen of Norway won his only Olympic gold medal, 3 seconds ahead of the 30 km gold medallist, Sixten Jernberg. Defending Olympic champion and fellow Norwegian, Hallgeir Brenden finished 12th.

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1			51:55.5
2			51:58.6
3			52:03.0
4			52:18.0
6			52:40.6
7			52:41.0
8			52:47.3
9			52:53.5
10			52:55.0
11			53:02.2
12			53:10.3
13			53:11.5
14			53:24.1
15			53:29.1
16			53:36.6
17			53:49.8
18			54:13.3
19			54:31.1
20			54:42.3
21			54:44.5
22			54:49.0
23			54:52.7
24			55:25.6
25			55:38.5
26			55:44.1
27			55:58.9
28			55:59.4
29			56:01.5
30			56:15.0
31			56:30.1
32			56:54.4
33			56:55.4
34			57:02.9
35			57:04.7
36			57:23.7
37			57:36.7
38			57:40.3
39			57:43.9
40			57:49.1
41			58:03.6
42			58:04.6
43			58:09.1
44			58:35.0
45			58:57.0
46			59:13.0
47			59:42.0
48			1:00:38.6
49			1:01:32.9
50			1:02:35.7
51			1:06:48.3
52			1:07:34.0
53			1:09:59.3
54			1:15:26.5

External links

• 1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/CCS/mens-15-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 June 2019.