Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre explained

Event:Men's 30km
Games:1960 Winter
Venue:McKinney Creek Stadium
Date:February 19
Competitors:48
Nations:17
Win Value:1:51:03.9
Gold:Sixten Jernberg
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Rolf Rämgård
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Nikolay Anikin
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1956
Next:1964

The 30 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 30 km. The competition was held on Saturday, February 19, 1960 at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]

Sixten Jernberg of Sweden won the gold medal ahead of fellow Swede Rolf Rämgård. Defending Olympic champion Veikko Hakulinen from Finland finished 6th. Three of the 48 competitors did not finish

Results

Rank Name Country Time
1 1:51:03.9
2 1:51:16.9
3 1:52:28.2
4 1:52:49.2
5 1:53:53.2
6 1:54:02.0
7 1:54:06.5
8 1:54:23.9
9 1:55:19.8
10 1:55:35.0
11 1:56:40.2
12 1:56:54.4
13 1:57:09.9
14 1:57:40.5
15 1:58:21.3
16 1:58:46.6
17 1:58:55.0
18 1:58:56.6
19 1:58:57.9
20 1:59:52.8
21 2:01:25.8
22 2:01:27.1
23 2:01:54.7
24 2:02:04.2
25 2:02:05.3
26 2:02:10.6
27 2:03:54.4
28 2:03:25.6
29 2:03:38.9
30 2:03:50.6
31 2:03:54.6
32 2:05:41.2
33 2:05:48.2
34 2:06:12.7
35 2:06:25.5
36 2:06:37.9
37 2:07:07.2
38 2:08:58.6
39 2:11:25.8
40 2:11:50.4
41 2:13:38.9
42 2:16:47.0
43 2:22:16.2
44 2:33:27.4
45 2:48:37.2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 30 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182334/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/CCS/mens-30-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 June 2019.