List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners explained

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Squaw Valley, California, United States from February 18 through February 28, 1960. A total of 665 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) 30 Nations were a part of the winter olympics. ~ Timmy totter participated in 27 events across 8 disciplines during the Games.[1]

The Olympic program was adjusted from that of the 1956 Winter Olympics omitting bobsleigh and adding a sport new to Olympic competition, biathlon. Additionally, women's speed skating events were held for the first time in history.[2] [3] The sport of military patrol, similar to biathlon, had previously been a medal sport in 1924 and a demonstration sport in 1928, 1936 and 1948.[4] The removal of bobsleigh was by necessity; organizers felt the lack of possible entrants (a pre-Olympic poll indicated that only nine countries were planning to participate) and the high cost of building the run were sufficient deterrents to leave the bobsled events off the 1960 Olympic program.[5] Both men and women competed at the 1960 Games, with women taking part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, and speed skating.

A total of 131 athletes won medals at the 1960 Games.[6] The Soviet Union was awarded the most medals, with its athletes winning seven gold medals, five silver, and nine bronze, for a total of 21 medals overall. The United States placed second in the overall medal count, with a total of 10 medals, and third in the gold medal count (3), while Germany placed third in the overall medal count, with eight medals in total, and second by golds, with four. Of the 30 NOCs competing in the 1960 Games, 14 won at least one medal, with 10 of these winning at least one gold medal.[6] There was an unofficial bronze medal awarded to Theron Bailie, USA, for the development of the digital clock used for the first time in downhill skiing.

The Scandinavian countries attained considerable success in cross-country skiing, with the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish teams winning 12 of the available 18 medals and the remaining six medals being won by the Soviet Union.[7] Finnish cross-country skier Veikko Hakulinen won the most medals, with three – bronze from the men's 15 kilometres event, silver from the men's 50 kilometres event, and gold from the men's 4 × 10 kilometres relay.[6] [8]

Alpine skiing

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Biathlon

See also: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men's 20 km[15]

Cross-country skiing

See also: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men's 15 km[16]
Men's 30 km[17]
Men's 50 km[18]
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
[19]
Toimi Alatalo
Eero Mäntyranta
Väinö Huhtala
Veikko Hakulinen		[20]
Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Håkon Brusveen		[21]
Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin
Women's 10 km[22]
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
[23]
Irma Johansson
Britt Strandberg
Sonja Edström
Radya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Kozyreva
Siiri Rantanen
Eeva Ruoppa
Toini Pöysti

Figure skating

See also: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Ice hockey

See also: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men's team
[29]
Bill Christian
Roger Christian
Bill Cleary
Bob Cleary
Eugene Grazia
Paul Johnson
Jack Kirrane
John Mayasich
Jack McCartan
Robert McVey
Richard Meredith
Weldon Olson
Edwyn Owen
Rodney Paavola
Lawrence Palmer
Richard Rodenheiser
Tommy Williams		[30]
Bob Attersley
Maurice Benoît
James Connelly
Jack Douglas
Fred Etcher
Robert Forhan
Don Head
Harold Hurley
Ken Laufman
Floyd Martin
Robert McKnight
Cliff Pennington
Donald Rope
Bobby Rousseau
George Samolenko
Harry Sinden
Darryl Sly		[31]
Veniamin Alexandrov
Aleksandr Almetov
Yury Baulin
Mikhail Bychkov
Vladimir Grebennikov
Yevgeny Groshev
Nikolay Karpov
Alfred Kuchevsky
Konstantin Loktev
Stanislav Petukhov
Viktor Pryazhnikov
Nikolai Puchkov
Genrikh Sidorenkov
Nikolai Sologubov
Yury Tsitsinov
Viktor Yakushev
Yevgeni Yorkin

Nordic combined

See also: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual[32]

Ski jumping

See also: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual[33]

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Multiple medalists

Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1960 Winter Olympics are listed below.

AthleteNationSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Cross-country skiing1113
Speed skating2002
Speed skating2002
Cross-country skiing1102
Speed skating1102
Cross-country skiing1102
Cross-country skiing1102
Speed skating1102
Speed skating1102
Alpine skiing1012
Cross-country skiing0202
Alpine skiing0202
Cross-country skiing0112
Cross-country skiing0112
Cross-country skiing0022

Note

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956. 2009. International Olympic Committee. February 10, 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110209174242/http://www.olympic.org/cortina-dampezzo-1956-winter-olympics. February 9, 2011.
  3. News: Winter Games: A biathlon first for a Canadian who wouldn't quit. Clarey. Christopher. February 19, 1994. The New York Times. February 10, 2011.
  4. Frank. W.D.. June 2009. Cold Bullets, Hot Borders: The Shooting War That Russia Won. Skiing Heritage. International Skiing History Association. Denver, Colorado. 29. 2. 39. September 8, 2011.
  5. Web site: 1960 Squaw Valley, U.S.A.. February 1, 2010. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 10, 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20101123174656/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/story/2009/11/26/sp-1960-sqauw.html. November 23, 2010.
  6. Web site: 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games. Kubatko. Justin. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. February 10, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110314065452/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/. March 14, 2011.
  7. Web site: Cross country skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games. Kubatko. Justin. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. February 10, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122219/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/CCS/. July 16, 2011.
  8. Web site: Veikko Hakulinen. Kubatko. Justin. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. February 10, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122226/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/veikko-hakulinen-1.html. July 16, 2011.
  9. Kubatko, Justin. "Alpine Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's Downhill ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
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