United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1960
Location:	Squaw Valley
Competitors:	79 (61 men, 18 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Don McDermott
Rank:	3
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

The United States was the host nation for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Ice hockey	Men's tournament
		Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
		Speed skating	Men's 500 meters
		Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
	Ronald Ludington	Figure skating	Pairs
		Speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Figure skating	Women's singles

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Figure skating	2	0	2	4
Ice hockey	1	0	0	1
Alpine skiing	0	3	0	3
Speed skating	0	1	1	2
Total	style=background:gold	3	style=background:silver	4	style=background:#c96	3	10

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	1	3	2	6	60.0%
Male	2	1	0	3	30.0%
Mixed	0	0	1	1	10.0%
Total	style=background:gold	3	style=background:silver	4	style=background:#c96	3	7	100%

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gordi Eaton	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	2:14.0	17
Dave Gorsuch	2:11.0	14
Max Marolt	2:14.2	18
Marvin Melville	2:15.9	22
Jim Barrier	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:52.7	16
Tom Corcoran	1:49.7	4
Dave Gorsuch	1:52.3	14
Max Marolt	1:54.9	21
Jim Barrier	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom
Frank Brown	1:58.2	52	1:03.1	12	3:01.3	37
Tom Corcoran	1:12.5	13	1:02.2	9	2:14.7	9
Chuck Ferries	1:16.1	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joan Hannah	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:47.9	21
Linda Meyers	1:53.4	33
Penny Pitou	1:38.6
Betsy Snite
Beverley Anderson	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:57.4	36
Linda Meyers
Penny Pitou	1:40.0
Betsy Snite	1:40.4	4
Beverley Anderson	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:13.1	38	1:00.0	14	2:13.1	26
Renie Cox	59.4	18	59.8	10	1:59.2	9
Penny Pitou	58.5	9	1:21.3	34	2:19.8	33
Betsy Snite	57.4	4	55.5	1	1:52.9

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
John Burritt	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1:46:36.8	5 (0+1+3+1)	14
Larry Damon	1:59:38.2	13 (5+3+3+2)	24
Gustav Hanson	1:58:06.2	9 (3+3+2+1)	23
Dick Mize	1:55:56.2	11 (3+3+5+0)	21

Cross-country skiing

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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Charlie Akers	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 15 km	1:02:35.7	50
Olavi Hirvonen	1:00:38.6	48
Peter Lahdenpera	59:13.0	46
Mack Miller	54:49.0	22
Sven Johanson	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 30 km
Leo Massa	2:16:47.0	42
Mack Miller	2:03:05.4	27
Joe Pete Wilson	2:22:16.2	43
Theodore Farwell	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 50 km	3:49:56.6	31
Leo Massa	3:41:08.2	29
Olavi Hirvonen	3:36:37.8	26
Mack Miller	3:17:23.2	17
Karl Bohlin John Dendahl Peter Lahdenpera Mack Miller	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	2:38:01.8	11

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics. On February 15, 1961, the entire United States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships in Prague. The accident caused the cancellation of the 1961 World Championships and necessitated the building of a new American skating program.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Robert Brewer	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	7	8	1320.3	66	7
Tim Brown	5	4	1374.1	43	5
David Jenkins	2	1	1440.2	10
Carol Heiss	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	1	1	1490.1	9
Laurence Owen	6	6	1343.0	57	6
Barbara Roles	3	2	1414.9	26

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Points	Places	Rank
Ila Ray Hadley Ray Hadley, Jr.	align=left rowspan=3	Pairs	65.7	78	11
Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington	76.2	27.5
Maribel Owen Dudley Richards	67.5	69	10

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

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
Tom Williams

First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	19	6	4
2		2	1	1	0	23	8	2
3		2	0	2	0	2	30	0

• USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia
• USA 12-1 Australia

Medal round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2		5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3		5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4		5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5		5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6		5	0	5	0	5	45	0

• USA 6-3 Sweden
• USA 9-1 Germany (UTG)
• USA 2-1 Canada
• USA 3-2 USSR
• USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
John Cress	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	92.0	99.5	191.5	27	1:12:59.7	183.806	31	375.919	30
Theodore Farwell	86.5	86.0	172.5	30	1:05:09.4	214.194	21	386.694	27
Craig Lussi	83.5	75.0	158.5	31	1:07:55.7	203.419	28	361.919	30
Alfred Vincelette	99.0	91.5	190.5	28	1:07:35.4	204.774	26	395.274	26

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Distance		Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gene Kotlarek	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	84.0	96.5	27	77.0 fall	68.6	44	165.1	42
Ansten Samuelstuen	90.0	107.8	5	79.0	103.7	13	211.5	7
Jon St. Andre	81.5	92.5	34	78.5	99.8	25	192.3	28
Butch Wedin	79.0	93.5	32	72.0	93.6	36	187.1	32

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bill Carow	align=left rowspan=4	500 m
Bill Disney	40.3
Terry McDermott	40.9	7
Eddie Rudolph	41.2	10
Floyd Bedbury	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:18.9	22
Dick Hunt	2:17.7	17
Keith Meyer	2:21.7	29
Eddie Rudolph	2:23.1	35
Floyd Bedbury	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	8:39.6	30
Dick Hunt	8:21.3	17
Arnold Uhrlass	8:18.0	14
Arnold Uhrlass	align=left rowspan=2	10,000 m	16:49.3	15
Ross Zucco	16:37.6	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	46.1
Kathy Mulholland	47.9	10
Jeanne Omelenchuk	49.3	16
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=2	1000 m	1:36.5	8
Jeanne Omelenchuk	1:39.8	15
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:33.7	11
Barb Lockhart	2:37.0	18
Jeanne Omelenchuk	2:36.4	15
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	5:28.5	8
Beverly Buhr	6:03.1	19
Cornelia Harrington	5:57.5	18

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-05.
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. News: Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters. February 16, 1961. 1. The Spokesman-Review. February 19, 2014.
2. News: Still Crystal Clear. The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.. Ford. Bonnie D.. 2011. ESPN. February 19, 2014.