Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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| Venue | McKinney Creek Stadium |
| Dates | 19–27 February |
| No. of events | 6 |
| Competitors | 112 from 19 nations |
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| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | |
| 30 km | men | |
| 50 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
At the 1960 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday, 19 February, to Saturday, 27 February 1960. All the races took place at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California, United States.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Finland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Men's events
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km |
Håkon Brusveen Norway | 51:55.5 | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | 51:58.6 | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | 52:03.00 |
| 30 km |
Sixten Jernberg Sweden | 1:51:03.9 | Rolf Rämgård Sweden | 1:51:16.9 | Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union | 1:52:28.2 |
| 50 km |
Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland | 2:59:06.3 | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | 2:59:26.7 | Rolf Rämgård Sweden | 3:02:46.7 |
| 4 × 10 km relay |
Finland Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen | 2:18:45.6 | Norway Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen | 2:18:46.4 | Soviet Union Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin | 2:21:21.6 |
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km |
Maria Gusakova Soviet Union | 39:46.6 | Lyubov Baranova Soviet Union | 40:04.2 | Radya Yeroshina Soviet Union | 40:06.0 |
| 3 × 5 km relay |
Sweden Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström | 1:04:21.4 | Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Baranova | 1:05:02.6 | Finland Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti | 1:06:27.5 |
Participating nations
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Argentina (1)
Australia (1)
Bulgaria (4)
Canada (2)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (12)
France (4)
United Team of Germany (14)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (2)
Italy (9)
Japan (4)
South Korea (1)
Norway (7)
Poland (9)
Soviet Union (11)
Sweden (12)
Switzerland (5)
United States (10)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links
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