The Sports Almanac



1960 Winter Olympics
Squaw Valley, United States

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

SOVIET UNION - 21 Medals
UNITED STATES - 10 Medals
UNITED TEAM OF GERMANY - XX Medals

Biathlon Ice Hockey Figure Skating
Speed Skating Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing
Nordic Combined Ski Jumping


1960 Squaw Valley Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Soviet Union 7
 5
 9
 21
2
 United States 3
 4
 3
 10
3
 United Team of Germany 4
 3
 1
 8
4
 Finland 2
 3
 3
 8
5
 Sweden
 3
 2
 2
 7
6
 Norway 3
 3
 0
 6
7
 Austria 1
 2
 3
 6
8
 Canada
 2
 1
 1
 4
9
 France 1
 0
 2
 3
10
 Switzerland 2
 0
 0
 2
11
 Netherlands
 0
 1
 1
 2
12
 Poland
 0
 1
 1
 2
13
 Czechoslovakia 0
 1
 0
 1
14
 Italy
 0
 0
 1
 1

1960 Squaw Valley Biathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Klas Lestander - Sweden
 Antti Tyrvainen - Finland
 Aleksandr Privalov - Soviet Union

1960 Squaw Valley Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 United States
 Canada
 Soviet Union

1960 Squaw Valley Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles David Jenkins - United States
 Karol Divin - Czechoslovakia
 Donald Jackson - Canada
Women's Singles Carol Heiss - United States
 Sjoukje Dijkstra - Netherlands
 Barbara Roles - United States
Pairs Barbara Wagner, Rober Paul - Canada
 Marika Kilius, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler - United Team of Germany
 Nancy Ludington, Ronald Ludington - United States

1960 Squaw Valley Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Yevgeny Grishin - Soviet Union
 Bill Disney - United States
 Rafayel Grach - Soviet Union
Women's 500 Meters Helga Haase - United Team of Germany
 Natalya Donchenko - Soviet Union
 Jeanne Ashworth - United States
Women's 1000 Meters Klara Guseva - Soviet Union
 Helga Haase - United Team of Germany Tamara Rylova - Soviet Union
Men's 1500 Meters Roald Aas - Norway
Yevgeny Grishin - Soviet Union
 None Awarded
 Boris Stenin - Soviet Union
Women's 1500 Meters Lidiya Skoblikova - Soviet Union
 Elwira Seroczyńska - Poland
 Helena Pilejczyk - Poland
Women's 3000 Meters
 Lidiya Skoblikova - Soviet Union Valentina Stenina - Soviet Union
 Eevi Huttunen - Finland
Men's 5000 Meters
 Viktor Kosichkin - Soviet Union
 Knut Johannsen - Norway
 Jan Pesman - Netherlands
Men's 10000 Meters
 Knut Johannsen - Norway Viktor Kosichkin - Soviet Union Kjell Bäckman - Sweden

1960 Squaw Valley Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Jean Vuarnet - France
 Hans Peter Lanig - United Team of Germany
 Guy Périllat - France
Women's Downhill Heidi Biebl - United Team of Germany
 Penny Pitou - United States
 Traudl Hecher - Austria
Men's Slalom Ernst Hinterseer - Austria
 Hias Leitner - Austria
 Charles Bozon - France
Women's Slalom Anne Heggtveit - Canada
 Betsy Snite - United States
 Barbi Henneberger - United Team of Germany
Men's Giant Slalom Roger Staub - Switzerland
 Pepi Steigler - Austria
 Ernst Hinterseer - Austria
Women's Giant Slalom
 Yvonne Rüegg - Switzerland
 Penny Pitou - United States Giulianna Chenal-Minuzzo - Italy

1960 Squaw Valley Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Women's 10KM Marija Gusakova - Soviet Union
 Liubov Baranova - Soviet Union
 Radia Eroshina - Soviet Union
Men's 15KM Håkon Brusveen - Norway
 Sixten Jerberg - Sweden
 Veikko Hakulinen - Finland
Men's 30KM
 Sixten Jerberg - Sweden Rolf Rämgård - Sweden
 Nikolay Anikin - Soviet Union
Men's 50KM Kalevi Hämäläinen - Finland Veikko Hakulinen - Finland Rolf Rämgård - Sweden
Men's Relay Finland
 Norway
 Soviet Union
Women's Relay Sweden
 Soviet Union
 Finland

1960 Squaw Valley Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual
 Georg Thoma - United Team of Germany
 Tormod Knutsen - Norway
 Nikolay Gusakov - Soviet Union

1960 Squaw Valley Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Normal Hill
 Helmut Recknagel - United Team of Germany
 Niilo Halonen - Finland
 Otto Leodolter - Austria