List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners

Canadian alpine skiing gold medalist Anne Heggtveit poses with her medal.

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) 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, men's biathlon.^[1][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 from the Olympic program was by necessity; the site for the 1960 Games lacked a bobsleigh track and the funds were not available to build one. Despite only five nations confirming their intention to take part, the removal of the event from the program garnered international criticism.^[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 medal count, with a total of 10 medals, and Germany placed third, with eight medals overall. 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 a 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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's downhill[9]	Jean Vuarnet France (FRA)	Hans-Peter Lanig Germany (EUA)	Guy Périllat France (FRA)
Men's slalom[10]	Ernst Hinterseer Austria (AUT)	Hias Leitner Austria (AUT)	Charles Bozon France (FRA)
Men's giant slalom[11]	Roger Staub Switzerland (SUI)	Josef Stiegler Austria (AUT)	Ernst Hinterseer Austria (AUT)
Women's downhill[12]	Heidi Biebl Germany (EUA)	Penelope Pitou United States (USA)	Traudl Hecher Austria (AUT)
Women's slalom[13]	Anne Heggtveit Canada (CAN)	Betsy Snite United States (USA)	Barbara Henneberger Germany (EUA)
Women's giant slalom[14]	Yvonne Rüegg Switzerland (SUI)	Penelope Pitou United States (USA)	Giuliana Minuzzo Italy (ITA)

Biathlon

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 20 km[15]	Klas Lestander Sweden (SWE)	Antti Tyrväinen Finland (FIN)	Aleksandr Privalov Soviet Union (URS)

Cross-country skiing

Sixten Jernberg (left), who represented Sweden, won two medals including a gold in the 30 km race.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 15 km[16]	Håkon Brusveen Norway (NOR)	Sixten Jernberg Sweden (SWE)	Veikko Hakulinen Finland (FIN)
Men's 30 km[17]	Sixten Jernberg Sweden (SWE)	Rolf Rämgård Sweden (SWE)	Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union (URS)
Men's 50 km[18]	Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland (FIN)	Veikko Hakulinen Finland (FIN)	Rolf Rämgård Sweden (SWE)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay	Finland (FIN)[19] Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen	Norway (NOR)[20] Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen	Soviet Union (URS)[21] Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin
Women's 10 km[22]	Maria Gusakova Soviet Union (URS)	Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union (URS)	Radya Yeroshina Soviet Union (URS)
Women's 3 × 5 km relay	Sweden (SWE)[23] Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Edström	Soviet Union (URS)[21] Radya Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva	Finland (FIN)[19] Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti

Figure skating

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles[24]	David Jenkins United States (USA)	Karol Divín Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Donald Jackson Canada (CAN)
Ladies' singles[25]	Carol Heiss United States (USA)	Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands (NED)	Barbara Roles United States (USA)
Pairs	Canada (CAN)[26] Barbara Wagner Robert Paul	Germany (EUA)[27] Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	United States (USA)[28] Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington

Ice hockey

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	United States (USA)[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	Canada (CAN)[30] Bob Attersley Maurice Benoit 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	Soviet Union (URS)[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 Evgeni Yerkin

Nordic combined

Georg Thoma alongside two German Olympic gold medalists from the 1960 Summer Games, Heidi Schmid (fencing) and Ingrid Krämer (diving).

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual[32]	Georg Thoma Germany (EUA)	Tormod Knutsen Norway (NOR)	Nikolay Gusakov Soviet Union (URS)

Ski jumping

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual[33]	Helmut Recknagel Germany (EUA)	Niilo Halonen Finland (FIN)	Otto Leodolter Austria (AUT)

Speed skating

German skater Helga Haase won two medals in Squaw Valley.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 500 metres[34]	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS)	Bill Disney United States (USA)	Rafayel Grach Soviet Union (URS)
Men's 1,500 metres[35]	Roald Aas Norway (NOR)  Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS)	None awarded^[a]	Boris Stenin Soviet Union (URS)
Men's 5,000 metres[36]	Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union (URS)	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	Jan Pesman Netherlands (NED)
Men's 10,000 metres[37]	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union (URS)	Kjell Bäckman Sweden (SWE)
Women's 500 metres[38]	Helga Haase Germany (EUA)	Natalya Donchenko Soviet Union (URS)	Jeanne Ashworth United States (USA)
Women's 1,000 metres[39]	Klara Guseva Soviet Union (URS)	Helga Haase Germany (EUA)	Tamara Rylova Soviet Union (URS)
Women's 1,500 metres[40]	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Elwira Seroczyńska Poland (POL)	Helena Pilejczyk Poland (POL)
Women's 3,000 metres[41]	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Valentina Stenina Soviet Union (URS)	Eevi Huttunen Finland (FIN)

Multiple medalists

Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1960 Winter Olympics are listed below.^[6]

Athlete	Nation	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Hakulinen, VeikkoVeikko Hakulinen	Finland (FIN)	Cross-country skiing	1	1	1	3
Skoblikova, LidiyaLidiya Skoblikova	Soviet Union (URS)	Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Grishin, YevgenyYevgeny Grishin	Soviet Union (URS)	Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Gusakova, MariaMaria Gusakova	Soviet Union (URS)	Cross-country skiing	1	1	0	2
Haase, HelgaHelga Haase	Germany (EUA)	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Brusveen, HåkonHåkon Brusveen	Norway (NOR)	Cross-country skiing	1	1	0	2
Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg	Sweden (SWE)	Cross-country skiing	1	1	0	2
Johannesen, KnutKnut Johannesen	Norway (NOR)	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Kosichkin, ViktorViktor Kosichkin	Soviet Union (URS)	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Hinterseer, ErnstErnst Hinterseer	Austria (AUT)	Alpine skiing	1	0	1	2
Kozyreva, LyubovLyubov Kozyreva	Soviet Union (URS)	Cross-country skiing	0	2	0	2
Pitou, PennyPenny Pitou	United States (USA)	Alpine skiing	0	2	0	2
Yeroshina, RadyaRadya Yeroshina	Soviet Union (URS)	Cross-country skiing	0	1	1	2
Rämgård, RolfRolf Rämgård	Sweden (SWE)	Cross-country skiing	0	1	1	2
Anikin, NikolayNikolay Anikin	Soviet Union (URS)	Cross-country skiing	0	0	2	2

See also

• 1960 Winter Olympics medal table

Note

• ^a No silver medal was awarded in this event because Grishin and Aas tied for first place with a time of 2:10.4.^[42]

References

General

• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

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