Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the VIII Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 20-27
Competitors	103 (73 men and 30 women] from 17 nations

1960 winter Olympics - Speed Skating

At the 1960 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested in Squaw Valley, California. For the first time women were allowed to participated in the Olympic speed skating events. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 20, to Tuesday, February 23, 1960 (women), and from Wednesday, February 24, to Saturday, February 27, 1960 (men).

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS)	40.2	Bill Disney United States (USA)	40.3	Rafayel Grach Soviet Union (URS)	40.4
1500 metres	Roald Aas Norway (NOR) Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS)	2:10.6			Boris Stenin Soviet Union (URS)	2:11.5
5000 metres	Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union (URS)	7:51.3	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	8:00.8	Jan Pesman Netherlands (NED)	8:05.1
10000 metres	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	15:46.6 WR	Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union (URS)	15:50.3	Kjell Bäckman Sweden (SWE)	16:14.2

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Helga Haase Germany (EUA)	45.9	Natalya Donchenko Soviet Union (URS)	46.0	Jeanne Ashworth United States (USA)	46.1
1000 metres	Klara Guseva Soviet Union (URS)	1:34.1	Helga Haase Germany (EUA)	1:34.3	Tamara Rylova Soviet Union (URS)	1:34.8
1500 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	2:25.2	Elwira Seroczyńska Poland (POL)	2:25.7	Helena Pilejczyk Poland (POL)	2:26.1
3000 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	5:14.3	Valentina Stenina Soviet Union (URS)	5:16.9	Eevi Huttunen Finland (FIN)	5:21.0

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	3	3	12
2	Norway	2	1	0	3
3	Germany	1	1	0	2
4	Poland	0	1	1	2
4	United States	0	1	1	2
6	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1

Total		9	7	8	24

References

International Olympic Committee results database
1960 VIII Olympic Games Final Report
"Results of the 1960 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
"Results of the 1960 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.

Events at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Squaw Valley)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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