Dates | 19 – 27 February 1960 |
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Medal Events | 6 |
There were no cross-country ski trails around Squaw Valley when the village was selected to host the 1960 Winter Olympics. The organizers eventually chose an area on the west shore of Lake Tahoe for the cross-country events, near to McKinney Creek, and as a result the site was called McKinney Creek. A stadium was built for the start and finish of the events with 65 km of trails emanating from the stadium. The trails were prepared mechanically for the first time at the Winter Olympics, using a Tucker Sno-Cat to pull an agricultural grain flail that broke up the snow surface, making it granular for better skiing. The program was the same as in 1956, with four men’s events and two for women. On the female side, the Soviet women swept the medals in the 10 km, but were upset by Sweden in the relay.
Event | Status | Date | Participants | NOCs |
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15 kilometres, Men | Olympic | 23 February 1960 | 54 | 19 |
30 kilometres, Men | Olympic | 19 February 1960 | 48 | 17 |
50 kilometres, Men | Olympic | 27 February 1960 | 31 | 10 |
4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men | Olympic | 25 February 1960 | 44 | 11 |
10 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 20 February 1960 | 24 | 7 |
3 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women | Olympic | 26 February 1960 | 15 | 5 |
112 (88/24) | 19 (19/7) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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15 kilometres, Men | Håkon Brusveen | ![]() |
Sixten Jernberg | ![]() |
Veikko Hakulinen | ![]() |
30 kilometres, Men | Sixten Jernberg | ![]() |
Rolf Rämgård | ![]() |
Nikolay Anikin | ![]() |
50 kilometres, Men | Kalevi Hämäläinen | ![]() |
Veikko Hakulinen | ![]() |
Rolf Rämgård | ![]() |
4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men | Finland | ![]() |
Norway | ![]() |
Soviet Union | ![]() |
10 kilometres, Women | Mariya Gusakova | ![]() |
Lyubov Baranova | ![]() |
Radya Yeroshina | ![]() |
3 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women | Sweden | ![]() |
Soviet Union | ![]() |
Finland | ![]() |
NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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Sweden | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Finland | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Soviet Union | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Norway | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |