Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay

Women's 3 x 5km relay; at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
	Cross-country skiing
Venue	McKinney Creek Stadium
Date	February 26
Competitors	15 from 5 nations
Winning time	1:04:21.4
Medalists

The 3 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, February 26, 1960 at the McKinney Creek Stadium.

Sweden surprisingly won the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union who took the first four places in the individual event. Bulgaria were due to have a team, but they did not start the race.

Results

Rank	Nation	Skiers	Time
1	Sweden	Irma Johansson (21:31) Britt Strandberg (21:45) Sonja Ruthström-Edström (21:05.4)	1:04:21.4
2	Soviet Union	Radia Yeroshina (22:57) Maria Gusakova (21:18) Lyubov Kozyreva (20:47.6)	1:05:02.6
3	Finland	Siiri Rantanen (22:57) Eeva Ruoppa (21:51) Toini Pöysti (21:39.5)	1:06:27.5
4	Poland	Stefania Biegun (22:10) Helena Gąsienica Daniel (23:05) Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa (22:09.6)	1:07:24.6
5	United Team of Germany	Rita Czech-Blasl (22:59) Renate Dannhauer-Borges (22:48) Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus (23:38.7)	1:09:25.7

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Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

10 km		women
15 km	men
30 km	men
50 km	men
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