Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink |
Date | 20–27 February 1960 |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 103 (73 men and 30 women) from 17 nations |
Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | women | |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
At the 1960 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested in Squaw Valley, California. For the first time, women 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 | |||
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500 metres |
Yevgeny Grishin | 40.2 =WR | Bill Disney | 40.3 | Rafayel Grach | 40.4 |
1500 metres |
Roald Aas Yevgeny Grishin | 2:10.6 | Boris Stenin | 2:11.5 | ||
5000 metres |
Viktor Kosichkin | 7:51.3 | Knut Johannesen | 8:00.8 | Jan Pesman | 8:05.1 |
10,000 metres |
Knut Johannesen | 15:46.6 WR | Viktor Kosichkin | 15:50.3 | Kjell Bäckman | 16:14.2 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Helga Haase | 45.9 | Natalya Donchenko | 46.0 | Jeanne Ashworth | 46.1 |
1000 metres |
Klara Guseva | 1:34.1 | Helga Haase | 1:34.3 | Tamara Rylova | 1:34.8 |
1500 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova | 2:25.2 WR | Elwira Seroczyńska | 2:25.7 | Helena Pilejczyk | 2:26.1 |
3000 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova | 5:14.3 | Valentina Stenina | 5:16.9 | Eevi Huttunen | 5:21.0 |
Participating nations
104 Athletes from seventeen nations competed in the speed skating events at Squaw Valley. 74 Men from all countries except Poland, and 30 ladies from ten countries. Out of 249 entries, 8 did not finish and 1 got disqualified.
Australia (2men) Austria (2m) Canada (3m + 2women)) Denmark (1m) Finland (5m + 2w) France (2m + 1w) United Team of Germany (7m + 5w) Great Britain (2m) Italy (3m) Japan (5m + 3w) South Korea (3m + 2w) Netherlands (5m) Norway (7m) Poland (2w) Soviet Union (11m + 5w) Sweden (7m + 2w) United States (9m + 6w)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (8 nations) | 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.
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