Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

At the 1960 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday, 19 February, to Saturday, 27 February 1960. All the races took place at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California, United States.[1]

Cross-country skiing
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
Dates19–27 February
No. of events6
Competitors112 from 19 nations
Cross-country skiing at the
1960 Winter Olympics
10 kmwomen
15 kmmen
30 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden (SWE)2215
2 Finland (FIN)2125
3 Soviet Union (URS)1236
4 Norway (NOR)1102
Totals (4 nations)66618

Men's events
Sixten Jernberg
Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
 Håkon Brusveen
 Norway		51:55.5 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden		51:58.6 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland		52:03.00
30 km
 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden		1:51:03.9 Rolf Rämgård
 Sweden		1:51:16.9 Nikolay Anikin
 Soviet Union		1:52:28.2
50 km
 Kalevi Hämäläinen
 Finland		2:59:06.3 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland		2:59:26.7 Rolf Rämgård
 Sweden		3:02:46.7
4 × 10 km relay
  Finland (FIN)
Toimi Alatalo
Eero Mäntyranta
Väinö Huhtala
Veikko Hakulinen		2:18:45.6  Norway (NOR)
Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Håkon Brusveen		2:18:46.4  Soviet Union (URS)
Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin		2:21:21.6

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km
 Marija Gusakova
 Soviet Union		39:46.6 Liubov Baranova
 Soviet Union		40:04.2 Radia Eroshina
 Soviet Union		40:06.0
3 × 5 km relay
  Sweden (SWE)
Irma Johansson
Britt Strandberg
Sonja Ruthström-Edström		1:04:21.4  Soviet Union (URS)
Radia Eroshina
Marija Gusakova
Liubov Baranova		1:05:02.6  Finland (FIN)
Siiri Rantanen
Eeva Ruoppa
Toini Pöysti		1:06:27.5

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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