Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

The 30 kilometre 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 at its length of 30 km. The competition was held on Saturday, February 19, 1960 at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]

Men's 30km
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
DateFebruary 19
Competitors48 from 17 nations
Winning time1:51:03.9
Medalists
Sixten Jernberg  Sweden
Rolf Rämgård  Sweden
Nikolay Anikin  Soviet Union

Sixten Jernberg of Sweden won the gold medal ahead of fellow Swede Rolf Rämgård. Defending Olympic champion Veikko Hakulinen from Finland finished 6th. Three of the 48 competitors did not finish

Results

RankNameCountryTime
1Sixten Jernberg Sweden1:51:03.9
2Rolf Rämgård Sweden1:51:16.9
3Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union1:52:28.2
4Gennady Vaganov Soviet Union1:52:49.2
5Lennart Larsson Sweden1:53:53.2
6Veikko Hakulinen Finland1:54:02.0
7Toimi Alatalo Finland1:54:06.5
8Aleksey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1:54:23.9
9Hallgeir Brenden Norway1:55:19.8
10Oddmund Jensen Norway1:55:35.0
11Giulio Deflorian Italy1:56:40.2
12Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland1:56:54.4
13Allan Andersson Sweden1:57:09.9
14Pompeo Fattor Italy1:57:40.5
15Anatoly Shelyukhin Soviet Union1:58:21.3
16Magnar Lundemo Norway1:58:46.6
17Ottavio Compagnoni Italy1:58:55.0
18Arto Tiainen Finland1:58:56.6
19Jean Mermet France1:58:57.9
20Sverre Stensheim Norway1:59:52.8
21Helmut Weidlich United Team of Germany2:01:25.8
22Kazimierz Zelek Poland2:01:27.1
23Andrzej Mateja Poland2:01:54.7
24Alphonse Baume Switzerland2:02:04.2
25René Mandrillon France2:02:05.3
26Sepp Maier United Team of Germany2:02:10.6
27Mack Miller United States2:03:54.4
28Marcel Huguenin Switzerland2:03:25.6
29Rudolf Dannhauer United Team of Germany2:03:38.9
30Rudolf Čillík Czechoslovakia2:03:50.6
31Stefan Mitkov Bulgaria2:03:54.6
32Lorenz Possa Switzerland2:05:41.2
33Siegfried Huq United Team of Germany2:05:48.2
34Józef Gąsienica Sobczak Poland2:06:12.7
35Takashi Matsuhashi Japan2:06:25.5
36Clarence Servold Canada2:06:37.9
37Kazuo Sato Japan2:07:07.2
38John Moore Great Britain2:08:58.6
39Eiji Kurita Japan2:11:25.8
40Irvin Servold Canada2:11:50.4
41Andrew Morgan Great Britain2:13:38.9
42Leo Massa United States2:16:47.0
43Joe Pete Wilson United States2:22:16.2
44Francisco Jerman Argentina2:33:27.4
45Kim Ha-Yun South Korea2:48:37.2
Giuseppe Steiner ItalyDNF
Sven Johanson United StatesDNF
Fritz Kocher SwitzerlandDNF

References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 30 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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