List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners
# List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Squaw Valley, California, United States from February 18 through February 28, 1960. A total of 665 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 27 events across 8 disciplines during the Games.

The Olympic program was adjusted from that of the 1956 Winter Olympics omitting bobsleigh and adding a sport new to Olympic competition, biathlon. The sport of military patrol, similar to biathlon, had previously been a medal sport in 1924 and a demonstration sport in 1928, 1936 and 1948. The removal of bobsleigh from the Olympic program was by necessity; the site for the 1960 Games lacked a bobsleigh track and the funds were not available to build one. Despite only five nations confirming their intention to take part, the removal of the event from the program garnered international criticism. Both men and women competed at the 1960 Games, with women taking part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, and speed skating.

A total of 131 athletes won medals at the 1960 Games. The Soviet Union was awarded the most medals, with its athletes winning seven gold medals, five silver, and nine bronze, for a total of 21 medals overall. The United States placed second in medal count, with a total of 10 medals, and Germany placed third, with eight medals overall. Of the 30 NOCs competing in the 1960 Games, 14 won at least one medal, with 10 of these winning at least one gold medal. There was an unofficial bronze medal awarded to Theron Bailie, USA, for the development of the digital clock used for the first time in downhill skiing.

The Scandinavian countries attained considerable success in cross-country skiing, with the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish teams winning 12 of the available 18 medals and the remaining six medals being won by the Soviet Union. Finnish cross-country skier Veikko Hakulinen won the most medals, with three – bronze from the men's 15 kilometres event, silver from the men's 50 kilometres event, and gold from the men's 4 × 10 kilometres relay.

## Alpine skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's downhill details | Jean Vuarnet France | Hans-Peter Lanig United Team of Germany | Guy Périllat France |
| Men's slalom details | Ernst Hinterseer Austria | Hias Leitner Austria | Charles Bozon France |
| Men's giant slalom details | Roger Staub Switzerland | Josef Stiegler Austria | Ernst Hinterseer Austria |
| Women's downhill details | Heidi Biebl United Team of Germany | Penelope Pitou United States | Traudl Hecher Austria |
| Women's slalom details | Anne Heggtveit Canada | Betsy Snite United States | Barbara Henneberger United Team of Germany |
| Women's giant slalom details | Yvonne Rüegg Switzerland | Penelope Pitou United States | Giuliana Minuzzo Italy |

## Biathlon

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 20 km details | Klas Lestander Sweden | Antti Tyrväinen Finland | Aleksandr Privalov Soviet Union |

## Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 15 km details | Håkon Brusveen Norway | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Veikko Hakulinen Finland |
| Men's 30 km details | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Rolf Rämgård Sweden | Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union |
| Men's 50 km details | Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | Rolf Rämgård Sweden |
| Men's 4 × 10 km relay details | Finland (FIN) Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen | Norway (NOR) Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin |
| Women's 10 km details | Maria Gusakova Soviet Union | Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union | Radya Yeroshina Soviet Union |
| Women's 3 × 5 km relay details | Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Edström | Soviet Union (URS) Radya Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva | Finland (FIN) Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti |

## Figure skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles details | David Jenkins United States | Karol Divín Czechoslovakia | Donald Jackson Canada |
| Ladies' singles details | Carol Heiss United States | Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands | Barbara Roles United States |
| Pairs details | Canada (CAN) Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | United Team of Germany (EUA) Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | United States (USA) Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington |

## Ice hockey

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's team details | United States (USA)Bill Christian Roger Christian Bill Cleary Bob Cleary Eugene Grazia Paul Johnson Jack Kirrane John Mayasich Jack McCartan Robert McVey Richard Meredith Weldon Olson Edwyn Owen Rodney Paavola Lawrence Palmer Richard Rodenheiser Tommy Williams | Canada (CAN)Bob Attersley Maurice Benoît James Connelly Jack Douglas Fred Etcher Robert Forhan Don Head Harold Hurley Ken Laufman Floyd Martin Robert McKnight Cliff Pennington Donald Rope Bobby Rousseau George Samolenko Harry Sinden Darryl Sly | Soviet Union (URS)Veniamin Alexandrov Aleksandr Almetov Yury Baulin Mikhail Bychkov Vladimir Grebennikov Yevgeny Groshev Nikolay Karpov Alfred Kuchevsky Konstantin Loktev Stanislav Petukhov Viktor Pryazhnikov Nikolai Puchkov Genrikh Sidorenkov Nikolai Sologubov Yury Tsitsinov Viktor Yakushev Yevgeni Yorkin |

## Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's individual details | Georg Thoma United Team of Germany | Tormod Knutsen Norway | Nikolay Gusakov Soviet Union |

## Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's individual details | Helmut Recknagel United Team of Germany | Niilo Halonen Finland | Otto Leodolter Austria |

## Speed skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 500 metres details | Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union | Bill Disney United States | Rafayel Grach Soviet Union |
| Men's 1,500 metres details | Roald Aas NorwayYevgeny Grishin Soviet Union | None awarded | Boris Stenin Soviet Union |
| Men's 5,000 metres details | Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union | Knut Johannesen Norway | Jan Pesman Netherlands |
| Men's 10,000 metres details | Knut Johannesen Norway | Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union | Kjell Bäckman Sweden |
| Women's 500 metres details | Helga Haase United Team of Germany | Natalya Donchenko Soviet Union | Jeanne Ashworth United States |
| Women's 1,000 metres details | Klara Guseva Soviet Union | Helga Haase United Team of Germany | Tamara Rylova Soviet Union |
| Women's 1,500 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | Elwira Seroczyńska Poland | Helena Pilejczyk Poland |
| Women's 3,000 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | Valentina Stenina Soviet Union | Eevi Huttunen Finland |

## Multiple medalists

Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1960 Winter Olympics are listed below.

| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veikko Hakulinen | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lidiya Skoblikova | Soviet Union (URS) | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yevgeny Grishin | Soviet Union (URS) | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maria Gusakova | Soviet Union (URS) | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Helga Haase | United Team of Germany (EUA) | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Håkon Brusveen | Norway (NOR) | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sixten Jernberg | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Knut Johannesen | Norway (NOR) | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Viktor Kosichkin | Soviet Union (URS) | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ernst Hinterseer | Austria (AUT) | Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lyubov Kozyreva | Soviet Union (URS) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Penny Pitou | United States (USA) | Alpine skiing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Radya Yeroshina | Soviet Union (URS) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rolf Rämgård | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikolay Anikin | Soviet Union (URS) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Note

* $^a$ No silver medal was awarded in this event because Grishin and Aas tied for first place with a time of 2:10.4.
