1960 Winter Olympics medal table
| 1960 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Squaw Valley,  United States |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Soviet Union (7) |
| Most total medals | Soviet Union (21) |
| Medalling NOCs | 14 |
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960, were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley (now known as Olympic Valley), California, United States.[1][2] 665 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[3] The games featured 27 events in 4 sports across 8 disciplines.[4] Biathlon and women's speed skating were added for the first time.[5] This was the only Winter Games which did not feature bobsledding as an event.[6]
It was the first time all six continents were represented in the Winter Games.
South Africa took part in the Winter Games for the first time.[7]
Athletes presenting 14 NOCs received at least one medal, with 10 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.[8]
Soviet speed skaters Lidiya Skoblikova and Yevgeny Grishin tied for the most gold medals at the games with two each, while Finnish skier Veikko Hakulinen had the most total medals at the with three (one gold, one silver, and one bronze).[9]
Medal table
[edit]The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[10][11] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[12]
Two gold medals and no silver medals were awarded in the men's 1500 metres speed skating event due to a tie for first place.[13]
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 |  United Team of Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | United States* | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 |  Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |  Finland | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 |  France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 28 | 26 | 27 | 81 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Squaw Valley 1960: How it all began". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ David, Julie Brown (March 6, 2022). "Olympic Valley in Lake Tahoe continues to shed racist slur, renames main thoroughfare". SFGate. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ "Squav Valley 1960 Winter Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ "1960 Winter Olympics Overview". Olympedia. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ de Bruin, Tabitha (April 27, 2018). "Canada at the 1960 Olympic Winter Games". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "Bobsled 101: Olympic History | NBC Olympics". NBC Olympics. October 5, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "South Africa – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ a b "Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Olympedia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (August 11, 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (August 18, 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (August 10, 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ "Sharing the golden spoils". International Olympic Committee. March 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
External links
[edit]- "Squaw Valley 1960". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1960 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/1960_2". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
