Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Sixten Jernberg

At the 1960 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – 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.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
15 km	Håkon Brusveen Norway	Sixten Jernberg Sweden	Veikko Hakulinen Finland
30 km	Sixten Jernberg Sweden	Rolf Rämgård Sweden	Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union
50 km	Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland	Veikko Hakulinen Finland	Rolf Rämgård Sweden
4×10 km	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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 km	Maria Gusakova Soviet Union	Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union	Radia Yeroshina Soviet Union
3×5 km	Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström	Soviet Union (URS) Radia Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva	Finland (FIN) Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
2	Finland (FIN)	2	1	2	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	3	6
4	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
Total		6	6	6	18

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Events at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Squaw Valley)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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