Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Speed skating

at the VIII Olympic Winter Games

Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink in 1960

Venue| Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date| 20–27 February 1960
No. of events| 8
Competitors| 103 from 17 nations

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Speed skating at the
1960 Winter Olympics

500 m| men| women
1000 m| | women
1500 m| men| women
3000 m| | women
5000 m| men|
10,000 m| men|

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested in Squaw Valley, California. For the first time in Olympic history, women participated in the Olympic speed skating events after the USOC's proposal to include the women's events was approved by the IOC. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 20, to Tuesday, February 23, 1960 (women), and from Wednesday, February 24, to Saturday, February 27, 1960 (men).[1]

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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500 metres
details | Yevgeny Grishin
Soviet Union | 40.2 =WR | Bill Disney
United States | 40.3  | Rafayel Grach
Soviet Union | 40.4
1500 metres
details | Roald Aas
Norway
Yevgeny Grishin
Soviet Union | 2:10.4  | not awarded as there was a tie for gold |  | Boris Stenin
Soviet Union | 2:11.5
5000 metres
details | Viktor Kosichkin
Soviet Union | 7:51.3  | Knut Johannesen
Norway | 8:00.8  | Jan Pesman
Netherlands | 8:05.1
10,000 metres
details | Knut Johannesen
Norway | 15:46.6 WR | Viktor Kosichkin
Soviet Union | 15:49.2  | Kjell Bäckman
Sweden | 16:14.2

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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500 metres
details | Helga Haase
United Team of Germany | 45.9  | Natalya Donchenko
Soviet Union | 46.0  | Jeanne Ashworth
United States | 46.1
1000 metres
details | Klara Guseva
Soviet Union | 1:34.1  | Helga Haase
United Team of Germany | 1:34.3  | Tamara Rylova
Soviet Union | 1:34.8
1500 metres
details | Lidiya Skoblikova
Soviet Union | 2:25.2 WR | Elwira Seroczyńska
Poland | 2:25.7  | Helena Pilejczyk
Poland | 2:27.1
3000 metres
details | Lidiya Skoblikova
Soviet Union | 5:14.3  | Valentina Stenina
Soviet Union | 5:16.9  | Eevi Huttunen
Finland | 5:21.0

## Participating nations

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104 Athletes from seventeen nations competed in the speed skating events at Squaw Valley. Out of 249 entries, 8 did not finish and 1 got disqualified.

* Australia (2men)
* Austria (2m)
* Canada (3m + 2w)
* Denmark (1m)
* Finland (5m + 2w)
* France (2m + 1w)
* United Team of Germany (7m + 5w)
* Great Britain (2m)
* Italy (3m)
* Japan (5m + 3w)
* South Korea (3m + 2w)
* Netherlands (5m)
* Norway (7m)
* Poland (2w)
* Soviet Union (11m + 5w)
* Sweden (7m + 2w)
* United States (9m + 6w)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 6| 3| 3| 12
2|  Norway| 2| 1| 0| 3
3|  United Team of Germany| 1| 1| 0| 2
4|  Poland| 0| 1| 1| 2
United States| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Finland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sweden| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 9| 7| 8| 24

## References

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1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

## External links

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* International Olympic Committee results database
* 1960 VIII Olympic Games Final Report
* "Results of the 1960 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
* "Results of the 1960 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.

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Events at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Squaw Valley)

* Alpine skiing
* Biathlon
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