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Nordic skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics, eight Nordic skiing events were contested – six cross-country skiing events, one ski jumping event, and one Nordic combined event.

Nordic skiing discipline Men's events Women's events
Cross-country skiing • 15 km • 10 km
• 30 km
• 50 km
• 4 × 10 km relay • 3 × 5 km relay
Ski jumping • Large hill (80 m)
Nordic combined • Individual

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Cross-country skiing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
details
Håkon Brusveen[1]
 Norway
Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden
Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland
30 km
details
Sixten Jernberg[2]
 Sweden
Rolf Rämgård
 Sweden
Nikolay Anikin
 Soviet Union
50 km
details
Kalevi Hämäläinen[3]
 Finland
Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland
Rolf Rämgård
 Sweden
4 × 10 km relay
details
 Finland (FIN)[4]
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

Ski jumping

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
details
Helmut Recknagel[5]
 United Team of Germany
Niilo Halonen
 Finland
Otto Leodolter
 Austria

Nordic combined

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details
Georg Thoma[6]
 United Team of Germany
Tormod Knutsen
 Norway
Nikolay Gusakov
 Soviet Union

Women's events

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Cross-country skiing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km
details
Marija Gusakova
 Soviet Union[7]
Liubov Baranova
 Soviet Union
Radia Eroshina
 Soviet Union
3 × 5 km relay
details
 Sweden (SWE)[4]
Irma Johansson
Britt Strandberg
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
 Soviet Union (URS)
Radia Eroshina
Marija Gusakova
Liubov Baranova
 Finland (FIN)
Siiri Rantanen
Eeva Ruoppa
Toini Pöysti

References

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  1. ^ "Håkon BRUSVEEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Sixten JERNBERG". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Kalevi HÄMÄLÄINEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Cross Country Skiing - Medalists". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Helmut Recknagel". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Georg THOMA". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Mariya GUSAKOVA". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.