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VIII GAMES - SQUAW VALLEY 1960
Date: 18 - 28 February.
Nations: 30.
Athletes: 665 (143 women, 552 men).
Sports: 4.
Events: 4.
Official opening of the Games by:
Vice-president Richard Nixon.
Olympic flame:
Kenneth Henry (speed skating).
Olympic oath: Carol Heiss (figure skating).
Official oath: the first time in Munich in 1972.
Number of medal-winning nations: 14.
National medal total:
1. USSR 21 (7, 5, 9).
   
                   
      After 36 years biathlon returns to the Games, and for the first time there was no bobsleigh competition as the Americans had refused to build a bobsleigh run.
For the first time women competed in the speed skating.
The opening and closing ceremonies were directed by Walt Disney.
Yevgeny Grishin (USSR) defended his 1956 Olympic titles in the 500m and 1500m speed skating.
Finland’s veteran Veikko Hakulinen (cross country) finished his third Games with three medals (1, 1, 1).
Yugoslavia missed the USA Winter Olympics for the second time (the first ones were held in Lake Placid in 1932) due to high costs and slim odds of achieving good rankings.

Candidate cities: Innsbruck, St. Moritz and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
 		    
The most successful athlete: Yevgeny Grishin (USSR) defended two 1956 speed skating golds 		 
     

SPORTS (4)

      
     
  • Bobsleigh
  • Ice Hockey
  • Skiing
  • Skating
      
             
     

National medal total

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1. USSR 7 5 9 21 40
2. USA 3 4 3 10 20
3. GERMANY 4 3 1 8 19
4. NORWAY 3 3 0 6 15
5. SWEDEN 3 2 2 7 15
6. AUSTRIA 1 2 3 6 10
7. CANADA 2 1 1 4 9
8. FINLAND 1 1 1 3 6
9. SWITZERLAND 2 0 0 2 6
10. FRANCE 1 0 2 3 5
11. POLAND 0 1 1 2 3
11. NETHERLAND 0 1 1 2 3
12. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 0 1 2
13. ITALY 0 0 1 1 1
  TOTAL 28 26 27 81 163
     
             
      Fourteen nations won medals. An average number of medals won per nation was 5.8. The most successful nation won 25.9 per cent of the total number of medals.      
                 
                   
             
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