Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
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VenueSquaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date20–27 February 1960
No. of events8
Competitors103 from 17 nations
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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

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

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.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union63312
2 Norway2103
3 United Team of Germany1102
4 Poland0112
 United States0112
6 Finland0011
 Netherlands0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (8 entries)97824

References

  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

  • 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.