Venue: 1960 Winter Summer Games were held at Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley, California in United States. Blyth Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena . The arena with a capacity of 10,000 spectators was built in 1959 .
Participants: 665 participants from 30 countries competed in the 1960 Winter Summer Games . The countries were Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Team of Germany, United States and USSR.
Events: There were 27 events in 4 sports in the eighth Winter Summer Games in 1960. The sports were alpine skiing, biathlon, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating.
Medal Count: USSR won the highest number of medals with 21 medals in total ( 7 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronze medals ). United States, the host country won 10 medals (3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals).
A Brief Description of the Squaw Valley, California Winter Summer Games, 1960: The eighth Winter Summer Games were held from 18 th February to 28 th February in Squaw Valley, California in United States . The games were officially opened by Richard Nixon. The athletes uttered the Olympic oath led by Carol Heiss. In the stadium the Olympic Flame was lit by Ken Henry
1960 Winter Olympics Medal Table |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | United States | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
6 | Finland | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
7 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
10 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Winter Olympic Games Medal Table |
Summer Olympics Medal Table |