Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the VIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||
Venue | McKinney Creek Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | February 25 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:18:45.6 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 27, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]
Finland won the gold medal with less than one second ahead of Nordic rivals Norway. It was the third time out of five that Finland had won gold in this event. Defending champions Soviet Union took the bronze medal. It was also Veikko Hakulinen's third Olympic gold and first at these games.
Results
Rank | Nation | Skiers | Time |
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1 | Finland | Toimi Alatalo (35:03) Eero Mäntyranta (34:45) Väinö Huhtala (35:01) Veikko Hakulinen (33:56.6) | 2:18:45.6 |
2 | Norway | Harald Grønningen (35:07) Hallgeir Brenden (34:41) Einar Østby (34:41) Håkon Brusveen (34:17.4) | 2:18:46.4 |
3 | Soviet Union | Anatoly Shelyukhin (37:17) Gennady Vaganov (34:22) Aleksey Kuznetsov (35:11) Nikolay Anikin (34:31.6) | 2:21:21.6 |
4 | Sweden | Lars Olsson (34:56) Janne Stefansson (37:44) Lennart Larsson (34:44) Sixten Jernberg (34:07.8) | 2:21:31.8 |
5 | Italy | Giulio De Florian (35:37) Giuseppe Steiner (35:59) Pompeo Fattor (35:30) Marcello De Dorigo (35:26.5) | 2:22:32.5 |
6 | Poland | Andrzej Mateja (36:22) Józef Rysula (35:33) Józef Gut-Misiaga (37:19) Kazimierz Zelek (37:51.3) | 2:26:25.3 |
7 | France | Victor Arbez (36:50) René Mandrillon (36:46) Benoît Carrara (36:41) Jean Mermet (36:13.8) | 2:26:30.8 |
8 | Switzerland | Fritz Kocher (37:43) Marcel Huguenin (38:15) Lorenz Possa (36:37) Alphonse Baume (37:01.8) | 2:29:36.8 |
9 | United Team of Germany | Kuno Werner (37:27) Helmut Hagg (37:53) Werner Haase (37:58) Enno Röder (38:29.1) | 2:31:47.1 |
10 | Japan | Takashi Matsuhashi (39:02) Kazuo Sato (37:41) Eiji Kurita (39:17) Akemi Taniguchi (40:44.9) | 2:36:44.9 |
11 | United States | Mack Miller (37:04) Karl Bohlin (40:47) John Dendahl (39:11) Peter Lahdenpera (40:59.8) | 2:38:01.8 |
References
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links
- 1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report
- Sport Statistics - International Competitions Archive