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.
^. 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
February 27, 2023
cross, country, skiing, 1960, winter, olympics, kilometre, relay, kilometre, relay, cross, country, skiing, event, part, cross, country, skiing, programme, 1960, winter, olympics, squaw, valley, california, united, states, fifth, appearance, event, competition. 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 Men s 4 10 kilometre relayat the VIII Olympic Winter GamesCross country skiingVenueMcKinney Creek StadiumDateFebruary 25Competitors44 from 11 nationsWinning time2 18 45 6MedalistsToimi Alatalo Eero Mantyranta Vaino Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen FinlandHarald Gronningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Ostby Hakon Brusveen NorwayAnatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union 19561964 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 EditRank Nation Skiers Time1 Finland Toimi Alatalo 35 03 Eero Mantyranta 34 45 Vaino Huhtala 35 01 Veikko Hakulinen 33 56 6 2 18 45 62 Norway Harald Gronningen 35 07 Hallgeir Brenden 34 41 Einar Ostby 34 41 Hakon Brusveen 34 17 4 2 18 46 43 Soviet Union Anatoly Shelyukhin 37 17 Gennady Vaganov 34 22 Aleksey Kuznetsov 35 11 Nikolay Anikin 34 31 6 2 21 21 64 Sweden Lars Olsson 34 56 Janne Stefansson 37 44 Lennart Larsson 34 44 Sixten Jernberg 34 07 8 2 21 31 85 Italy Giulio De Florian 35 37 Giuseppe Steiner 35 59 Pompeo Fattor 35 30 Marcello De Dorigo 35 26 5 2 22 32 56 Poland Andrzej Mateja 36 22 Jozef Rysula 35 33 Jozef Gut Misiaga 37 19 Kazimierz Zelek 37 51 3 2 26 25 37 France Victor Arbez 36 50 Rene Mandrillon 36 46 Benoit Carrara 36 41 Jean Mermet 36 13 8 2 26 30 88 Switzerland Fritz Kocher 37 43 Marcel Huguenin 38 15 Lorenz Possa 36 37 Alphonse Baume 37 01 8 2 29 36 89 United Team of Germany Kuno Werner 37 27 Helmut Hagg 37 53 Werner Haase 37 58 Enno Roder 38 29 1 2 31 47 110 Japan Takashi Matsuhashi 39 02 Kazuo Sato 37 41 Eiji Kurita 39 17 Akemi Taniguchi 40 44 9 2 36 44 911 United States Mack Miller 37 04 Karl Bohlin 40 47 John Dendahl 39 11 Peter Lahdenpera 40 59 8 2 38 01 8References Edit 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 Edit1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report Sport Statistics International Competitions Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cross country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Men 27s 4 10 kilometre relay amp oldid 1136165351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
