Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

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Men's 50 km
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
DateFebruary 27
Competitors39 from 15 nations
Winning time2:59:06.3
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kalevi Hämäläinen  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Veikko Hakulinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rolf Rämgård  
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Cross-country skiing at the
1960 Winter Olympics
10 kmwomen
15 kmmen
30 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen

The 50 kilometre

Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the fifth appearance of the event at its length of 30 km. The competition was held on Saturday, February 27, 1960 at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]

Kalevi Hämäläinen of Finland won the gold medal ahead of fellow Finn Veikko Hakulinen. Defending Olympic champion Sixten Jernberg from Sweden finished 5th. Thirty nine competitors were due to start but eight did not make the starting line. Of the top 14, only 2 were not Nordic.

Results

Rank Name Country Time
1 Kalevi Hämäläinen  Finland 2:59:06.3
2 Veikko Hakulinen  Finland 2:59:26.7
3 Rolf Rämgård  Sweden 3:02:46.7
4 Lennart Larsson  Sweden 3:03:27.9
5 Sixten Jernberg  Sweden 3:05:18.0
6 Pentti Pelkonen  Finland 3:05:24.5
7 Gennady Vaganov  Soviet Union 3:05:27.6
8 Veikko Räsänen  Finland 3:06:04.4
9 Hallgeir Brenden  Norway 3:08:23.0
10 Sverre Stensheim  Norway 3:08:51.5
11 Oddmund Jensen  Norway 3:09:16.2
12 Assar Rönnlund  Sweden 3:09:46.6
13 Nikolay Anikin  Soviet Union 3:10:13.9
14 Harald Grønningen  Norway 3:11:17.1
15 Aleksey Kuznetsov  Soviet Union 3:11:47.0
16 Federico Deflorian  Italy 3:16:23.6
17 Mack Miller  United States 3:17:23.2
18 Livio Stuffer  Italy 3:20:43.4
19 Ivan Lyubimov  Soviet Union 3:25:06.4
20 Helmut Hagg  United Team of Germany 3:25:14.6
21 Antonio Schenatti  Italy 3:26:32.2
22 Stefan Mitkov  Bulgaria 3:26:32.5
23 Rudolf Dannhauer  United Team of Germany 3:27:54.6
24 Siegfried Weiß  United Team of Germany 3:28:29.1
25
Alfredo Dibona
  Italy 3:33:31.6
26 Olavi Hirvonen  United States 3:36:37.8
27 Eiji Kurita  Japan 3:38:40.6
28 Egon Fleischmann  United Team of Germany 3:38:53.6
29 Leo Massa  United States 3:41:08.2
30 John Moore  Great Britain 3:43:15.2
31
Theodore Farwell Jr.
  United States 3:49:56.6
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References

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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