List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners - wikipedia List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners Canadian alpine skiing gold medalist Anne Heggtveit poses with her medal. The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Squaw Valley, California, United States from February 18 through February 28, 1960. A total of 665 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated in 27 events across 8 disciplines during the Games. The Olympic program was adjusted from that of the 1956 Winter Olympics omitting bobsleigh and adding a sport new to Olympic competition, men 's biathlon. The sport of military patrol, similar to biathlon, had previously been a medal sport in 1924 and a demonstration sport in 1928, 1936 and 1948. The removal of bobsleigh from the Olympic program was by necessity ; the site for the 1960 Games lacked a bobsleigh track and the funds were not available to build one. Despite only five nations confirming their intention to take part, the removal of the event from the program garnered international criticism. Both men and women competed at the 1960 Games, with women taking part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, and speed skating. A total of 131 athletes won medals at the 1960 Games. The Soviet Union was awarded the most medals, with its athletes winning seven gold medals, five silver, and nine bronze, for a total of 21 medals overall. The United States placed second in medal count, with a total of 10 medals, and Germany placed third, with eight medals overall. Of the 30 NOCs competing in the 1960 Games, 14 won at least one medal, with 10 of these winning at least one gold medal. There was a bronze medal awarded to Theron Bailie, USA, for the development of the digital clock used for the first time in downhill skiing. The Scandinavian countries attained considerable success in cross-country skiing, with the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish teams winning 12 of the available 18 medals and the remaining six medals being won by the Soviet Union. Finnish cross-country skier Veikko Hakulinen won the most medals, with three -- bronze from the men 's 15 kilometres event, silver from the men 's 50 kilometres event, and gold from the men 's 4 × 10 kilometres relay. Contents 1 Alpine skiing 2 Biathlon 3 Cross-country skiing 4 Figure skating 5 Ice hockey 6 Nordic combined 7 Ski jumping 8 Speed skating 9 Multiple medalists 10 See also 11 Note 12 References Alpine skiing See also : Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's downhill details Jean Vuarnet France Hans - Peter Lanig United Team of Germany Guy Périllat France Men 's slalom details Ernst Hinterseer Austria Hias Leitner Austria Charles Bozon France Men 's giant slalom details Roger Staub Switzerland Josef Stiegler Austria Ernst Hinterseer Austria Women 's downhill details Heidi Biebl United Team of Germany Penelope Pitou United States Traudl Hecher Austria Women 's slalom details Anne Heggtveit Canada Betsy Snite United States Barbara Henneberger United Team of Germany Women 's giant slalom details Yvonne Rüegg Switzerland Penelope Pitou United States Giuliana Minuzzo Italy Biathlon See also : Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's 20 km details Klas Lestander Sweden Antti Tyrväinen Finland Aleksandr Privalov Soviet Union Cross-country Skiing Sixten Jernberg ( left ), who represented Sweden, won two medals including a gold in the 30 km race. See also : Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's 15 km details Håkon Brusveen Norway Sixten Jernberg Sweden Veikko Hakulinen Finland Men 's 30 km details Sixten Jernberg Sweden Rolf Rämgård Sweden Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union Men 's 50 km details Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland Veikko Hakulinen Finland Rolf Rämgård Sweden Men 's 4 × 10 km relay details Finland ( FIN ) Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen Norway ( NOR ) Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen Soviet Union ( URS ) Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin Women 's 10 km details Maria Gusakova Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina Soviet Union Women 's 3 × 5 km relay details Sweden ( SWE ) Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Edström Soviet Union ( URS ) Radya Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva Finland ( FIN ) Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti Figure skating See also : Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's singles details David Jenkins United States Karol Divín Czechoslovakia Donald Jackson Canada Ladies ' singles details Carol Heiss United States Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands Barbara Roles United States Pairs details Canada ( CAN ) Barbara Wagner Robert Paul United Team of Germany ( EUA ) Marika Kilius Hans - Jürgen Bäumler United States ( USA ) Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington Ice hockey See also : Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's team details United States ( USA ) Bill Christian Roger Christian Bill Cleary Bob Cleary Eugene Grazia Paul Johnson Jack Kirrane John Mayasich Jack McCartan Robert McVey Richard Meredith Weldon Olson Edwyn Owen Rodney Paavola Lawrence Palmer Richard Rodenheiser Tommy Williams Canada ( CAN ) Bob Attersley Maurice Benoit James Connelly Jack Douglas Fred Etcher Robert Forhan Don Head Harold Hurley Ken Laufman Floyd Martin Robert McKnight Cliff Pennington Donald Rope Bobby Rousseau George Samolenko Harry Sinden Darryl Sly Soviet Union ( URS ) Veniamin Alexandrov Aleksandr Almetov Yury Baulin Mikhail Bychkov Vladimir Grebennikov Yevgeny Groshev Nikolay Karpov Alfred Kuchevsky Konstantin Loktev Stanislav Petukhov Viktor Pryazhnikov Nikolai Puchkov Genrikh Sidorenkov Nikolai Sologubov Yury Tsitsinov Viktor Yakushev Evgeni Yerkin Nordic Combined Georg Thoma alongside two German Olympic gold medalists from the 1960 Summer Games, Heidi Schmid ( fencing ) and Ingrid Krämer ( diving ). See also : Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's individual details Georg Thoma United Team of Germany Tormod Knutsen Norway Nikolay Gusakov Soviet Union Ski jumping See also : Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's individual details Helmut Recknagel United Team of Germany Niilo Halonen Finland Otto Leodolter Austria Speed Skating See also : Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics German skater Helga Haase won two medals in Squaw Valley. Event Gold Silver Bronze Men 's 500 metres details Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Bill Disney United States Rafayel Grach Soviet Union Men 's 1,500 metres details Roald Aas Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union None awarded Boris Stenin Soviet Union Men 's 5,000 metres details Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union Knut Johannesen Norway Jan Pesman Netherlands Men 's 10,000 metres details Knut Johannesen Norway Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union Kjell Bäckman Sweden Women 's 500 metres details Helga Haase United Team of Germany Natalya Donchenko Soviet Union Jeanne Ashworth United States Women 's 1,000 metres details Klara Guseva Soviet Union Helga Haase United Team of Germany Tamara Rylova Soviet Union Women 's 1,500 metres details Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union Elwira Seroczyńska Poland Helena Pilejczyk Poland Women 's 3,000 metres details Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union Valentina Stenina Soviet Union Eevi Huttunen Finland Multiple medalists Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1960 Winter Olympics are listed below. Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Hakulinen, Veikko Veikko Hakulinen Finland ( FIN ) Cross-country skiing Skoblikova, Lidiya Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union ( URS ) Speed skating 0 0 Grishin, Yevgeny Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union ( URS ) Speed skating 0 0 Gusakova, Maria Maria Gusakova Soviet Union ( URS ) Cross-country skiing 0 Haase, Helga Helga Haase United Team of Germany ( EUA ) Speed skating 0 Brusveen, Håkon Håkon Brusveen Norway ( NOR ) Cross-country skiing 0 Jernberg, Sixten Sixten Jernberg Sweden ( SWE ) Cross-country skiing 0 Johannesen, Knut Knut Johannesen Norway ( NOR ) Speed skating 0 Kosichkin, Viktor Viktor Kosichkin Soviet Union ( URS ) Speed skating 0 Hinterseer, Ernst Ernst Hinterseer Austria ( AUT ) Alpine skiing 0 Kozyreva, Lyubov Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union ( URS ) Cross-country skiing 0 0 Pitou, Penny Penny Pitou United States ( USA ) Alpine skiing 0 0 Yeroshina, Radya Radya Yeroshina Soviet Union ( URS ) Cross-country skiing 0 Rämgård, Rolf Rolf Rämgård Sweden ( SWE ) Cross-country skiing 0 Anikin, Nikolay Nikolay Anikin Soviet Union ( URS ) Cross-country skiing 0 0 See also 1960 Winter Olympics medal table Note No silver medal was awarded in this event because Grishin and Aas tied for first place with a time of 2 : 10.4. 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Question: who won the most medals in the 1960 winter olympics
Answer: The Soviet Union