# Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 28 February, taking place at Papoose Peak Jumps.
The competition scheduled two jumps per entrant. Standings were determined by a point system under the parameters of combined distance points and "style" points awarded for each attempt, judged by a panel of 5 officials. This event marked the first time the Däscher Technique was used in ski jumping competitions.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Helmut Recknagel United Team of Germany | 227.2 | Niilo Halonen Finland | 222.6 | Otto Leodolter Austria | 219.4 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total |
| | Helmut Recknagel | United Team of Germany | 113.6 | 113.6 | 227.2 |
| | Niilo Halonen | Finland | 111.3 | 111.3 | 222.6 |
| | Otto Leodolter | Austria | 107.6 | 111.8 | 219.4 |
| 4 | Nikolay Kamenskiy | Soviet Union | 110.2 | 106.7 | 216.9 |
| 5 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | Norway | 106.6 | 109.5 | 216.1 |
| 6 | Max Bolkart | United Team of Germany | 104.3 | 108.3 | 212.6 |
| 7 | Ansten Samuelstuen | United States | 107.8 | 103.7 | 211.5 |
| 8 | Juhani Kärkinen | Finland | 108.3 | 103.1 | 211.4 |
| 9 | K'oba Ts'akadze | Soviet Union | 107.0 | 104.1 | 211.1 |
| 10 | Nikolai Schamov | Soviet Union | 103.2 | 107.4 | 210.6 |
| 11 | Halvor Næs | Norway | 103.1 | 106.7 | 209.8 |
| 12 | Veit Kührt | United Team of Germany | 106.1 | 102.6 | 208.7 |
| 13 | Kåre Berg | Norway | 100.7 | 106.7 | 207.4 |
| 14 | Alwin Plank | Austria | 105.3 | 101.4 | 206.7 |
| 15 | Sadao Kikuchi | Japan | 104.1 | 102.1 | 206.2 |
| 16 | Walter Steinegger | Austria | 103.3 | 102.6 | 205.9 |
| 17 | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 104.2 | 101.6 | 205.8 |
| 18 | Rolf Strandberg | Sweden | 100.0 | 104.8 | 204.8 |
| 19 | Bengt Eriksson | Sweden | 99.6 | 102.4 | 202.0 |
| 20 | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 101.1 | 100.1 | 201.2 |
| 21 | Werner Lesser | United Team of Germany | 98.0 | 102.8 | 200.8 |
| 22 | Koichi Sato | Japan | 98.4 | 101.9 | 200.3 |
| 23 | Ole Tom Nord | Norway | 94.6 | 105.6 | 200.2 |
| 24 | Dino De Zordo | Italy | 99.7 | 99.1 | 198.8 |
| 25 | Yosuke Eto | Japan | 102.2 | 95.5 | 197.7 |
| 26 | Claude Jean-Prost | France | 99.9 | 96.9 | 196.8 |
| 27 | Leonid Fyodorov | Soviet Union | 97.2 | 95.9 | 193.1 |
| 28 | Jon St. Andre | United States | 92.5 | 99.8 | 192.3 |
| 29 | Inge Lindqvist | Sweden | 90.4 | 99.7 | 190.1 |
| 30 | Takashi Matsui | Japan | 92.6 | 97.0 | 189.6 |
| 31 | Władysław Tajner | Poland | 87.6 | 100.6 | 188.2 |
| 32 | Butch Wedin | United States | 93.5 | 93.6 | 187.1 |
| 33 | Jacques Charland | Canada | 91.0 | 95.3 | 186.3 |
| 34 | Gerry Gravelle | Canada | 94.4 | 91.0 | 185.4 |
| 35 | Willi Egger | Austria | 88.1 | 97.3 | 185.4 |
| 36 | Nilo Zandanel | Italy | 95.0 | 89.8 | 184.8 |
| 37 | Enzo Perin | Italy | 84.8 | 96.8 | 181.6 |
| 38 | Robert Rey | France | 87.7 | 91.6 | 179.3 |
| 39 | Luigi Pennacchio | Italy | 78.7 | 92.5 | 171.2 |
| 40 | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | 72.0 | 96.0 | 168.0 |
| 41 | Tamás Sudár | Hungary | 84.1 | 81.7 | 165.8 |
| 42 | Gene Kotlarek | United States | 96.5 | 68.6 | 165.1 |
| 43 | Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson | Iceland | 73.0 | 82.7 | 155.7 |
| 44 | Alois Moser | Canada | 71.4 | 79.7 | 151.1 |
| 45 | Kjell Sjöberg | Sweden | 94.1 | 33.8 | 127.9 |

## Participating NOCs

Fifteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Squaw Valley Games.
* Austria (4)
* Canada (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (2)
* United Team of Germany (4)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (4)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (1)
* United States (4)