1960 Olympics

At the 1960 Olympics' held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one ice hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.
== Medalists ==
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States
Jack McCartanJohn MayasichJohn KirranePaul JohnsonWeldon OlsonEugene GraziaRichard RodenheiserEdwyn OwenRodney PaavolaRichard MeredithBill ChristianTommy WilliamsRoger ChristianRobert McVeyLawrence PalmerBill ClearyBob Cleary	Canada
Harold HurleyHarry SindenJack DouglasRobert AttersleyFred EtcherGeorge SamolenkoDonald Charles HeadDarryl SlyKen LaufmanFloyd MartinJames ConnellyRobert ForhanDonald RopeMaurice BenoitBobby RousseauCliff PenningtonRobert McKnight	Soviet Union
Yury TsitsinovVladimir GrebennikovMikhail BychkovViktor PryazhnikovNikolay KarpovNikolai PuchkovYevgeny GroshevVictor YakushevStanislav PetukhovYevgeny YorkinNikolai SologubovYuri BaulinAleksandr AlmetovKonstantin LoktevVeniamin AlexandrovGenrikh SidorenkovAlfred Kuchevsky
== Preliminary round ==
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.
=== Group A ===
Rank	Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Canada	2 	2	0	0	24	3 	4
2 	Sweden	2 	1	1	0	21	5 	2
3 	Japan 	2 	0	2	0	1 	38	0
February 19
*Canada 5-2 Sweden
February 20
*Canada 19-1 Japan
February 21
*Sweden 19-0 Japan
=== Group B ===
Rank	Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Soviet Union	2 	2	0	0	16	4 	4
2 	Germany 	2 	1	1	0	4 	9 	2
3 	Finland 	2 	0	2	0	5 	12	0
February 19
*USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
February 20
*USSR 8-4 Finland
February 21
*Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland
=== Group C ===
Rank	Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	United States 	2 	2	0	0	19	6 	4
2 	Czechoslovakia	2 	1	1	0	23	8 	2
3 	Australia 	2 	0	2	0	2 	30	0
February 19
*USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia
February 20
*Czechoslovakia 18-1 Australia
February 21
*USA 12-1 Australia
== Consolation round ==
Teams, which didn't qualify for the final round, played here.
Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	3	0	1	50	11	7
 	4 	2	1	1	32	22	5
 	4 	0	4	0	8 	57	0
February 22
*Finland 14-1 Australia
February 23
*Finland 6-6 Japan
February 24
*Japan 13-2 Australia
February 25
*Finland 19-2 Australia
February 26
*Finland 11-2 Japan
February 27
*Japan 11-3 Australia
== Final round ==
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank	Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	United States	5 	5	0	0	29	11	10
2 	 	5 	4	1	0	31	12	8
3 	 	5 	2	2	1	24	19	5
4 	 	5 	2	3	0	21	23	4
5 	 	5 	1	3	1	19	19	3
6 	 	5 	0	5	0	5 	45	0
February 22
*USSR 8-5 Czechoslovakia
*USA 6-3 Sweden
*Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)
February 24
*USA 9-1 Germany (UTG)
*USSR 2-2 Sweden
*Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia
February 25
*USSR 7-1 Germany (UTG)
*USA 2-1 Canada
*Czechoslovakia 3-1 Sweden
February 27
*Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany (UTG)
*USA 3-2 USSR
*Canada 6-5 Sweden
February 28
*USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
*Sweden 8-2 Germany (UTG)
*Canada 8-5 USSR
==Leading Players==
*Top Goaltender: Jack McCartan, United States
*Top Defenceman: Nikolai Sologubov, Soviet Union
*Top Forward: Nisse Nilsson, Sweden
==Leading scorers==
Rk	Team 	GP	G	A 	Pts
1 	Fred Etcher 	7 	9	12	21
2 	Robert Attersley 	7 	6	12	18
3 	Bill Cleary 	7 	7	7 	14
4 	Bill Christian 	7 	2	11	13
5 	George Samolenko 	7 	8	4 	12
5 	Lars-Eric Lundvall 	7 	8	4 	12
7 	Václav Pantůček 	7 	7	5 	12
7 	John Mayasich 	7 	7	5 	12
7 	Nisse Nilsson 	7 	7	5 	12
7 	Veniamin Alexandrov	7 	7	5 	12
11	Floyd Martin 	7 	6	6 	12
12	Ronald Pettersson 	7 	4	8 	12
==Final ranking ==
# United States
# Canada
# Soviet Union
# Czechoslovakia
# Sweden
# Germany
# Finland
# Japan
# Australia
==Team Photos==
1960Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
==Game Ads==
60OlympicsMontrealRadioAd.jpg|Montreal Radio Ad
==Team Photos==
1960Australia.jpg|Australia
1960Canada.jpg|Canada
1960Czech.jpg|Czechoslovakia
1960Japan.jpg|Japan
1960UnitedStates.jpg|United States
==References==
*Jeux Olympiques 1960
==See Also==
*1960 Australia national ice hockey team
*1960 Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team
*1960 Finland national ice hockey team
*1960 Germany national ice hockey team
*1960 Japan national ice hockey team
*Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (Canada's representative)
*1960 Soviet Union national ice hockey team
*1960 Sweden national ice hockey team
*1960 United States national ice hockey team
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Category:Olympic Games
Category:World Championships in USA