1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 in the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort with a delegation of 29 athletes in six disciplines, including 25 men and 4 women. With three gold and three silver medals, Norway was the sixth most successful nation at the Games.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Knut Johannesen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Henry Hermansen

  20 km individual: 10th place (1: 42: 20.1 h)

• Jon Istad

  20 km individual: 11th place (1: 44: 53.5 h)

• Ola Wærhaug

  20 km individual: 7th place (1: 38: 35.8 h)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Nils Aaness

  500 m: 24th place (42.5 s)

  1500 m: race not finished

• Hroar ​​Elvenes

  500 m: 14th place (41.4 s)

  1500 m: 39th place (2: 24.9 min)

• Alv Gjestvang

  500 m: 6th place (40.8 s)

• Knut Johannesen

  500 m: 20th place (42.3 s)

  1500 m: 11th place (2: 14.5 min)

  5000 m: silver (8: 00.8 min)

  10,000 m: gold (15: 46.6 min, world record)

• Roald Carrion

  1500 m: gold (2: 10.4 min)

  5000 m: 25th place (8: 30.1 min)

  10,000 m: 23rd place (17: 26.8 min)

• Torstein Seiersten

  5000 m: 4th place (8: 05.3 min)

  10,000 m: 6th place (16: 33.4 min)

Nordic combination

• Gunder Gundersen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 11th place (433.048)

• Tormod Knutsen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Silver (453,000)

• Arne Larsen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 6th place (444.613)

• Sverre Stenersen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 7th place (438,081)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Oddvar Rønnestad

  Downhill: 20th place (2: 15.4 min)

  Giant Slalom: 51st place (2: 23.3 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (2: 23.3 min)

Women

• Inger Bjørnbakken

  Giant slalom: 20th place (1: 45.5 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (2: 02.5 min)

• Marit Haraldsen

  Downhill: 12th place (1: 42.9 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: 11th place (1: 59.8 min)

• Liv Jagge-Christiansen

  Downhill: 30th place (1: 51.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 24th place (1: 46.4 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Astrid Sandvik

  Downhill: 37th place (2: 02.9 min)

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (1: 45.4 min)

  Slalom: 36th place (2: 29.4 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Hallgeir Brenden

  15 km: 12th place (53: 10.3 min)

  30 km: 9th place (1: 55: 19.8 h)

  50 km: 9th place (3: 08: 23.0 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 46.4 h)

• Håkon Brusveen

  15 km: Gold (51: 55.5 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 46.4 h)

• Harald Grønningen

  15 km: 11th place (53: 02.2 min)

  50 km: 14th place (3: 11: 17.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 46.4 h)

• Einar Østby

  15 km: 4th place (52: 18.0 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2: 18: 46.4 h)

• Oddmund Jensen

  30 km: 10th place (1: 55: 35.0 h)

  50 km: 11th place (3: 09: 16.2 h)

• Magnar Lundemo

  30 km: 16th place (1: 58: 46.8 h)

• Sverre Stensheim

  30 km: 20th place (1: 59: 52.8 h)

  50 km: 10th place (3: 08: 51.5 h)

Ski jumping

• Kåre mountain

  Normal hill: 13th place (207.4)

• Halvor Næs

  Normal hill: 11th place (209.8)

• Ole Tom North

  Normal hill: 23rd place (200.2)

• Torbjørn Yggeseth

  Normal hill: 5th place (216.1)

Web links

• Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )