1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

3	4th	3

The United States took part in the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 at the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort with a delegation of 79 athletes in eight disciplines, including 61 men and 18 women. With three gold, four silver and three bronze medals, the hosts were the third most successful nation at the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Don McDermott .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• John Burritt

  20 km individual: 14th place (1: 46: 36.8 h)

• Larry Damon

  20 km individual: 24th place (1: 59: 38.2 h)

• Gustav Hanson

  20 km individual: 23rd place (1: 58: 06.2 h)

• Richard Mize

  20 km individual: 21st place (1: 55: 56.2 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Bill Christian Roger Christian Bill Cleary Bob Cleary Gene Grazia Paul Johnson Jack Kirrane John Mayasich Jack McCartan

Bob McVey Dick Meredith Weldon Olson Edwyn Owen Rodney Paavola Larry Palmer Dick Rodenheiser Tommy Williams

• gold

figure skating

Men

• Robert Brewer

  7th place (1320.3)

• Tim Brown

  5th place (1374.1)

• David Jenkins

  Gold (1440.2)

Women

• Carol Hot

  Gold (1490.1)

• Laurence Owen

  6th place (1343.0)

• Barbara Roles

  Bronze (1414.9)

Couples

• Ila Ray Hadley & Ray Hadley

  11th place (65.7)

• Maribel Owen & Dudley Richards

  10th place (67.5)

• Nancy Ludington & Ronald Ludington

  Bronze (76.2)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Bill Carow

  500 m: race not finished

• Richard McDermott

  500 m: 7th place (40.9 s)

• Bill Disney

  500 m: silver (40.3 s)

• Eddie Rudolph

  500 m: 10th place (41.2 s)

  1500 m: 35th place (2: 23.1 min)

• Floyd Bedbury

  1500 m: 22nd place (2: 18.9 min)

  5000 m: 30th place (8: 39.6 min)

• Dick Hunt

  1500 m: 17th place (2: 17.7 min)

  5000 m: 17th place (8: 21.3 min)

• Keith Meyer

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 21.7 min)

• Arnold Uhrlass

  5000 m: 14th place (8: 18.0 min)

  10,000 m: 15th place (16: 49.3 min)

• Ross Zuco

  10,000 m: 10th place (16: 37.6 min)

Women

• Jeanne Ashworth

  500 m: bronze (46.1 s)

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 36.5 min)

  1500 m: 11th place (2: 33.7 min)

  3000 m: 8th place (5: 28.5 min)

• Kathy Mulholland

  500 m: 10th place (47.9 s)

• Jeanne Omelenchuk

  500 m: 16th place (49.3 s)

  1000 m: 15th place (1: 39.8 min)

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 36.4 min)

• Barb Lockhart

  1500 m: 18th place (2: 37.0 min)

• Beverly Buhr

  3000 m: 19th place (6: 03.1 min)

• Cornelia Harrington

  3000 m: 18th place (5: 57.5 min)

Nordic combination

• John Cress

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 29th place (375.919)

• Theodore Farwell

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 27th place (386.694)

• Craig Lussi

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (361.919)

• Alfred Vincelette

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 26th place (395.274)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Gordi Eaton

  Downhill: 17th place (2: 14.0 min)

• Dave Gorsuch

  Downhill: 14th place (2: 11.0 min)

  Giant slalom: 14th place (1: 52.3 min)

• Max Marolt

  Downhill: 18th place (2: 14.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 21st place (1: 54.9 min)

• Marvin Melville

  Downhill: 22nd place (2: 15.9 min)

• Jim Barrier

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (1: 52.7 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Tom Corcoran

  Giant Slalom: 4th place (1: 49.7 min)

  Slalom: 9th place (2: 14.7 min)

• Frank Brown

  Slalom: 37th place (3: 01.3 min)

• Chuck Ferries

  Slalom: disqualified

Women

• Penny Pitou

  Downhill: Silver (1: 38.6 min)

  Giant Slalom: Silver (1: 40.0 min)

  Slalom: 33rd place (2: 19.8 min)

• Betsy Snite

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 4th place (1: 40.4 min)

  Slalom: Silver (1: 52.9 min)

• Joan Hannah

  Downhill: 21st place (1: 47.9 min)

• Linda Meyers

  Downhill: 33rd place (1: 53.4 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Beverley Anderson

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (1: 57.4 min)

  Slalom: 26th place (2: 13.1 min)

• Renie Cox

  Slalom: 9th place (1: 59.2 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Charlie Akers

  15 km: 50th place (1: 02: 35.7 h)

• Karl Bohlin

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 38: 01.8 h)

• John Dendahl

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 38: 01.8 h)

• Theodore Farwell

  50 km: 31st place (3: 49: 56.6 h)

• Olavi Hirvonen

  15 km: 48th place (1: 00: 38.6 h)

  50 km: 26th place (3: 36: 37.8 h)

• Sven Johanson

  30 km: race not finished

• Peter Lahdenpera

  15 km: 46th place (59: 13.0 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 38: 01.8 h)

• Leo Massa

  30 km: 42nd place (2: 16: 47.0 h)

  50 km: 29th place (3: 41: 08.2 h)

• Mack Miller

  15 km: 22nd place (54: 49.0 min)

  30 km: 27th place (2: 03: 05.4 h)

  50 km: 17th place (3: 17: 23.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 11th place (2: 38: 01.8 h)

• Joe Pete Wilson

  30 km: 43rd place (2: 22: 16.2 h)

Ski jumping

• Gene Kotlarek

  Normal hill: 42nd place (165.1)

• Ansten Samuelstuen

  Normal hill: 7th place (211.5)

• Jon St. Andre

  Normal hill: 28th place (192.3)

• Butch Wedin

  Normal hill: 32nd place (187.1)

Web links

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