- Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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Norway at the Olympic Games
Flag of Norway – Flag bearersIOC code NOR NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports Website www.nif.idrett.no (Norwegian) At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley Competitors 29 (25 men, 4 women) in 6 sports Flag bearer Knut Johannesen (Speed skating) Medals
Rank: 6Gold
3Silver
3Bronze
0Total
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold Haakon Brusveen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Gold Roald Aas Speed skating Men's 1500m Gold Knut Johannesen Speed skating Men's 10,000m Silver Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Haakon BrusveenCross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Silver Tormod Knutsen Nordic combined Men's individual Silver Knut Johannesen Speed skating Men's 5000m Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Oddvar Rønnestad Downhill 2:15.4 20 Oddvar Rønnestad Giant Slalom 2:23.3 51 Oddvar Rønnestad Slalom 1:18.8 25 1:04.5 15 2:23.3 14 - Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Astrid Sandvik Downhill 2:02.9 37 Liv Jagge-Christiansen 1:51.2 30 Marit Haraldsen 1:42.9 12 Marit Haraldsen Giant Slalom DSQ – Liv Jagge-Christiansen 1:46.4 24 Inger Bjørnbakken 1:45.5 20 Astrid Sandvik 1:45.4 19 Liv Jagge-Christiansen Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ – Marit Haraldsen 59.8 19 1:00.0 14 1:59.8 11 Astrid Sandvik 58.1 8 1:31.3 38 2:29.4 36 Inger Bjørnbakken 57.3 3 1:05.2 27 2:02.5 14 Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Time Missed targets Adjusted time 1 Rank 20 km Jon Istad 1'36:53.5 4 1'44:53.5 11 Henry Hermansen 1'34:20.1 4 1'42:20.1 10 Ola Wærhaug 1'36:35.8 1 1'38:35.8 7 1Two minutes added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 15 km Hallgeir Brenden 53:10.3 12 Harald Grønningen 53:02.2 11 Einar Østby 52:18.0 4 Håkon Brusveen 51:55.5 30 km Sverre Stensheim 1'59:52.8 20 Magnar Lundemo 1'58:46.8 16 Oddmund Jensen 1'55:35.0 10 Hallgeir Brenden 1'55:19.8 9 50 km Harald Grønningen 3'11:17.1 14 Oddmund Jensen 3'09:16.2 11 Sverre Stensheim 3'08:51.5 10 Hallgeir Brenden 3'08:23.0 9 - Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Håkon Brusveen2'18:46.4 Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter OlympicsEvents:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank Gunder Gundersen Individual 58.0 63.0 205.5 14 1'01:41.9 227.548 12 433.048 11 Sverre Stenersen 61.5 63.5 205.5 14 1'00:24.0 232.581 8 438.081 7 Tormod Knutsen 61.5 67.0 217.0 4 59:31.0 236.000 5 453.000 Arne Larsen 67.0 64.5 215.0 5 1'01:10.1 229.613 10 444.613 6 Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter OlympicsAthlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank Ole Tom Nord Normal hill 81.0 94.6 29 82.0 105.6 10 200.2 23 Kåre Olav Berg 83.0 100.7 19 81.5 106.7 7 207.4 13 Halvor Næs 86.0 103.1 16 81.5 106.7 7 209.8 11 Torbjørn Yggeseth 88.5 106.6 8 82.5 109.5 4 216.1 5 Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Nils Aaness 42.5 24 Knut Johannesen 42.3 20 Hroar Elvenes 41.4 14 Alv Gjestvang 40.8 6 1500 m Nils Aaness DNF – Hroar Elvenes 2:24.9 39 Knut Johannesen 2:14.5 11 Roald Aas 2:10.4 5000 m Roald Aas 8:30.1 25 Torstein Seiersten 8:05.3 4 Knut Johannesen 8:00.8 10,000 m Roald Aas 17:26.8 23 Torstein Seiersten 16:33.4 6 Knut Johannesen 15:46.6 WR References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com
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