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10 unusual facts about 1960 Winter Olympics


Black Mountain of Maine

The cross-country trails were designed by Rumford native and two-time Olympian Chummy Broomhall, who also designed the cross country trails for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California and the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York.

Brock Nelson

Nelson comes from a hockey-rich family, as his uncle Dave Christian was on the 1980 United States Miracle on Ice gold medal team, and his grandfather, Bill Christian, and great uncle, Roger Christian, were both on the 1960 United States gold medal team and founded Christian Hockey Sticks.

IBM 305 RAMAC

During the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley (USA), IBM provided the first electronic data processing systems for the Games.

Kviteseid

Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Laurence Owen

She was the 1961 U.S. National Champion and represented the United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where she placed 6th.

Maribel Owen

With partner Dudley Richards, she was the 1961 U.S. national champion and represented the United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where they placed 10th.

Morgedal

The Olympic Flames for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and the flame used in the national torch relay for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (which was later used as the flame for the 1994 Winter Paralympics), were all lit at the birthplace of Sondre Norheim, Øvrebø in Morgedal.

Reno–Tahoe International Airport

The first terminal building was completed in time for the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California in 1960.

Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California

Despite the similar name, it is not the location of Squaw Valley Ski Resort or the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Tahoma, California

During the 1960 Winter Olympics in near-by Squaw Valley, Tahoma was selected as the site of the cross-country skiing and biathlon, as there was insufficient space in Squaw Valley.


Almicare Rotta

Following the refusal of the Organizing Committee at Squaw Valley to construct a bobsleigh track for the 1960 Winter Olympics, he chaired the organization of the extraordinary event in Cortina d'Ampezzo that allowed bobsleigh to be held in spite of the 1960 Games.

Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California.

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event.

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Squaw Valley when the organizing committee decided not to build a track in order to reduce expenses.

František Mašlán

František Mašlán (born 19 February 1933 in Chornice) is a Czech former ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Franz Ningel

The pair also finished fifth at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Ján Starší

Ján Starší (born 17 October 1933 in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak former ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Lars Dahlqvist

He finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Liv Jagge-Christiansen

She participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, competing in downhill, slalom and giant slalom.

Louis Saint-Calbre

Saint-Calibre later was involved in the unsuccessful design for the bobsleigh course to be used for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, specifically with costs related to the course itself (USD300,000) instead of the course and its supporting area (grandstands, scoreboard, lighting, tramway, etc. which raised the cost to USD700,000).

Max Bolkart

He finished fourth in the individual large hill at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and sixth in the same event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Pekka Ristola

He finished fourth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Robert Forhan

Robert "Bob" Forhan (born March 27, 1936 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.

Robert R. Odén

In 1959 the U.S. Olympic Committee asked him to be the official team doctor for the United States Ski Team during the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

Ulf Sterner

His first Olympics came in 1960 in Squaw Valley.