Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Norway competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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 Brusveen	Cross-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

¹ Two 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 Brusveen	2'18:46.4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 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 Olympics

Athlete	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