Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 21 February to 22 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Papoose Peak Jumps, while the cross-country portion took place at McKinney Creek Stadium (Tahoma, California).^[1][2]

Nordic Combined at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Papoose Peak Jumps (ski jumping) McKinney Creek Stadium (cross-country skiing)
Dates	21–22 February 1960
Competitors	33 from 13 nations
Winning Score	457.95
Medalists
Georg Thoma  United Team of Germany Tormod Knutsen  Norway Nikolay Gusakov  Soviet Union
← 1956 1964 →

Competition opened with the ski jumping event. Standings were determined by a point system under the parameters of combined distance points (3 jumps per competitor) and "style" points awarded for each attempt. The table below reflects the best distance out of three attempts.

The following day, the second part of the Nordic Combined mandated the 15 kilometer cross-country competition. Points were awarded by timing (set number of points by timed placing). The combined points total of both events determined the final standings.

This event marked the first time the Däscher Technique was used in the ski jumping part of the Nordic Combined competition.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Team of Germany	1	0	0	1
2	Norway	0	1	0	1
3	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

The medals for Germany and the Soviet Union were the first for those countries in Nordic combined.

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Georg Thoma  United Team of Germany	457.95	Tormod Knutsen  Norway	453.00	Nikolay Gusakov  Soviet Union	452.00

Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Ski Jumping					Cross-country			Total
			Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
	Georg Thoma	United Team of Germany	106.0	110.0	111.5	221.5	1	59:23.8	236.45	4	457.95
	Tormod Knutsen	Norway	107.0	104.5	110.0	217.0	4	59:31.0	236.00	5	453.00
	Nikolay Gusakov	Soviet Union	104.5	102.5	107.5	212.0	10	58:29.4	240.00	1	452.00
4	Pekka Ristola	Finland	107.5	106.5	106.0	214.0	6	59:32.8	235.87	6	449.87
5	Dmitry Kochkin	Soviet Union	109.5	105.0	110.0	219.5	2	1:01:32.1	228.19	11	447.69
6	Arne Larsen	Norway	99.0	109.0	106.0	215.0	5	1:01:10.1	229.61	10	444.61
7	Sverre Stenersen	Norway	102.0	103.5	101.5	205.5	14	1:00:24.0	232.58	8	438.08
8	Lars Dahlqvist	Sweden	95.5	98.0	103.5	201.5	20	59:46.0	235.03	7	436.53
9	Paavo Korhonen	Finland	97.5	98.5	99.0	197.5	24	59:08.0	237.48	3	434.98
10	Bengt Eriksson	Sweden	103.0	106.0	107.0	213.0	8	1:03:27.9	220.71	19	433.71
11	Gunder Gundersen	Norway	101.0	100.5	104.5	205.5	14	1:01:41.9	227.55	12	433.05
12	Mikhail Pryakin	Soviet Union	91.0	98.5	102.0	200.5	21	1:00:25.7	232.45	9	432.95
13	Günter Flauger	United Team of Germany	103.0	104.0	103.0	207.0	12	1:02:10.0	225.74	14	432.74
14	Enzo Perin	Italy	98.0	101.0	106.0	207.0	12	1:02:16.9	225.29	17	432.29
15	Yosuke Eto	Japan	106.0	101.5	112.5	218.5	3	1:05:51.4	211.48	23	429.98
16	Leonid Fyodorov	Soviet Union	91.5	100.5	101.5	202.0	17	1:02:13.1	225.55	15	427.55
17	Rainer Dietel	United Team of Germany	104.5	109.5	104.5	214.0	6	1:05:32.8	212.65	22	426.65
18	Vlastimil Melich	Czechoslovakia	96.0	98.5	99.5	198.0	23	1:01:49.0	227.10	13	425.10
19	Józef Karpiel	Poland	85.5	91.0	103.5	194.5	25	1:02:14.0	225.48	16	419.98
20	Martin Körner	United Team of Germany	102.5	107.0	105.0	212.0	10	1:07:37.0	204.65	27	416.65
21	Alois Leodolter	Austria	103.0	102.5	102.5	205.5	14	1:06:21.9	209.48	25	414.98
22	Ensio Hyytiä	Finland	109.5	103.0	76.0	212.5	9	1:08:14.0	202.26	29	414.76
23	Martti Maatela	Finland	96.0	90.0	106.0	202.0	17	1:06:13.5	210.00	24	412.00
24	Akemi Taniguchi	Japan	91.0	96.0	98.0	194.0	26	1:04:52.9	215.23	20	409.23
25	Irvin Servold	Canada	85.0	84.0	92.5	177.5	29	1:03:07.3	222.07	18	399.57
26	Alfred Vincelette	United States	99.0	91.5	89.5	190.5	28	1:07:35.4	204.77	26	395.27
27	Theodore Farwell	United States	76.5	86.5	86.0	172.5	30	1:05:09.4	214.19	21	386.69
28	Clarence Servold	Canada	69.5	65.0	74.5	144.0	32	58:49.1	238.71	2	382.71
29	John Cress	United States	90.0	92.0	99.5	191.5	27	1:12:59.7	183.81	31	375.31
30	Craig Lussi	United States	83.5	75.0	75.0	158.5	31	1:07:55.7	203.42	28	361.92
31	Hal Nerdal	Australia	72.0	66.0	65.5	138.0	33	1:10:15.6	194.39	30	332.39
	Rikio Yoshida	Japan	98.0	97.0	104.0	202.0	17	DNS	-	-	DNF
	Takashi Matsui	Japan	98.5	99.0	99.5	198.5	22	DNS	-	-	DNF

Participating NOCs

Thirteen nations participated in Nordic combined at the Squaw Valley Games. Australia made their Olympic Nordic combined debut.^[1]

•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Finland (4)
•  United Team of Germany (4)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (4)
•  Norway (4)
•  Poland (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Soviet Union (4)
•  United States (4)

References

1. "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
2. "Nordic Combined at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

External links

• Sports-Reference - 1960 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual