Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	29 (25 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Knut Johannesen (Speed skating)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 6
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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 Brusveen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 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 × 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 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