Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors29 (25 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Knut Johannesen (Speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Haakon Brusveen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Roald Aas Speed skating Men's 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Knut Johannesen Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Haakon Brusveen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tormod Knutsen Nordic combined Men's individual
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Knut Johannesen Speed skating Men's 5000m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Oddvar Rønnestad Downhill2:15.420
Oddvar Rønnestad Giant Slalom2:23.351
Oddvar Rønnestad Slalom1:18.8251:04.5152:23.314
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Astrid Sandvik Downhill2:02.937
Liv Jagge-Christiansen 1:51.230
Marit Haraldsen 1:42.912
Marit Haraldsen Giant SlalomDSQ
Liv Jagge-Christiansen 1:46.424
Inger Bjørnbakken 1:45.520
Astrid Sandvik 1:45.419
Liv Jagge-Christiansen SlalomDSQDSQ
Marit Haraldsen 59.8191:00.0141:59.811
Astrid Sandvik 58.181:31.3382:29.436
Inger Bjørnbakken 57.331:05.2272:02.514

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimeMissed targetsAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Jon Istad 1'36:53.541'44:53.511
Henry Hermansen 1'34:20.141'42:20.110
Ola Wærhaug 1'36:35.811'38:35.87
1 Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Hallgeir Brenden 53:10.312
Harald Grønningen 53:02.211
Einar Østby 52:18.04
Håkon Brusveen 51:55.5Gold medal icon.svg
30 km Sverre Stensheim 1'59:52.820
Magnar Lundemo 1'58:46.816
Oddmund Jensen 1'55:35.010
Hallgeir Brenden 1'55:19.89
50 km Harald Grønningen 3'11:17.114
Oddmund Jensen 3'09:16.211
Sverre Stensheim 3'08:51.510
Hallgeir Brenden 3'08:23.09
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Harald Grønningen
Hallgeir Brenden
Einar Østby
Håkon Brusveen
2'18:46.4Silver medal icon.svg

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Gunder Gundersen Individual58.063.0205.5141'01:41.9227.54812433.04811
Sverre Stenersen 61.563.5205.5141'00:24.0232.5818438.0817
Tormod Knutsen 61.567.0217.0459:31.0236.0005453.000Silver medal icon.svg
Arne Larsen 67.064.5215.051'01:10.1229.61310444.6136

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Ole Tom Nord Normal hill81.094.62982.0105.610200.223
Kåre Berg 83.0100.71981.5106.77207.413
Halvor Næs 86.0103.11681.5106.77209.811
Torbjørn Yggeseth 88.5106.6882.5109.54216.15

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Nils Aaness 42.524
Knut Johannesen 42.320
Hroar Elvenes 41.414
Alv Gjestvang 40.86
1500 m Nils Aaness DNF
Hroar Elvenes 2:24.939
Knut Johannesen 2:14.511
Roald Aas 2:10.4Gold medal icon.svg
5000 m Roald Aas 8:30.125
Torstein Seiersten 8:05.34
Knut Johannesen 8:00.8Silver medal icon.svg
10,000 m Roald Aas 17:26.823
Torstein Seiersten 16:33.46
Knut Johannesen 15:46.6 WRGold medal icon.svg

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