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{{Infobox award
| name             = 1960 Winter Olympics medals
| image            = Yevgeny Grishin 1964.jpg
| caption          = [[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]] (pictured) won two gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, tied for the most of any competing athlete.
| alt              = Yevgeny Grishin skating, leaned over while doing so. Pictured in black and white.
| location         = [[Squaw Valley, Placer County, California|Squaw Valley]], {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Winter}}
| award2_type      = Most total medals
| award2_winner    = {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Winter|21}}
| award1_type      = Most gold medals
| award1_winner    = {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Winter|7}}
| award3_type      = Medalling NOCs
| award3_winner    = 14
| previous         = [[1956 Winter Olympics medal table|1956]]
| main             = [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|Olympics medal tables]]
| next             = [[1964 Winter Olympics medal table|1964]]
}}

The [[1960 Winter Olympics]], officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960, were an international winter [[multi-sport event]] held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as [[Palisades Tahoe]]) in Squaw Valley (now known as [[Olympic Valley, California|Olympic Valley]]), [[California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic Winter Games 1960: From remote backwater to a leading ski destination |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/squaw-valley-1960-from-remote-backwater-to-a-leading-ski-destination |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |date=January 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816085933/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/squaw-valley-1960-from-remote-backwater-to-a-leading-ski-destination |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 10, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Squaw Valley 1960: How it all began |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/squaw-valley-1960-how-it-all-began |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816040442/https://olympics.com/en/news/squaw-valley-1960-how-it-all-began |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 10, 2025 }}</ref><ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=de Bruin |first1=Tabitha |title=Canada at the 1960 Olympic Winter Games |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-at-the-1960-olympic-winter-games |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=January 10, 2025 |date=April 27, 2018 |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127135558/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-at-the-1960-olympic-winter-games |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic Valley in Lake Tahoe continues to shed racist slur, renames main thoroughfare |url=https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/Placer-renames-Olympic-Valley-Road-16838978.php |website=[[SFGate]] |date=March 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926221401/https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/Placer-renames-Olympic-Valley-Road-16838978.php |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=David |first1=Julie Brown |access-date=January 10, 2025 }}</ref> A total of 665 athletes representing 30 [[National Olympic Committee|National Olympic Committees]] (NOCs) participated,<ref>{{cite web |title=Squav Valley 1960 Winter Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960 |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=January 10, 2025 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001123527/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960 |url-status=live }}</ref> including [[South Africa at the 1960 Winter Olympics|South Africa]] who took part in the Winter Games for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/south-africa |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044312/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/south-africa |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref> It was the first time all five continents represented in the [[Olympic rings]] ([[Africa]], the [[Americas]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and [[Oceania]]) were represented in the Winter Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic rings represent each continent. But why are there only 5 instead of 7? |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/08/12/what-do-the-olympic-rings-mean/74767042007/ |website=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=August 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913192813/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/08/12/what-do-the-olympic-rings-mean/74767042007/ |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Sepulveda |first1=Laura Daniella |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref><ref name="IOC relive the glories..." />

The games featured 27 events in 4 [[Winter Olympic sports|sports]] across 8 disciplines, including the Olympic debuts of [[Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics|biathlon]] and women's [[Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics|speed skating]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1960 Winter Olympics Overview |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/36 |website=[[Olympedia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219054628/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/36 |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2025 }}</ref><ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" /> Due to a lack of entries, this was the first and only Winter Games which did not feature [[Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics|bobsledding]] as an event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobsled 101: Olympic History |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/bobsled-101-olympic-history |website=[[NBC Olympics]] |date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913191402/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/bobsled-101-olympic-history |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="IOC relive the glories...">{{cite web |title=Relive the Glories of past Olympic Winter Games: Squaw Valley 1960 |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/relive-the-glories-of-past-olympic-winter-games-squaw-valley-1960 |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816083533/https://olympics.com/en/news/relive-the-glories-of-past-olympic-winter-games-squaw-valley-1960 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 13, 2025 }}</ref>

Athletes representing 14 NOCs received at least one medal, with 10 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.<ref name="IOC medal table" /> Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most gold medals, with seven, and the most overall medals, with 21.<ref name="IOC medal table" /> Soviet speed skaters [[Lidiya Skoblikova]] and [[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]] tied for the most gold medals at the games with two each, while Finnish skier [[Veikko Hakulinen]] had the most total medals with three (one gold, one silver, and one bronze).<ref>{{cite web |title=1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/ |website=[[Sports Reference]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/ |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>

==Medal table==
The medal table is based on information provided by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the [[Olympic medal table]] sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html |work=[[The Independent]] | date=August 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Ostlere |first1=Lawrence |access-date=August 12, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Araton |first1=Harvey |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 25, 2024 }}</ref> If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their [[List of IOC country codes|IOC country code]].<ref>{{cite news |title=What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained |url=https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |work=[[Diario AS]] |date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |archive-date=August 11, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Cons |first1=Roddy |access-date=August 11, 2024 |language=en-us }}</ref>

Two gold medals and no silver medals were awarded in the [[Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 metres speed skating]] event due to a tie for first place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharing the golden spoils |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/sharing-the-golden-spoils |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216081921/https://olympics.com/en/news/sharing-the-golden-spoils |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2025 }}</ref>

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 1960 Winter Olympics medal table<ref name="IOC medal table">{{cite web |title=Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960/medals |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=January 9, 2025 |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911063554/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960/medals |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | host           = USA
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1960 Winter
 | team           = {{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}}
 | gold_URS = 7 | silver_URS = 5 | bronze_URS = 9
 | gold_EUA = 4 | silver_EUA = 3 | bronze_EUA = 1
 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 3 | host_USA = yes 
 | gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 2
 | gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_SUI = 2 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 3
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Olympic Games}}
* [[List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners]]
* [[All-time Olympic Games medal table]]
* [[1960 Summer Olympics medal table]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Olympic games medal table}}
{{Top Winter Olympics medal-winning nations}}

[[Category:1960 Winter Olympics|Medal table]]
[[Category:Winter Olympics medal tables|1960]]