Ski jumping
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenuePapoose Peak Jumps
Dates28 February
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Winning Score227.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helmut Recknagel  United Team of Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Niilo Halonen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Leodolter  Austria
← 1956
1964 →

Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 28 February, taking place at Papoose Peak Jumps.[1][2]

The competition scheduled two jumps per entrant. Standings were determined by a point system under the parameters of combined distance points and "style" points awarded for each attempt, judged by a panel of 5 officials.[3] This event marked the first time the Däscher Technique was used in ski jumping competitions.

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United Team of Germany (EUA)1001
2 Finland (FIN)0101
3 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
details 		Helmut Recknagel
 United Team of Germany		 227.2 Niilo Halonen
 Finland		 222.6 Otto Leodolter
 Austria		 219.4

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helmut Recknagel  United Team of Germany 113.6 113.6 227.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Niilo Halonen  Finland 111.3 111.3 222.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Leodolter  Austria 107.6 111.8 219.4
4 Nikolay Kamenskiy  Soviet Union 110.2 106.7 216.9
5 Torbjørn Yggeseth  Norway 106.6 109.5 216.1
6 Max Bolkart  United Team of Germany 104.3 108.3 212.6
7 Ansten Samuelstuen  United States 107.8 103.7 211.5
8 Juhani Kärkinen  Finland 108.3 103.1 211.4
9 K'oba Ts'akadze  Soviet Union 107.0 104.1 211.1
10 Nikolai Schamov  Soviet Union 103.2 107.4 210.6
11 Halvor Næs  Norway 103.1 106.7 209.8
12 Veit Kührt  United Team of Germany 106.1 102.6 208.7
13 Kåre Berg  Norway 100.7 106.7 207.4
14 Alwin Plank  Austria 105.3 101.4 206.7
15 Sadao Kikuchi  Japan 104.1 102.1 206.2
16 Walter Steinegger  Austria 103.3 102.6 205.9
17 Eino Kirjonen  Finland 104.2 101.6 205.8
18 Rolf Strandberg  Sweden 100.0 104.8 204.8
19 Bengt Eriksson  Sweden 99.6 102.4 202.0
20 Andreas Däscher  Switzerland 101.1 100.1 201.2
21 Werner Lesser  United Team of Germany 98.0 102.8 200.8
22 Koichi Sato  Japan 98.4 101.9 200.3
23 Ole Tom Nord  Norway 94.6 105.6 200.2
24 Dino De Zordo  Italy 99.7 99.1 198.8
25 Yosuke Eto  Japan 102.2 95.5 197.7
26 Claude Jean-Prost  France 99.9 96.9 196.8
27 Leonid Fyodorov  Soviet Union 97.2 95.9 193.1
28 Jon St. Andre  United States 92.5 99.8 192.3
29 Inge Lindqvist  Sweden 90.4 99.7 190.1
30 Takashi Matsui  Japan 92.6 97.0 189.6
31 Władysław Tajner  Poland 87.6 100.6 188.2
32 Butch Wedin  United States 93.5 93.6 187.1
33 Jacques Charland  Canada 91.0 95.3 186.3
34 Gerry Gravelle  Canada 94.4 91.0 185.4
35 Willi Egger  Austria 88.1 97.3 185.4
36 Nilo Zandanel  Italy 95.0 89.8 184.8
37 Enzo Perin  Italy 84.8 96.8 181.6
38 Robert Rey  France 87.7 91.6 179.3
39 Luigi Pennacchio  Italy 78.7 92.5 171.2
40 Veikko Kankkonen  Finland 72.0 96.0 168.0
41 Tamás Sudár  Hungary 84.1 81.7 165.8
42 Gene Kotlarek  United States 96.5 68.6 165.1
43 Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson  Iceland 73.0 82.7 155.7
44 Alois Moser  Canada 71.4 79.7 151.1
45 Kjell Sjöberg  Sweden 94.1 33.8 127.9

Participating NOCs

Fifteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Squaw Valley Games.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games Men's Normal Hill (details)". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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