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1960 Winter Olympics

Index 1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18–28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. [1]

149 relations: Aleksandr Privalov, Alpine skiing, Anchorage, Alaska, Anne Heggtveit, Antti Tyrväinen, Apartheid, Atlanta, Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Avery Brundage, Barbara Roles, Barbara Wagner, Biathlon, Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Blyth Arena, Bobsleigh, California, California State Legislature, Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Carol Heiss, CBS, Chamonix, Cold War, Communism, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cross-country skiing, Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Winter Olympics, David Jenkins (figure skater), Demonstration sport, Donald Jackson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, Elwira Seroczyńska, Ernst Hinterseer, Figure skating, Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics, France at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Georg Thoma, Goodwin Knight, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Heidi Biebl, Heini Klopfer, Helena Pilejczyk, Helmut Recknagel, IBM, Ice hockey, Ice skating, Innsbruck, ..., Instant replay, International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, International Olympic Committee, International Ski Federation, Jean Vuarnet, Jens Weißflog, Karol Divín, Ken Henry (speed skater), Klas Lestander, Knut Johannesen, Korean War, Lake Placid, New York, Lidiya Skoblikova, List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners, List of IOC country codes, Longines, Maria Gusakova, Marika Kilius, McKinney Creek Stadium, Military patrol, Miracle on Ice, Multi-sport event, Nancy Ludington, Netherlands at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Niilo Halonen, Nikolay Gusakov, Non-commissioned officer, Nordic combined, Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympic Games ceremony, Otto Leodolter, Pacific Time Zone, Papoose Peak Jumps, Pat Brown, Penny Pitou, Poland at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Quartz clock, Quonset hut, Reno, Nevada, Richard Nixon, Roald Aas, Robert Paul, Roger Staub, Ronald Ludington, Salt Lake City, Seoul, Sixten Jernberg, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Ski jumping, Skiing, Snow White and the Three Stooges, Soviet Union at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Soviet Union national ice hockey team, Speed skating, Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink, Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Squaw Valley, Placer County, California, St. Louis, St. Moritz, Sweden at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Switzerland at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Tormod Knutsen, United States, United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics, United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics, United States Congress, United States dollar, United States Olympic Committee, United Team of Germany, United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics, UTC−08:00, Veikko Hakulinen, Vice President of the United States, Walt Disney, West Germany, Winter Olympic Games, Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater), Yvonne Rüegg, 1904 Summer Olympics, 1924 Winter Olympics, 1928 Winter Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, 1932 Winter Olympics, 1936 Winter Olympics, 1948 Winter Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Winter Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 Winter Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics, 1972 Winter Olympics, 1976 Winter Olympics, 1980 Winter Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics. Expand index (99 more) »

Aleksandr Privalov

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Privalov (Александр Васильевич Привалов; born 6 August 1933) is a former Soviet biathlete.

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Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping) which use skis with free-heel bindings.

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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) (Dena'ina Athabascan: Dgheyaytnu) is a unified home rule municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Anne Heggtveit

Anne Heggtveit, CM (born January 11, 1939) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada.

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Antti Tyrväinen

Antti Eerkki Tyrväinen (5 November 1933 – 13 October 2013) was a Finnish biathlete and Olympic medalist.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1952 to 1972.

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Barbara Roles

Barbara Ann Roles (married names: Pursley, Williams, born April 6, 1941) is an American former figure skater who currently works as a coach.

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Barbara Wagner

Barbara Aileen Wagner (born May 5, 1938) is a Canadian former pair skater.

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Biathlon

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

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Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one biathlon event, held at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California.

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Blyth Arena

Blyth Arena was an ice skating arena in Squaw Valley, California.

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Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California.

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Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Carol Heiss

Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940) is an American former figure skater and actress.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Chamonix

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc,.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ladin: Anpezo, Ampëz), commonly referred to as Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance.

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Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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David Jenkins (figure skater)

David Wilkinson Jenkins (born June 29, 1936) is an American former figure skater.

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Demonstration sport

A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote it, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.

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Donald Jackson

Donald George Jackson, (born April 2, 1940) is a retired Canadian figure skater.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact.

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Elwira Seroczyńska

Elwira Seroczyńska (1 May 1931 – 24 December 2004) was a Polish speed skater.

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Ernst Hinterseer

Ernst Hinterseer (born 27 February 1932) is a retired alpine skier from Austria.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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Finland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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France at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany.

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Georg Thoma

Georg Thoma (born 20 August 1937) is a retired German Nordic combined skier.

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Goodwin Knight

Goodwin Jess "Goodie" Knight (December 9, 1896 – May 22, 1970) was an American politician who was the 31st Governor of California from 1953 until 1959.

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Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (born 28 January 1942) is a German pair skater, actor, singer and television host.

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Hayes Alan Jenkins

Hayes Alan Jenkins (born March 23, 1933) is an American former figure skater.

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Heidi Biebl

Heidi Biebl (born February 17, 1941) is a former German Alpine skier.

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Heini Klopfer

Heini Klopfer (3 April 1918 in Oberstdorf – 18 November 1968) was a German ski jumper and architect.

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Helena Pilejczyk

Helena Pilejczyk (née Majcher; born 1 April 1931), is a Polish speed skater with a remarkably long career.

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Helmut Recknagel

Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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Ice skating

Ice skating is the act of motion by wearer of the ice skates to propel the participant across a sheet of ice.

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Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria.

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Instant replay

Instant replay is a video reproduction of something that recently occurred which was both shot and broadcast live.

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International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT), is the international sports federation for bobsleigh and skeleton.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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International Ski Federation

The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports.

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Jean Vuarnet

Jean Vuarnet (18 January 1933 – 2 January 2017) was an alpine ski racer from France.

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Jens Weißflog

Jens Weißflog (born 21 July 1964) is a German former ski jumper.

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Karol Divín

Karol "Karcsi" Emil Divín, born Finster, (born 22 February 1936) is a former competitive figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia.

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Ken Henry (speed skater)

Kenneth "Ken" Charles Henry (January 7, 1929 – March 1, 2009) was a speed skater from the United States.

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Klas Lestander

Klas Ivar Vilhelm Lestander (born 18 April 1931) is a Swedish former biathlete who won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

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Knut Johannesen

Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States.

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Lidiya Skoblikova

Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.

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List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Squaw Valley, California, United States from February 18 through February 28, 1960.

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List of IOC country codes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games.

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Longines

Longines, is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland.

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Maria Gusakova

Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва; born 2 February 1931 in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak.

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Marika Kilius

Marika Kilius (born 24 March 1943) is a German former pair skater.

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McKinney Creek Stadium

McKinney Creek Stadium was a temporary ski stadium located at Tahoma, California, in the United States.

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Military patrol

Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting.

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Miracle on Ice

The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the four-time defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Nancy Ludington

Nancy Irene Rouillard (married names: Ludington, Graham, born July 25, 1939) is an American pair skater.

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Netherlands at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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Niilo Halonen

Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen (born 25 December 1940 in Kouvola) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed between 1960 and 1967.

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Nikolay Gusakov

Nikolay Nikolayevich Gusakov (Никола́й Гусако́в) (May 14, 1934 – December 14, 1991) was a former Soviet nordic combined skier who won a bronze in the individual event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not earned a commission.

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Nordic combined

Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

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Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Olympic Games ceremony

Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing and medal ceremonies.

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Otto Leodolter

Otto Leodolter (born 18 March 1936) was an Austria ski jumper who competed between 1955 and 1964.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Papoose Peak Jumps

Papoose Peak Jumps was a ski jumping hill located at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in the US state of California.

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Pat Brown

Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. (April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd Governor of California from 1959 to 1967.

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Penny Pitou

Penelope Theresa "Penny" Pitou (born October 8, 1938) is a former United States Olympic alpine skier, who in 1960 became the first American skier to win a medal in the Olympic downhill event.

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Poland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Quartz clock

A quartz clock is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time.

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Quonset hut

A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semicircular cross-section.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Roald Aas

Roald Edgar Aas (25 March 1928 – 18 February 2012) was a speed skater and cyclist from Norway.

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Robert Paul

Robert Paul (born June 2, 1937) is a Canadian former pair skater.

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Roger Staub

Roger Staub (1 July 1936 – 30 June 1974) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland.

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Ronald Ludington

Ronald Ludington (born September 4, 1934) is an American figure skating coach and former pair skater.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Sixten Jernberg

Edy Sixten Jernberg (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time.

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Sjoukje Dijkstra

Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (born 28 January 1942) is a Dutch former competitive figure skater.

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Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the longest jump after descending from a specially designed ramp on their skis.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Snow White and the Three Stooges

Snow White and the Three Stooges is the second feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity.

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Soviet Union at the 1960 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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Soviet Union national ice hockey team

The Soviet national ice hockey team (Сборная СССР по хоккею с шайбой) was the national ice hockey team of the Soviet Union.

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Speed skating

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.

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Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink

The Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink was a temporary venue constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

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Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the host site of the entire 1960 Winter Olympics.

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Squaw Valley, Placer County, California

Olympic Valley, California (also known as Squaw Valley) is an unincorporated community located in Placer County northwest of Tahoe City along California State Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe.

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St. Louis

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St. Moritz

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Sweden at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Switzerland at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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Tormod Knutsen

Tormod Kåre Knutsen (born 7 January 1932) is a retired Norwegian Nordic combined skier.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics

The United States was the host nation for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

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United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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United States Olympic Committee

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

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United Team of Germany

The United Team of Germany (Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany.

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United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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UTC−08:00

UTC−08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −08.

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Veikko Hakulinen

Veikko Johannes Hakulinen (4 January 1925 – 24 October 2003) was a Finnish cross country skier, triple champion in both the Olympics and world championships.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.

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Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin (Евгений Романович Гришин; 23 March 1931 – 9 July 2005) was a Russian speedskater.

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Yvonne Rüegg

Yvonne Rüegg (born 2 August 1938) is a Swiss former alpine skier.

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1904 Summer Olympics

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

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1924 Winter Olympics

The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

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1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (Les IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Olympische Winterspiele 1928; II Giochi olimpici invernali; Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1928), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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1932 Winter Olympics

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York.

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1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1936), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.

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1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (Les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Olympische Winterspiele 1948; V Giochi olimpici invernali; Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1948), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.

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1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics (Norwegian: Vinter-OL 1952), officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

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1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade), was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy.

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1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1964), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.

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1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the (French: Les XIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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1976 Winter Olympics

The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver, Olympische Winterspiele 1976), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.

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1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 13, through February 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York.

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1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles (LA), California, United States.

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1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics (Olympiske vinterleker 1994), officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XVIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 8 to 24 February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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1960 Squaw Valley, 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, 1960 Winter Olympic Games, 8th Winter Olympic Games, Bids for the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley 1960, The 1960 Winter Olympics, VIII Olympic Winter Games, VIIIth Olympic Winter Games.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics

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