Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre

The 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 20, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]

Women's 10km
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
DateFebruary 20
Competitors24 from 7 nations
Winning time39:46.6
Medalists
Maria Gusakova  Soviet Union
Lyubov Kozyreva  Soviet Union
Radia Yeroshina  Soviet Union
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It was a Soviet Union clean sweep of the medals with Maria Gusakova winning gold and defending champion Lyubov Kozyreva taking silver. In fact the Soviets also took fourth place through Alevtina Kolchina.

Two days later, Gusakova's husband, Nikolay Gusakov won bronze in the Nordic Combined.

Results
RankNameCountryTime
1Maria Gusakova Soviet Union39:46.6
2Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union40:04.2
3Radia Yeroshina Soviet Union40:06.0
4Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union40:12.6
5Sonja Ruthström-Edström Sweden40:35.5
6Toini Pöysti Finland40:41.9
7Barbro Martinsson Sweden41:06.2
8Irma Johansson Sweden41:08.3
9Krastana Stoeva Bulgaria41:44.0
10Britt Strandberg Sweden42:06.8
11Eeva Ruoppa Finland42:12.8
12Rita Czech-Blasl United Team of Germany42:29.0
13Stefania Biegun Poland42:45.2
14Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Poland42:45.5
15Siiri Rantanen Finland42:52.7
16Renate Dannhauer-Borges United Team of Germany43:46.1
17Eva Hög Finland44:05.0
18Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus United Team of Germany44:14.6
19Nadezhda Vasileva Bulgaria44:32.8
20Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka Poland44:36.1
21Helena Gąsienica Daniel Poland45:08.2
22Roza Dimova Bulgaria45:45.8
23Magdolna Bartha Hungary47:23.2
Christa Göhler United Team of GermanyDNF

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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