By: Alison Gaffney, Nick Brosari and
Mike d’Entremont
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Squaw Valley, California
First games to be televised
Had a 50-room lodge
Built Olympic Village Inn to house 750 athletes
under one roof for the first time
Huge snowstorm just before the Game opened
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Started and finished at station just west of Tahoma
Went from what is now the sugar Pine Point to Homewood
Timing buildings and aid stations were scattered through out the
course
4 parts for men=15km, 30km, 50km and 4x10 km relay; 2 for
women= 10km and 3x5 km relay
Håkon Brusveen
Gold: Men’s 15km
Norway
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Sixten Jernberg
Gold: Men’s 30km
Sweden
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Maria Gusakova
Gold: Women’s 10km
Soviet Union
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Courses thought to be dull
US starts = “Silver Queens” Penny Pitou and
Betsy Snite
3 events for each gender: downhill, slalom and
giant slalom
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Betsy Snite
Silver: Women’s slalom
USA
Jean Vuarnet
Gold: Men’s downhill
France
1st to compete on metal skis
Penny Pitou
Silver: Women’s downhill
and giant slalom
USA
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Biathlon
 Combines cross-country skiing and rife shooting
 Men only
Nordic Combined
 Ski jumping and a 15 km cross-country race
 Men only
Georg Thoma
Gold: Nordic Combined
Germany
Klas Lestander
Gold: Biathlon
Sweden
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Specially constructed hill
Designed by German Heini Klopfer
3 hills
80 meter used for Olympic event
Men only
Helmut Recknagel
Gold: ski jumping
Germany
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Points based on 60% skills and 40% on free skate
Men’s, women’s and pair’s
Each judge places each skater
Final placement by majority placement EX: if a skater is
placed 1st by the majority of judges, they get 1st place
Barbra Wagner
and Robert Paul
Gold: pair’s
Canada
David Jenkins
Gold: men’s
USA
Carol Heiss
Gold: Women’s
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USA
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First year for Olympics for women
First time outdoors on artificial ice
One of the fastest rinks in the world
Disassembled after Games
Many records broken
Men = 500m; 1,500m; 5,000m and 10,000m
Women = 500m; 1,000m; 1,500m and 3,000m
Bill Disney
Silver: men’s 500
USA
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Knut Johannesen
Gold: men’s 10,000
Norway
Beat world record by 46
secs
Jeanne Ashworth
Bronze: women’s 500
USA
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They were the first televised Games
They were the first year having women’s speed
skating
It was during the cold War, so the USSR and
the USA were already at odds
The USSR got more medals than the USA so
that made people feel were falling behind the
Soviet Union in more then just space travel
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The USA was very nervous about falling
behind the Soviet Union
But, we continued being involved in world
affairs even though we were falling a bit
behind
USA vs. Soviet Union during the Cold War
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Teams: USA, USSR, Japan, Czechoslovakia,
Germany, Sweden, Finland, Australia, Canada.
Players (USA): Bill and Bob Cleary, Roger and
Bill Christian, Paul Johnson, John Mayasich,
Tommy Williams, Bob mcVey, Jack Kirrane,
Weldy Olson, and Dick Meredith.
Coach (USA): Jack Riley.
The 1960 Winter Olympics were held in Squaw Valley, California. The
hockey tournament was held at the Blyth Arena. There was much
controversy over this because the arena was small- it only had one
rink. Many teams were forced to practice and compete outside, which
lead to terrible conditions with the weather not cooperating. The ice
was always slushy and was very poor quality. The schedule was also
thought of as cruel- the teams had to play 8 games in 10 days- and the
players were on the ice twice in one day, practicing for the game later
on.
In the first round of play the U.S. team played Australia. They were
the underdogs going into the tournament and were not even expected
to make it passed Australia. They won that game 12-1, but people still
weren't convinced saying it was Australia and that they were never
that good. They next played the Czechoslovakia team and won that 75. They then played the Swedish team who was expected to win third
if not higher. They won that game 6-3. Next was Germany who they
easily won 9-1 against. Hopes where high, but the future looked bleak
because they next played the Canadians, who was expected to win
gold, and if they won that then they would still play the Soviets in the
semi finals. The game against the Canadians was a tough game, but
due to McCartan's 39 saves the team won 2-1. Next they played the
Soviets.
This was going to be a tough match and since they had
not been expected to win against the Canadians they
definitely were expected to win here, were the Soviets had
went 4-0 in all past Soviet U.S. encounters. It was a very
physical game with a lot of hard hits, but no fights. At the
end of the second period the U.S. found themselves down
by 1. Down 2-1 Bill Christian scored the game tieing goal
early in the third period. Then Bill Christian and his brother
Roger, along with wingman Tommy Williams teamed up on
a breakaway and scored the go ahead goal at 14:59 of the
third period. McCartan refused to let another goal in and the
US Olympic team beat the Soviets 3-2. After that game the
US played Czechoslovakia again winning and for the first
time taking home a Gold medal in hockey.
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At the time, the Olympics were strictly for
amateurs. None of the hockey players on the
USA team had gone pro or played in the NHL.
However, USSR cheated the system. They
technically sponsored the best players they
could find by giving them a job in the military.
This caused problems among the other teams
and made USA hate communism and the USSR
even more.
When the US. played the USSR in the semi
finals, it was more than just a game. It was a
battle for all of America, facing their greatest
rival in a game on ice. It was significantly
important because it USA and the USSR were
in the middle of the Cold War. They had been
going head to head as the most powerful
countries in the world. now they had a chance
to face off in something other than the space
race, or the political battle for/against
communism.
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They look at any competitiveness from the
Soviets as a challenge
Though high of themselves and when the
Soviets would win it would scare them because
it seemed as though the Soviets were better,
even if it was only hockey
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