title: Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics
text: # Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics
  
  Norway competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Haakon Brusveen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
  | Gold | Roald Aas | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
  | Gold | Knut Johannesen | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
  | Silver | Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Haakon Brusveen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
  | Silver | Tormod Knutsen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
  | Silver | Knut Johannesen | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Oddvar Rønnestad | Downhill | | | | | 2:15.4 | 20 |
  | Oddvar Rønnestad | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:23.3 | 51 |
  | Oddvar Rønnestad | Slalom | 1:18.8 | 25 | 1:04.5 | 15 | 2:23.3 | 14 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Astrid Sandvik | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.9 | 37 |
  | Liv Jagge-Christiansen | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.2 | 30 |
  | Marit Haraldsen | Downhill | | | | | 1:42.9 | 12 |
  | Marit Haraldsen | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
  | Liv Jagge-Christiansen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:46.4 | 24 |
  | Inger Bjørnbakken | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:45.5 | 20 |
  | Astrid Sandvik | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:45.4 | 19 |
  | Liv Jagge-Christiansen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
  | Marit Haraldsen | Slalom | 59.8 | 19 | 1:00.0 | 14 | 1:59.8 | 11 |
  | Astrid Sandvik | Slalom | 58.1 | 8 | 1:31.3 | 38 | 2:29.4 | 36 |
  | Inger Bjørnbakken | Slalom | 57.3 | 3 | 1:05.2 | 27 | 2:02.5 | 14 |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Missed targets | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 km | Jon Istad | 1'36:53.5 | 4 | 1'44:53.5 | 11 |
  | 20 km | Henry Hermansen | 1'34:20.1 | 4 | 1'42:20.1 | 10 |
  | 20 km | Ola Wærhaug | 1'36:35.8 | 1 | 1'38:35.8 | 7 |
  
      $^1$ Two minutes added per missed target.
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Hallgeir Brenden | 53:10.3 | 12 |
  | 15 km | Harald Grønningen | 53:02.2 | 11 |
  | 15 km | Einar Østby | 52:18.0 | 4 |
  | 15 km | Håkon Brusveen | 51:55.5 | |
  | 30 km | Sverre Stensheim | 1'59:52.8 | 20 |
  | 30 km | Magnar Lundemo | 1'58:46.8 | 16 |
  | 30 km | Oddmund Jensen | 1'55:35.0 | 10 |
  | 30 km | Hallgeir Brenden | 1'55:19.8 | 9 |
  | 50 km | Harald Grønningen | 3'11:17.1 | 14 |
  | 50 km | Oddmund Jensen | 3'09:16.2 | 11 |
  | 50 km | Sverre Stensheim | 3'08:51.5 | 10 |
  | 50 km | Hallgeir Brenden | 3'08:23.0 | 9 |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen | 2'18:46.4 | |
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  * 15 km cross-country skiing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Gunder Gundersen | Individual | 58.0 | 63.0 | 205.5 | 14 | 1'01:41.9 | 227.548 | 12 | 433.048 | 11 |
  | Sverre Stenersen | Individual | 61.5 | 63.5 | 205.5 | 14 | 1'00:24.0 | 232.581 | 8 | 438.081 | 7 |
  | Tormod Knutsen | Individual | 61.5 | 67.0 | 217.0 | 4 | 59:31.0 | 236.000 | 5 | 453.000 | |
  | Arne Larsen | Individual | 67.0 | 64.5 | 215.0 | 5 | 1'01:10.1 | 229.613 | 10 | 444.613 | 6 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Ole Tom Nord | Normal hill | 81.0 | 94.6 | 29 | 82.0 | 105.6 | 10 | 200.2 | 23 |
  | Kåre Berg | Normal hill | 83.0 | 100.7 | 19 | 81.5 | 106.7 | 7 | 207.4 | 13 |
  | Halvor Næs | Normal hill | 86.0 | 103.1 | 16 | 81.5 | 106.7 | 7 | 209.8 | 11 |
  | Torbjørn Yggeseth | Normal hill | 88.5 | 106.6 | 8 | 82.5 | 109.5 | 4 | 216.1 | 5 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Nils Aaness | 42.5 | 24 |
  | 500 m | Knut Johannesen | 42.3 | 20 |
  | 500 m | Hroar Elvenes | 41.4 | 14 |
  | 500 m | Alv Gjestvang | 40.8 | 6 |
  | 1500 m | Nils Aaness | DNF | – |
  | 1500 m | Hroar Elvenes | 2:24.9 | 39 |
  | 1500 m | Knut Johannesen | 2:14.5 | 11 |
  | 1500 m | Roald Aas | 2:10.4 | |
  | 5000 m | Roald Aas | 8:30.1 | 25 |
  | 5000 m | Torstein Seiersten | 8:05.3 | 4 |
  | 5000 m | Knut Johannesen | 8:00.8 | |
  | 10,000 m | Roald Aas | 17:26.8 | 23 |
  | 10,000 m | Torstein Seiersten | 16:33.4 | 6 |
  | 10,000 m | Knut Johannesen | 15:46.6 WR | |
  