1960 Winter Olympics
8th edition of Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, United States
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Summary
1960 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 1,432 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #18 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1956 Winter Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1964 Winter Olympics[6]
- Location: Olympic Valley[7], Palisades Tahoe[8]
- Commons category: 1960 Winter Olympics[9]
- Edition number: 8[10]
- Has part(s): biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics[11], speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics[12], ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics[13], cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics[14], Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics[15], ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics[16], Nordic skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics[17], alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics[18], figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics[19]
- Officially opened by: Richard Nixon[20]
- Oath made by: Carol Heiss[21]
- Torch lit by: Ken Henry[22]
- Start time: February 18, 1960[23]
- End time: February 28, 1960[24]
- Point in time: February 1960[25]
- Sport: winter sport[26]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:1960 Winter Olympics[28]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960/[29]
- Number of participants: 30[30], 665[31]
- Official name: VIII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[32]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[33]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[34]
Why It Matters
1960 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]