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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.

Women's 10km
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre
Cross-country skiing
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
DateFebruary 20
Competitors24 from 7 nations
Winning time39:46.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maria Gusakova Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lyubov Kozyreva Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Radia Yeroshina Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre 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

Rank Name Country Time
1 Maria Gusakova Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Soviet Union 39:46.6
2 Lyubov Kozyreva Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Soviet Union 40:04.2
3 Radia Yeroshina Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Soviet Union 40:06.0
4 Alevtina Kolchina Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Soviet Union 40:12.6
5 Sonja Ruthström-Edström Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Sweden 40:35.5
6 Toini Pöysti Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Finland 40:41.9
7 Barbro Martinsson Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Sweden 41:06.2
8 Irma Johansson Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Sweden 41:08.3
9 Krastana Stoeva Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Bulgaria 41:44.0
10 Britt Strandberg Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Sweden 42:06.8
11 Eeva Ruoppa Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Finland 42:12.8
12 Rita Czech-Blasl Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  United Team of Germany 42:29.0
13 Stefania Biegun Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Poland 42:45.2
14 Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Poland 42:45.5
15 Siiri Rantanen Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Finland 42:52.7
16 Renate Dannhauer-Borges Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  United Team of Germany 43:46.1
17 Eva Hög Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Finland 44:05.0
18 Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  United Team of Germany 44:14.6
19 Nadezhda Vasileva Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Bulgaria 44:32.8
20 Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Poland 44:36.1
21 Helena Gąsienica Daniel Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Poland 45:08.2
22 Roza Dimova Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Bulgaria 45:45.8
23 Magdolna Bartha Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  Hungary 47:23.2
Christa Göhler Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre  United Team of Germany DNF

References

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1960 Winter OlympicsCross-country skiing (sport)Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter OlympicsMcKinney Creek StadiumSquaw Valley, Placer County, CaliforniaUnited States

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