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Speed Skating At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 Metres
The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Saturday, February 27, 1960. Thirty speed skaters from 15 nations competed. Medalists Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics. ''(*)'' The record was set on naturally frozen ice. ''(**)'' The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice. At first Kjell Bäckman bettered the world record with 16:14.2 minutes. Then Knut Johannesen Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway. Biography Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK (''Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb'' – later called ''Aktiv Skøyteklu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
The Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink was a temporary venue constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley, California (which was known at that time as "Squaw Valley"). Located outdoors near the Blyth Arena, it hosted the speed skating and some of the ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ... events for those games. The site has been re-developed as parking and mixed residential-retail complex. References1960 Winter Olympics official report.p. 121. {{Olympic venues in speed skating Venues of the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skating venues Olympic ice hockey venues Defunct sports venues in California Speed skating venues in the United States Sports venues in Placer County, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Monaghan
Terry Monaghan (born 26 August 1933) is a British speed skater. He competed in four events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... He represented Great Britain in the European and World championships between 1956 and 1962. He broke the world record of Hjalmar Andersen on the 10 km which was realized in 1952.Unfortunately for Terry Monaghan some other skaters improved his time. So in the end he became 5th in these Olympic Games and the new world record went to Knut Johannessen. Biography Terry loved his roller skates when he was a kid and moved to inline roller skates only for fun. But in 1941, he saw the movie Sun Valley Serenade, fell in love with Sonja Henie at 8 years old and decided that he wanted to go to Norway and ice skate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Gios
Mario Gios (born 7 May 1936) is an Italian speed skater. He competed in four events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References External links * 1936 births Living people Italian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Italy Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Asiago {{Italy-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Stille
Kurt Robert Stille (born 19 November 1934) is a former Danish speed skater, who competed at top international levels from 1957 to 1964. He was born in Copenhagen, but lives in Norway. He participated in both the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics. Stille was the only Danish participant in the 1960 Olympics. His 9th place in the 1964 10,000-m was his best result; this was also the best result by any Dane in an individual event in the Winter Olympics history until 2018, when Viktor Hald Thorup placed fifth in the men's mass start speed skating. At the end of his career, Stille held the Danish speedskating records at all distances. These were 43.3 for 500 m (Karuizawa, 1963), 2:13.9 for 1,500 m (Bislett, 1964), 4:39.0 for 3,000 m (Bislett, 1964), 7:56.1 for 5,000 m (Innsbruck, 1964), and 16:28.5 for 10,000 m (Bislett, 1964). These records lasted a record 41 years, until Oliver Sundberg skated 42.65 (500 m) and 2:06.51 (1500 m) in Groningen on 19 March 2005. Sundberg a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Broekman
Cornelis "Kees" Broekman (2 July 1927 – 8 November 1992) was a Dutch speed skater. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Broekman was silver medalist on both the 5000 meter and the 10000 meter, the first ever Winter Olympic medals for the Netherlands. He won a silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men 1949, and became European champion 1953. In the 1950s Broekman moved to Norway, where he competed until the 1960 Summer Olympics. After the Games he retired to become a speed skating coach, bringing Atje Keulen-Deelstra and Göran Claeson to world titles. He later coached speed skating in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ..., where he died at age 65. He was an uncle of the Olympic speed skater Stien Kaiser. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Uhrlass
Arnold Uhrlass (born October 19, 1931) is an American former speed skater and cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics and in the team pursuit event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. See also * List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games Below is a list of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics, the winter sports of Figure skating and Ice hockey had been contested in the Summer Olym ... References External links * 1931 births Living people American male cyclists American male speed skaters Olympic cyclists for the United States Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York American track cyclists {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato De Riva
Renato De Riva (7 May 1937 – 10 May 1983) was an Italian speed skater who was active internationally between 1958 and 1968. He competed at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ... with the best result of 14th place in the 10,000 m in 1960 and in the 5000 m in 1964. References 1937 births 1983 deaths Italian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Italy 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Kuhnert
Helmut Kuhnert (born 1 March 1936) is a retired East German speed skater. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ... in eight events in total. His best achievements were ninth place in 5000 m in 1956 and in 1500 m in 1960. He won a bronze all-around medal at the 1960 World Championships. Personal bests: *500 m – 41.8 (1964) * 1500 m – 2:12.4 (1960) * 5000 m – 8:03.0 (1956) * 10000 m – 16:33.2 (1956) References 1936 births Living people German male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United Team of Germany Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Berlin World Allround Speed Skating Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Pesman
Jan Sijbrand Pesman (4 May 1931 – 23 January 2014) was a Dutch speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ... who specialized in long distances. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the 500 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m events and won a bronze medal in the 5000 m. Pesman started competing in speed skating in his twenties, and took part in all major international events between 1957 and 1960. In 1959, he won the 5000 m event at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships and finished second in the 10,000 m; he won this event at the 1960 World Championships. He retired after the 1960 season. References External links skateresults 1931 births 2014 deaths People from Loppersum Dutch male speed skaters Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Kouprianoff
André Kouprianoff (born 19 October 1938) is a retired French speed skater who won three all-round medals at the European and world championships in 1960–1962. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ... in 500 m to 10,000 m distances with the best achievement of eighth place in 1,500 m in 1960. Personal bests: *500 m – 41.5 (1960) *1500 m – 2:11.4 (1964) *5000 m – 8:03.9 (1962) *10000 m – 16:39.1 (1960) References 1938 births Living people Olympic speed skaters for France Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics French male speed skaters Sportspeople from Paris World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists {{France-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Zucco
Ross Barta Zucco (April 20, 1934 – September 28, 1960) was an American speed skater. He competed in the 10,000 m event at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ... and finished in 10th place. A few months later he was killed in a car accident by a 16-year-old drunk driver. References 1934 births 1960 deaths American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Road incident deaths in California {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keijo Tapiovaara
Keijo Tapiovaara (born 18 May 1939) is a Finnish speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1939 births Living people Finnish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Finland Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tampere {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |