Event: | Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay |
Games: | 1960 Winter |
Venue: | McKinney Creek Stadium |
Date: | February 25 |
Competitors: | 44 |
Nations: | 11 |
Win Value: | 2:18:45.6 |
Gold: | Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen |
Goldnoc: | FIN |
Silver: | Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen |
Silvernoc: | NOR |
Bronze: | Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Aleksey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin |
Bronzenoc: | URS |
Prev: | 1956 |
Next: | 1964 |
The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 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 fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 27, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.[1]
Finland won the gold medal with less than one second ahead of Nordic rivals Norway. It was the third time out of five that Finland had won gold in this event. Defending champions Soviet Union took the bronze medal. It was also Veikko Hakulinen's third Olympic gold and first at these games.