Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay explained

Event:Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay
Games:1960 Winter
Venue:McKinney Creek Stadium
Date:February 26
Competitors:15
Nations:5
Win Value:1:04:21.4
Gold:Irma Johansson
Britt Strandberg
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Radia Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Kozyreva
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Siiri Rantanen
Eeva Ruoppa
Toini Pöysti
Bronzenoc:FIN
Prev:1956
Next:1964

The women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, held in Squaw Valley, California, United States. This event marked its second appearance. The competition took place on Friday, February 26, 1960, at McKinney Creek Stadium.

In a surprising turn of events, Sweden won the gold medal ahead, defeating the Soviet Union, which had secured the top four places in the individual event. Bulgaria was scheduled to compete but did not start the race.

Results

Rank Nation Skiers Time
1 Irma Johansson (21:31)
Britt Strandberg (21:45)
Sonja Ruthström-Edström (21:05.4)
1:04:21.4
2 Radia Yeroshina (22:57)
Maria Gusakova (21:18)
Lyubov Kozyreva (20:47.6)
1:05:02.6
3 Siiri Rantanen (22:57)
Eeva Ruoppa (21:51)
Toini Pöysti (21:39.5)
1:06:27.5
4 Stefania Biegun (22:10)
Helena Gąsienica Daniel (23:05)
Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa (22:09.6)
1:07:24.6
5 Rita Czech-Blasl (22:59)
Renate Dannhauer-Borges (22:48)
Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus (23:38.7)
1:09:25.7

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