1960 Winter Olympics

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Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1960 Winter Olympics were the VIII Olympic Winter Games, held in Squaw Valley, California, and notable for being the first Winter Games hosted by the United States since 1932 and for introducing technological innovations like computerized timing.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
VIII Olympic Winter Games	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games ⓘ Winter Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
bidDefeatedCity	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ⓘ Innsbruck ⓘ St. Moritz ⓘ
bidWinner	Squaw Valley ⓘ
cauldronLighter	Kenneth Henry ⓘ
closingDate	1960-02-28 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
currencyOfHostCountry	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
featuredSport	Nordic combined ⓘ alpine skiing ⓘ biathlon ⓘ cross-country skiing ⓘ figure skating ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ ski jumping ⓘ speed skating ⓘ
followedBy	1964 Winter Olympics ⓘ
goldMedalTableLeader	Soviet Union ⓘ
hostCity	Squaw Valley ⓘ
hostCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hostNation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hostNationMedalRank	3 ⓘ
hostRegion	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
hostSelectionCity	Paris ⓘ
hostSelectionCountry	France ⓘ
hostSelectionEvent	51st IOC Session ⓘ
hostSelectionYear	1955 ⓘ
IOCPresidentDuringGames	Avery Brundage ⓘ
legacy	advancement of electronic timing in international sport ⓘ development of Squaw Valley as a major ski resort ⓘ
locationRenamed	Squaw Valley ⓘ surface form: Palisades Tahoe
mainVenue	Squaw Valley ⓘ surface form: Squaw Valley Ski Resort
mostTotalMedalsNation	Soviet Union ⓘ
mottoLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	first Olympic Games to have an athletes’ village for all competitors in one place ⓘ first Winter Olympics hosted by the United States since 1932 ⓘ introduction of computerized timing ⓘ television coverage expansion in the United States ⓘ use of IBM computers for results processing ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	665 ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines	8 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	27 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	144 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	521 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	30 ⓘ
numberOfSports	4 ⓘ
officialName	VIII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
olympiadNumber	8 ⓘ
openingDate	1960-02-18 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
openingDeclaredByOffice	Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Olympic Games ⓘ
partOfSeries	Winter Olympics ⓘ surface form: Winter Olympic Games
precededBy	1956 Winter Olympics ⓘ
stadium	Blyth Memorial Arena ⓘ
televisionRightsHolder	CBS ⓘ
torchFinalBearer	Kenneth Henry ⓘ
year	1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VIII Olympic Winter Games → commonName → 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ

Squaw Valley → knownFor → 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ

Squaw Valley → olympicGamesNumber → 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: VIII Olympic Winter Games

United States men's national ice hockey team → olympicGoldMedal → 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ

1964 Winter Olympics → precededBy → 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ