Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one Ice Hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Preliminary round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 3 Consolation round 4 Final round 5 Final ranking

[edit] Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
USA Jack McCartan John Mayasich John Kirrane Paul Herbert Johnson Weldon Howard Olson Eugene Grazia Richard Rodenheiser Edwyn Owen Rodney Paavola Richard Meredith Bill Christian Tommy Williams Roger Christian Robert McVey Lawrence Palmer Bill Cleary Rob Cleary	Canada Harold Hurley Harold Sinden Jack Douglas Robert Attersley Fred Etcher George Samolenko Donald Charles Head Darryl Sly Ken Laufman Floyd Martin James Connelly Robert Forhan Donald Rope Maurice Benoit Robert Rousseau Cliff Pennington Robert McKnight	USSR Yuri Tsitsinov Vladimir Grebennikov Mikhail Bychkov Viktor Pryazhnikov Nikolai Karpov Nikolai Puchkov Evgeni Groshev Viktor Yakushev Stanislav Petukhov Evgeni Yerkin Nikolaï Sologubov Yuri Baulin Aleksandr Almetov Konstantin Loktev Veniamin Aleksandrov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevskiy

[edit] Preliminary round

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

[edit] Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	24	3	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	21	5	2
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	1	38	0

• February 19 Canada 5-2 Sweden
• February 20 Canada 19-1 Japan
• February 21 Sweden 19-0 Japan

[edit] Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	USSR	2	2	0	0	16	4	4
2	United Team of Germany	2	1	1	0	4	9	2
3	Finland	2	0	2	0	5	12	0

• February 19 USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
• February 20 USSR 8-4 Finland
• February 21 Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland

[edit] Group C

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	0	19	6	4
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	8	2
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	2	30	0

• February 19 USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia
• February 20 Czechoslovakia 18-1 Australia
• February 21 USA 12-1 Australia

[edit] Consolation round

Teams, which didn't qualify for the final round, played here.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	0	1	50	11	7
Japan	4	2	1	1	32	22	5
Australia	4	0	4	0	8	57	0

• February 22 Australia 1-14 Finland
• February 23 Finland 11-2 Japan
• February 24 Australia 2-13 Japan
• February 25 Australia 2-19 Finland
• February 27 Japan 11-3 Australia
• (date?)Finland 6-6 Japan

[edit] Final round

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2	Canada	5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3	USSR	5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5	Sweden	5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6	United Team of Germany	5	0	5	0	5	45	0

• February 22
  • 1:00 p.m. USSR 8-5 Czechoslovakia
  • 3:30 p.m. USA 6-3 Sweden
  • 6:00 p.m. Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)

• February 24
  • 1:00 p.m. USA 9-1 Germany (UTG)
  • 3:30 p.m. USSR 2-2 Sweden
  • 6:00 p.m. Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia

• February 25
  • 1:00 p.m. USSR 7-1 Germany (UTG)
  • 3:30 p.m. USA 2-1 Canada
  • 6:00 p.m. Czechoslovakia 3-1 Sweden

• February 27
  • 11:00 a.m. Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany (UTG)
  • 1:30 p.m. USA 3-2 USSR
  • 4:00 p.m. Canada 6-5 Sweden

• February 28
  • 8:00 a.m. USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
  • 10:30 a.m. Sweden 8-2 Germany (UTG)
  • 10:30 a.m. Canada 8-5 USSR

[edit] Final ranking

1. United States
2. Canada
3. USSR
4. Czechoslovakia
5. Sweden
6. United Team of Germany
7. Finland
8. Japan
9. Australia

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Events at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Squaw Valley)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating