1960 Winter Olympics

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1960 Winter Olympics

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Also known as Squaw Valley 1960, Zimní olympijské hry

8th edition of Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, United States

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The 1960 Winter Olympics was the eighth Winter Olympics competition, held in Squaw Valley, United States. It brought together athletes from around the world to compete in winter sports events during that year.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,237 inbound references to 1960 Winter Olympics, and connects out to Olympic Valley, Unified Team of Germany and California State Legislature.

The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1960 in American sports, 1960 in multi-sport events and 1960 in sports in California.

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Has part: figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Official name: VIII. Olympesch Wanterspiller
Country: United States
Followed by: 1964 Winter Olympics
Follows: 1956 Winter Olympics
Location: Palisades Tahoe
Sport: winter sport
Official website: olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960
Image: Tower of Nations.jpg

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Commons category: 1960 Winter Olympics
officially opened by: Richard Nixon
oath made by: Carol Heiss
torch lit by: Ken Henry
topic's main category: Category:1960 Winter Olympics
point in time: 1960-02-00
edition number: 8
start time: 1960-02-18
end time: 1960-02-28
number of participants: 665
described at URL: www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1960
sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games

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1960 in American sports 1960 in multi-sport events 1960 in sports in California 1960 Winter Olympics February 1960 sports events in the United States History of Placer County, California History of the Sierra Nevada (United States)Olympic Games in California Olympic Games in the United States Winter multi-sport events in the United States Winter Olympics by year