The 10 kilometre 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 third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 20, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium.
It was a Soviet Union clean sweep of the medals with Maria Gusakova winning gold and defending champion Lyubov Kozyreva taking silver. In fact the Soviets also took fourth place through Alevtina Kolchina.
Two days later, Gusakova's husband, Nikolay Gusakov won bronze in the Nordic Combined.
Results Rank Name Country Time 1 Maria Gusakova 39:46.6 2 Lyubov Kozyreva 40:04.2 3 Radia Yeroshina 40:06.0 4 Alevtina Kolchina 40:12.6 5 Sonja Ruthström-Edström 40:35.5 6 Toini Pöysti 40:41.9 7 Barbro Martinsson 41:06.2 8 Irma Johansson 41:08.3 9 Krastana Stoeva 41:44.0 10 Britt Strandberg 42:06.8 11 Eeva Ruoppa 42:12.8 12 Rita Czech-Blasl 42:29.0 13 Stefania Biegun 42:45.2 14 Józefa Czerniawska-Pęksa 42:45.5 15 Siiri Rantanen 42:52.7 16 Renate Dannhauer-Borges 43:46.1 17 Eva Hög 44:05.0 18 Sonnhilde Hausschild-Kallus 44:14.6 19 Nadezhda Vasileva 44:32.8 20 Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka 44:36.1 21 Helena Gąsienica Daniel 45:08.2 22 Roza Dimova 45:45.8 23 Magdolna Bartha 47:23.2 Christa Göhler
References
External links 1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report