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| VIII Olympic Winter Games | |
| Nations participating | 30 |
| Athletes participating | 665 (521 men, 144 women) |
| Events | 27 in four sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 18, 1960 |
| Closing ceremony | February 28, 1960 |
| Officially opened by | Richard Nixon |
| Athlete's Oath | Carol Heiss |
| Official's Oath | n/a |
| Olympic Torch | Ken Henry |
The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
Alexander Cushing , the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. Then, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurantA restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. The term covers a multiplicity of venues and a diversity of cuisine styles. Restaurants are sometimes a feature of a larger complex, typically a hotels, and bridgeThis article is about the edifice. For other meanings, see Bridge (disambiguation). suspended deck compression arch bridges A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river or other body of water, or any other physical obs, as well as the Ice Arena, the speed skatingGaetan Boucher training for the 1976 Olympics Speed skating (as well Speedskating is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. Related sports are short track speed skating and trackThe word track can mean more than one thing. It can mean a railroad track (see rail tracks), or a trail, informal road or pathway, or a distinct section of a sound recording, such as a gramophone record or compact disc, a circular segment of a hard disk o, ski lifts, and the ski jumpingSki jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. In addition to the length, referees give points for style, on a scale from 1 to 20. The skis used for ski jumping are wide a hillFor the landform that extends above the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain, see the article on mountain''. See also The Hill''. People whose surname is or was Hill include Ambrose Powell Hill, General of the Confederate States of Amer.The temporary parking lot was built on the frozen flood plain of the nearby stream, but was destroy ed when unseasonable rains washed it out. The U.S. military was called in to repair the damage to the packed- snow and ice lot before the Games began.
Walt Disney was the Head of Pageantry for the Games. CBS paid $50,000 for the right to broadcast the games in the USA. [1]The Olympic Village housed all the athletes.
An early IBM computer was used to calculate the results.
This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John Hench's Olympic torch design, which all further torches would be based on. The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo. It is still burning in Squaw Valley.
There were 15 alpine and ski jumping events, eight speed skiing events, and three figure skating events.
1960 was the first year for women's speed skating and the men's biathlon.