Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one biathlon event, held at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California. The event occurred on 21 February 1960. This was the first appearance of modern biathlon in the Olympic Games. In 1924, a military patrol event was held. Some sources do not include this military patrol race as an Olympic event, but the IOC considers it an event within biathlon.
Medal summary
Klas Lestander of Sweden won the first modern biathlon Olympic gold medal.
Medal table
Events Individual 1:33:21.6 1:33:57.7 1:34:54.2
Participating nations Nine nations sent biathletes to compete in Squaw Valley. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.
References
External links
1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report 1960 Olympic Nordic Events