Short answer
The United States won the final round robin ahead of Canada. The Soviet Union won bronze and Czechoslovakia finished fourth.
What happened
The United States won its first Olympic hockey gold at Squaw Valley, California, winning all seven of its games at Blyth Arena.
Canada, again represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, took silver for a ninth straight Olympic medal. The Soviet Union won bronze. It was also the only Olympics with a men's team from Australia.
Key facts
- Host
- Squaw Valley, United States
- Dates
- 19 to 28 February 1960
- Venues
- Blyth Arena
- Teams
- 9
- Games
- 30
- Goals
- 334 (11.1 a game)
- Top scorer
- Fred Etcher, 21 points
Final standings
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| Gold | United States |
| Silver | Canada |
| Bronze | Soviet Union |
| 4th | Czechoslovakia |
| 5th | Sweden |
| 6th | Germany |
| 7th | Finland |
| 8th | Japan |
| 9th | Australia |
Places below fourth follow the ranking printed in the tournament article; some early tournaments ranked lower places differently over the years.
More men’s tournaments
1956 tournament 1964 tournament All men’s tournaments
See every podium in the complete results list, or how each country did in the medal finder.
Source for this page
Wikipedia: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics (results, standings, scoring leader and awards, read October 29, 2026).
Questions people ask
Who won the 1960 Olympic men’s hockey gold?
The United States. Canada won silver and the Soviet Union bronze.
Who led the 1960 tournament in scoring?
Fred Etcher, with 21 points.
Sources
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