Host country USA Teams 9 | Dates 19–28 February | |
Champions United States (1st title) |
The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States, was the 9th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 27th World Championships and the 38th European Championships. The United States won its first Olympic gold medal and second World Championship. Canada, represented for the second time by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won the silver and its ninth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal (a feat not matched until the Soviet Union won its ninth consecutive medal in 1988). Highest finishing European team Soviet Union won the bronze medal and its sixth European Championship. The tournament was held at the Blyth Arena.
Contents
- Qualification
- First round
- Consolation round
- Medal round
- Tournament awards
- Final ranking
- European Championship final ranking
- References
Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Sweden were the top four teams heading into the Games. All four were defeated by the American team, which won all seven games it played. On the 50th anniversary of these Games, a documentary entitled Forgotten Miracle was produced by Northland Films, making reference to the more famous 1980 gold medal known as the Miracle on Ice; these are the only two Olympic gold medals won by USA men's ice hockey.
Qualification
The two German nations play a qualification round to determine which team will participate at the Olympics.
First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.
Consolation round
Teams that didn't qualify for the final round played here. Sources differ on which Finland-Japan game took place on the 23rd, and which game took place on the 26th.
Medal round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Tournament awards
Final ranking
- United States
- Canada
- Soviet Union
- Czechoslovakia
- Sweden
- Germany
- Finland
- Japan
- Australia
European Championship final ranking
- Soviet Union
- Czechoslovakia
- Sweden
- Germany
- Finland