1960 Winter Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

A total of 30 nations sent athletes to Squaw Valley. South Africa competed at the Winter Games for the first time. (It was also its last for many years, as Apartheid policies prevented further participation until 1994). Athletes from West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR) competed together as the United Team of Germany from 1956 to 1964.

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Great Britain
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Lebanon
  • Liechtenstein
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United States
  • Soviet Union

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    “Sometimes we think of the nations lying asleep,
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    And then the thought confounds us with its strangeness.”
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