1960 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament 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.

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.

Preliminary 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.

Group A
February 19 February 20 February 21
 * Canada 5-2 Sweden
 * Canada 19-1 Japan
 * Sweden 19-0 Japan

Group B
February 19 February 20 February 21
 * USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
 * USSR 8-4 Finland
 * Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland

Group C
February 19 February 20 February 21
 * USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia
 * Czechoslovakia 18-1 Australia
 * USA 12-1 Australia

Consolation round
Teams, which didn't qualify for the final round, played here.

February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27
 * Finland 14-1 Australia
 * Finland 6-6 Japan
 * Japan 13-2 Australia
 * Finland 19-2 Australia
 * Finland 11-2 Japan
 * Japan 11-3 Australia

Final round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

February 22
 * USSR 8-5 Czechoslovakia
 * USA 6-3 Sweden
 * Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)

February 24
 * USA 9-1 Germany (UTG)
 * USSR 2-2 Sweden
 * Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia

February 25
 * USSR 7-1 Germany (UTG)
 * USA 2-1 Canada
 * Czechoslovakia 3-1 Sweden

February 27
 * Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany (UTG)
 * USA 3-2 USSR
 * Canada 6-5 Sweden

February 28
 * USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
 * Sweden 8-2 Germany (UTG)
 * Canada 8-5 USSR

Leading Players

 * Top Goaltender: Jack McCartan, United States
 * Top Defenceman: Nikolai Sologubov, Soviet Union
 * Top Forward: Nisse Nilsson, Sweden

Final ranking

 * 1) 🇺🇸 United States
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 3)  Soviet Union
 * 4)  Czechoslovakia
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Germany
 * 7) 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 8)  Japan
 * 9) 🇦🇺 Australia