Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 USA
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| Dates | 19–28 February |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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United States (1st title)
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Runner-up 
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 Canada
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Third place 
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 Soviet Union
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| Fourth place |
 Czechoslovakia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 334 (11.13 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
 Fred Etcher 21 points
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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.
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.
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