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When officials became unsure as to whether a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom they asked CBS-TV if they could review a videotape of the race. This gave CBS the idea of inventing the now ubiquitous "instant replay".
The Games were preceded by a controversy when the Organising Committee refused to build a bobsleigh run because only nine nations had indicated an intention to take part, making 1960 the only time that bobsleigh has not been included in the Olympic programme.
Men's biathlon and women's speed skating made their Olympic debuts. Frenchman Jean Vuarnet became the first skier to win a medal on metal skis, instead of the traditional wooden ones.
Aged 35, Veikko Hakulinen had already won two gold medals, but his most memorable Olympic exploit was yet to come. As the anchor of the Finnish relay team, he took off 20 seconds behind Norway's Haakon Brusveen. One hundred metres from the finish line, Hakulinen took the lead, eventually winning by one metre and claiming gold for his team.
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A symbolic Nordic flame was again lit in the hearth of the Morgedal House in Norway, birthplace of Sondre Norheim, the great pioneer of modern skiing. From there it was sent across the Atlantic and on to Squaw Valley by torch relay.
Squaw Valley February 1960. The Olympic Flame and the "Tower of the Nations".
Official opening of the Games by: Vice-president Richard Nixon
Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Kenneth Charles (Ken) Henry (1952 Olympic champion in 500m speed skating)
Olympic Oath by: Carol Heiss (figure skating)
Officials' Oath by: The officials' oath at an Olympic Winter Games was first sworn in 1972 at Sapporo.
It is made up of three triangles in the colours of the American flag, and the Olympic rings. The triangles have a superimposed design to give a 3-D effect and create the image of a star or snow flake.
On the obverse, the profile of a young woman and, in the background, that of a young man, symbolizing the youth of America and the world. Surrounded by the inscription "VIII OLYMPIC-WINTER GAMES". The reverse remained sober, with the Olympic rings, with the motto "CITIUS-ALTIUS-FORTIUS" surrounding the top half.The space in the middle of the bottom half was reserved for the name of the sport, in accordance with the new rule of the Olympic Charter. A total of 60 gold, silver and bronze medals were made.
Takes up the design of the official emblem. The background represents a snow field. 57,228 copies were produced in five languages.