1960
25 participants for the new Olympic year — equal to the record: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, KOR, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, RSA, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 9 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, SWE, NOR, JAP, CZE, URS, USA, FIN and GDR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: FRG-POL, ITA-FIN, SWE-DEN, HUN-NED, CAN-AUT, USA-RSA, BEL-NOR, ROM-SWI, CZE-CHN. The matches:
West Germany-Poland 1-9
Italy-Finland 2-8
Sweden-Denmark 10-0
Hungary-Netherlands 0-9
Canada-Austria 5-5; distances: 8-6 — Austria win
USA-South Africa 8-1
Belgium-Norway 0-10
Romania-Switzerland 4-6
Czechoslovakia-China 1-7
The first round proper then consists of: AUS, AUT, CHN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GDR, JAP, KOR, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, URS, NOR, JAP and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: GBR-FIN, AUT-NED, NOR-CHN, POL-GDR, JAP-SWE, SWI-USA, URS-KOR, AUS-FRA. The matches proceed as follows:
Britain-Finland 2-7
Austria-Netherlands 1-9
Norway-China 6-4, again!
Poland-East Germany 2-8
Japan-Sweden 4-6
Switzerland-USA 2-8
USSR-Korea 10-0
Australia-France 2-7
The quarter-final consists of: FIN, FRA, GDR, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, URS and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: GDR-FIN, NOR-FRA, NED-USA, SWE-URS. Results of the matches:
East Germany-Finland 4-6
Norway-France 6-4, pretty close thing
Netherlands-USA 3-6
Sweden-USSR 0-10
Semi-final draw: NOR-URS, FIN-USA. Matches:
Norway-USSR 1-9, for the fourth time in a row!
Finland-USA 6-3
Bronze final: Norway-USA 5-5; distances: 10-8 — USA win!
FINAL: USSR-Finland
45,8 - 48,1 (1-0) 1.34,1- 1.37,2 (2-0) 2.25,2 - 2.29,7 (3-0) 5.14,3 - 5.21,0 (4-0) 39,6 - 40,9 (5-0) 1.29,0 - - (6-0) 2.07,7 - 2.10,8 (7-0) 4.40,8 - 5.06,9 (8-0) 7.51,3 - 8.03,9 (9-0) 15.49,2 -16.35,4 (10-0)
Final result 10-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 15x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 USA bronze 3x CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 EST QF 5x GDR QF 2x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 ROM 1R 7x AUS 1R 6x CHN 1R 2x ICE PR 2x PRK PR 2x RSA PR 2x COL PR 1933 ESP PR 1957 NZL PR 1958