OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE VIII {1960 SQUAW VALLEY OLYMPICS} {1960/02/28}, PART 1: 80-METER SKI JUMP (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games from Squaw Valley. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Walter Cronkite presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Chris Schenkel and Art Devlin preside over the men's large hill (80 meters) ski-jumping event.
Due to a technical error, the first fifteen minutes of the program do not contain audio. A number of trial jumpers test out the hill before the competition begins.
In the first round, various athletes perform their first jump, though their scores are not stated, including Bengt Eriksson (Sweden), Jon St. Andre (USA), Werner Lesser (Germany), Takashi Matsui (Japan) and Veikko Kankkonen (Finland).
Devlin and Schenkel detail the scoring process, explaining that each athlete will perform two jumps and their scores, out of a possible 240 and determined by a panel of five judges, are fifty percent distance and fifty percent style.
Enzo Perin (Italy) achieves a distance of 246 feet on his first jump. Ole Tom Nord's (Norway) distance is not shown, and Walter Steinegger (Austria) achieves a distance of 287 feet.
Leonid Fyodorov (USSR) achieves a distance of 272 feet, and world champion Juhani Kärkinen (Finland) achieves a distance of 287 feet. Koichi Sato (Japan) achieves a distance of 269 feet, and after Kåre Berg (Norway) performs, the snow is re-smoothed as Schenkel and Devlin discuss the structure of the hill.
Cronkite offers updates on the scores, reporting that Kärkinen is in first place with 112.3 points, Steinegger is in second place with 103.3 points and Eriksson in third with 99.6.
Veit Kührt (Germany) and Willi Egger (Austria) perform their first jumps; their scores are not shown. Robert Carl "Butch" Wedin (USA) achieves a distance of 259 feet. Kjell Sjöberg's (Sweden) scores are not shown, and Nikolay Shamov (USSR) achieves a distance of 280 feet.
Luigi Pennacchio (Italy) achieves a distance of 231 feet, and Koba Tsakadze (USSR) achieves a distance of 292 feet. Ansten Samuelstuen (USA) achieves the greatest distance of the first round so far with 295 feet.
Halvor Næs (Norway) achieves a distance of 282 feet, Max Bolkart (Germany) achieves a distance of 287 feet, Inge Lindqvist (Sweden) achieves a distance of 260 feet, Dino De Zordo (Italy) achieves a distance of 280 feet, Alwin Plank (Austria) achieves a distance of 285.5 feet, Gerry Gravelle (Canada) achieves a distance of 260 feet, Eino Kirjonen (Finland) achieves a distance of 280 feet, Regis Robert Rey (France) achieves a distance of 256 feet, Jacques Charland (Canada) achieves a distance of 251 feet, and Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson (Iceland) achieves a distance of 211 feet.
As the hill is again repacked, Devlin explains the jumpers' technique and the meaning of a "late" or "early" take-off. When the first round resumes, Nikolay Kamensky (USSR) pulls into the lead with a jump of 297 feet.
Tamás Sudár (Hungary) achieves a distance of 241 feet, Nilo Zandanel (Italy) achieves a distance of 275.5 feet, Rolf Strandberg (Sweden) achieves a distance of 283 feet, Torbjørn Yggeseth (Norway) achieves a distance of 289 feet, Wladyslaw Tajner (Poland) achieves a distance of 256 feet, Claude Jean-Prost (France) achieves a distance of 277 feet, Otto Leodolter (Austria) achieves a distance of 289 feet, Yosuke Eto (Japan) achieves a distance of 280 feet, and Andreas Däscher (Switzerland) achieves a distance of 282 feet.
Helmut Recknagel (Germany) achieves a distance of 307 feet in his jump, the highest of the day so far. Niilo Halonen (Finland) achieves a distance of 303 feet, and Gene Kotlarek (USA) achieves a distance of 275.5 feet, ending the first round.
Cronkite provides updates on the score, explaining that Recknagel is in first place with 117.6 points, Halonen is in second place with 115.3 points, and Kamensky in third place with 114 points.
Schenkel and Devlin explain that the hill is being prepared for the second round by a group of "forerunners," athletes from various countries who did not make their official Olympic teams. Devlin explains that the hill contains a 450-foot vertical drop and an overall length of one-quarter mile (1320 feet). The commentators briefly discuss the five judges and past world records in the competition.
In the second round, Eriksson achieves a distance of 255 feet, St. Andre achieves a distance of 256 feet, Lesser achieves a distance of 256.5 feet, Matsui achieves a distance of 247 feet, Kankkonen achieves a distance of 247 feet, Perin achieves a distance of 249 feet, and Nord achieves a distance of 269, the highest of the round so far.
Steinegger achieves a distance of 260 feet, Fyodorov achieves a distance of 239 feet, and Kärkinen ties Nord with a distance of 269 feet.
Alois Moser (Canada) achieves a distance of 210 feet, Sato achieves a distance of 256 feet, Berg achieves a distance of 267 feet, Kührt achieves a distance of 260 feet, Egger achieves a distance of 249 feet, Wedin achieves a distance of 236 feet, Sjöberg achieves a distance of 151 feet, Shamov achieves a distance of 264 feet, Pennacchio achieves a distance of 237.5 feet, Tsakadze achieves a distance of 260 feet, Samuelstuen achieves a distance of 259 feet, and Næs achieves a distance of 267 feet.
Lindqvist achieves a distance of 259 feet, De Zordo achieves a distance of 252 feet, Plank achieves a distance of 247 feet, Gravelle achieves a distance of 229 feet, Kirjonen achieves a distance of 260 feet, Rey achieves a distance of 236 feet, Charland achieves a distance of 240 feet and Kamensky again pulls into the lead with a distance of 259 feet.
Sudár achieves a distance of 210 feet, Zandanel achieves a distance of 232 feet, Strandberg achieves a distance of 265 feet, and Yggeseth achieves a distance of 276 feet, edging out Kamensky.
Jean-Prost achieves a distance of 247 feet, Leodolter achieves a distance of 274 feet, Eto achieves a distance of 237 feet, Däscher achieves a distance of 252 feet, and Recknagel again achieves the round's highest score with 277 feet.
Halonen achieves a distance of 274 feet, and Kotlarek achieves a distance of 252 feet, ending the second and final round.
Cronkite announces the winners: Helmut Recknagel (Germany) wins the gold medal with a total of 227.2 points, Niilo Halonen (Finland) wins the silver with a score of 222.6 points, and Otto Leodolter (Austria) wins the bronze with a total of 219.4 points.
Notable commercials include Rock Hudson for the Heart Fund charity association; and Bud Farmer for Schlitz beer.
Cataloging of this program has been made possible by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 28, 1960 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:01:00
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T80:0775
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1960, Winter, Squaw Valley; Olympics; Sports; Ski Jumping, K90 individual (80m) men
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1960
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Higher Education services
- TV - Commercials - Renault Dauphine automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Schlitz beer
- TV - Commercials - The Heart Fund association
- TV - Promos - "Father Knows Best"
- TV - Promos - "The Ed Sullivan Show"
- TV - Promos - "The George Gobel Show"
CREDITS
- Walter Cronkite … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Chris Schenkel … Sports Commentator
- Art Devlin … Sports Commentator
- Bengt Eriksson … Athlete
- Werner Lesser … Athlete
- Takashi Matsui … Athlete
- Jon St. Andre … Athlete
- Veikko Kankkonen … Athlete
- Enzo Perin … Athlete
- Ole Tom Nord … Athlete
- Walter Steinegger … Athlete
- Leonid Fyodorov … Athlete
- Juhani Kärkinen … Athlete
- Koichi Sato … Athlete
- Kåre Berg … Athlete
- Veit Kührt … Athlete
- Willi Egger … Athlete
- Robert Carl "Butch" Wedin … Athlete
- Kjell Sjöberg … Athlete
- Nikolay Shamov … Athlete
- Luigi Pennacchio … Athlete
- Koba Tsakadze … Athlete
- Ansten Samuelstuen … Athlete
- Halvor Næs … Athlete
- Max Bolkart … Athlete
- Inge Lindqvist … Athlete
- Dino De Zordo … Athlete
- Alwin Plank … Athlete
- Gerry Gravelle … Athlete
- Eino Kirjonen … Athlete
- Régis Robert Rey … Athlete
- Jacques Charland … Athlete
- Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson … Athlete
- Nikolay Kamensky … Athlete
- Tamás Sudár … Athlete
- Nilo Zandanel … Athlete
- Rolf Strandberg … Athlete
- Torbjørn Yggeseth … Athlete
- Wladyslaw Tajner … Athlete
- Claude Jean-Prost … Athlete
- Otto Leodolter … Athlete
- Yosuke Eto … Athlete
- Andreas Däscher … Athlete
- Helmut Recknagel … Athlete
- Niilo Halonen … Athlete
- Gene Kotlarek … Athlete
- Alois Moser … Athlete
- Rock Hudson … Talent, Heart Fund commercial
- Bud Farmer … Talent, Schlitz beer commercial
- George Gobel … Talent, "The George Gobel Show" commercial