Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one biathlon event, held at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California.
This was the first appearance of modern biathlon in the Olympic Games.
Some sources do not include this military patrol race as an Olympic event, but the IOC considers it an event within biathlon.
[2][3] Klas Lestander of Sweden won the first modern biathlon Olympic gold medal.
Nine nations sent biathletes to compete in Squaw Valley.