Squaw Valley 1960

Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1960 Official Torch

Silver aluminium torch with top with three Olympic rings cutouts, above a circular legend: "VIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES." Below is Squaw Valley Games emblem between two branches and the legend "OLYMPIA TO SQUAW VALLEY." 19 inches high.

Designer: John Hench

Flame: Propane gas

Walt Disney was chairman of the Pagentary Committee whose duties included the organization of the torch relay. One of his Disney imagineers, John Hench, was the designer the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic torch.

Start date: January 31, 1960, Morgedal, Norway
End date: February 18, 1960, Blyth Memorial Arena, Squaw Valley, CA
First torchbearer: Olav Nordskog
Number of torchbearers: Over 600
Relay length: 596.5 miles