The US almost didn't participate:
Fischer in Leipzig, 1960
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One of the team members was Raymond Weinstein.
Besides being a chess master, Weinstein also became a convicted murderer and was sentenced to a mental institution.
Four world champions, hell of a team.
Here is the 1st Board result from the 1960 Chess Olympiad in Leipzig, Germany in 1960 (from OlymiBase):
and here is a ratherunusual photo from that event: