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1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international

International

International or internationally most often describes interaction between nations, or encompassing two or more nations, constituting a group or association having members in two or more nations, or generally reaching beyond national boundaries....
multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
held in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, in 1960. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London....
, but after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is an stratovolcano east of Naples Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently eruption....
, was forced to decline and pass the honors to London

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London....
.

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¹ New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games.

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Host Selection

On June 15, 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Rome beat out Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
, Detroit, Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
, Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
, Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
and Tokyo

Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
for the rights to the Games.

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1960 Summer Olympics Bidding Results
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....		15	26	35
Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....		14	21	24
Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....		6	11
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....		8	1
Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....		6
Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....		6
Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....		4

Highlights

Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
gymnasts won 15 of 16 possible medals in women's gymnastics
Danish
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
sailer Paul Elvstrøm won his fourth straight gold medal in the Finn class. The only others to emulate his performance in an individual event are Al Oerter
Al Oerter

Alfred Adolf Oerter, Jr. was an United States athletics , four times Olympic Games in the discus throw.He is, along with Carl Lewis and Paul Elvstr?m , the only athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event for four consecutive Olympics....
, Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton Lewis is a retired American Athletics athlete who won 10 Olympic Games medals including 9 golds, and 10 IAAF World Championships in Athletics medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired....
and, if the Intercalated Games of 1906
1906 Summer Olympics

The 1906 Intercalated Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games....
are included, Ray Ewry
Ray Ewry

Raymond "Ray" Clarence Ewry was an United States athletics who won 8 gold medals at the Olympic Games and 2 gold medals at the "Intercalated Games" ....
.
Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
Vilho Ylönen, a field shooter, shot a bullseye to a wrong target and was dropped from the second place to fourth.
The future Constantine II
Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until deposed in 1974, the sixth and last monarch from the House of Gl?cksburg. In Greece, he is usually referred to as "the former King" , or "the Former" , or simply "Gl?cksburg" ....
, King of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, won his country a gold in sailing Dragon Class.
Fencer Aladar Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich

Alad?r Gerevich was a fencer from Hungary, who won medals in Sabre in six Olympic Games. With Birgit Fischer, Gerevich was one of only two athletes to do so....
of Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
won his sixth consecutive gold medal in the team sabre
Sabre

The sabre or saber is a kind of backsword that usually but not always has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large Guard , covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger....
event (1932-1936, 1948-1960).
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an United States athlete, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in athletics during a single Olympic Games, despite running on a sprained ankle at the time....
, a former polio patient, won three gold medals in sprint events on the track. She was acclaimed as "the fastest woman in the world".
Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila was a two-time Olympic Marathon champion from Ethiopia. A stadium in Addis Ababa is named in his honor. ...
of Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
won the marathon bare-footed to become the first black Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n Olympic champion.
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
, later known as Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
, won boxing's light-heavyweight gold medal.
The Japanese
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
men's gymnastics team won the first of five successive golds, the last of which was won in 1976
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
, in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
.
South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
appeared in the Olympic arena for the last time under its apartheid regime. It would not be allowed to return until 1992, after the abandonment of apartheid and during the transition to majority rule.
Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
canoer
Canoeing

Canoeing is the activity of Watercraft paddling a canoe for the purpose of recreation , sport, or Human-powered transport. It usually refers exclusively to using a paddle to propel a canoe with only human muscle power....
Gert Fredriksson
Gert Fredriksson

Gert Fridolf Fredriksson was a Sweden Canoe racing who competed from 1942 to 1964. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds , one silver , and one bronze ....
won his sixth Olympic title.
Danish
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
cyclist
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed during his race under the influence of Roniacol and later died in the hospital. It was the second time an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
marathon runner Francisco Lázaro
Francisco Lázaro

Francisco L?zaro was the first Portugal Olympic Games marathon runner, having participated at his nation's first ever Olympic games, the 1912 Summer Olympics, in Stockholm, Sweden....
at the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden....
.
Australian athlete Herb Elliott
Herb Elliott

Herbert James Elliott Order of Australia Order of the British Empire is a former Australian Athletics , one of the world's greatest middle distance runners....
won the men's 1500 meters in one of the most dominating performances in Olympic history.
American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
athlete Rafer Johnson
Rafer Johnson

Rafer Lewis Johnson is an United States former decathlon....
defeated his rival and friend C.K. Yang in one of the greatest decathlon events in Olympic history.
Peter Camejo
Peter Camejo

Peter Miguel Camejo was an United States author, activist and politician. In 2004, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his Vice President of the United States running mate on a ticket which had the endorsement of the Reform Party of the United States of America....
, a 2004 American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party
Green Party (United States)

One of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green party, the Greens have been active as a third party since 2001....
, competed in yachting for Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
.
Armin Hary
Armin Hary

Armin Hary is a Germany athletics . In 1960 he became the first non-United States since 1928 to win the Olympic Games 100 metres.Born in Quierschied, Saarland, after playing Football in his youth, Hary switched to Sprint at age 16....
won the 100 m in a world-record time of 10.2 seconds.
Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
broke India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
's dominance in Olympic Men's Field Hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....
by becoming the first team in history to beat India in Olympic Field Hockey
Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

For Olympic ice hockey see Ice hockey at the Olympic GamesField hockey was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, with six teams, including four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
since 1928 and winning its first ever Olympic gold medal in the process. India had already won 6 previous hockey golds in the Summer Olympics.
Queen Sofía of Spain
Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen Sof?a of Spain , is the Queen consort of Juan Carlos I of Spain....
represented Greece in sailing events.
Jeff Farrell of the United States won two gold medals in swimming after undergoing an emergency appendectomy six days before the Olympic Trials
Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
competed for the first time under its own flag, which was to become its national flag after independence, as the British had granted it self government a year earlier. Coincidentally, it was the first time (and only time until 2008) an athlete from Singapore won an Olympic medal, when Tan Howe Liang
Tan Howe Liang

Tan Howe Liang is a weightlifter from Singapore who earned himself a place in history as the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal, which he did in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in the lightweight category....
won silver in the Weightlifting lightweight category.
CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
paid $394,000 for the right to broadcast the Games in the United States..

Venues

Olympic Stadium
Stadio Olimpico

Stadio Olimpico, located on the Foro Italico, is the major stadium of Rome, Italy. It is the home of the Italian national football team, as well as of both local teams A.S....
² (Stadio Olimpico) - opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, equestrian events
Flaminio Stadium
Stadio Flaminio

The Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome. It lies along the Via Flaminia, three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori....
¹ (Stadio Flaminio) - football/soccer finals
Swimming Stadium¹ - swimming, diving, water polo
Sports Palace
PalaLottomatica

PalaLottomatica, formerly known as PalaEUR, is a multipurpose sports arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the famous large complex of Esposizione Universale Roma....
¹ (Palazzo dello sport) - basketball, boxing
Olympic Velodrome¹ - cycling, hockey
Small Sports Palace
Palazzetto dello sport

The Palazzetto dello sport is an indoor arena in Rome, locaed in Piazza Apollodoro. Built for the 1960 Summer Olympics , it has a 3,500 seating capacity and was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi....
¹ (Palazzetto dello Sport) - basketball, weightlifting
Marble Stadium² (Stadio dei Marmi) - hockey preliminaries
Baths of Caracalla
Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla were Ancient Rome public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Caracalla....
- gymnastics
Basilica of Maxentius
Basilica of Maxentius

The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine was the largest building in the Roman Forum....
- wrestling
Palazzo dei Congressi - fencing
Umberto I Shooting Range¹ - shooting
Roses Swimming Pool¹ (Piscina delle Rose) - water polo
Lake Albano, Castelgandolfo - rowing, canoeing
Piazza di Siena, Villa Borghese gardens
Villa Borghese gardens

Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums and attractions....
- equestrian events
Pratoni del Vivaro, Rocca di Papa
Rocca di Papa

Rocca di Papa is a small town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani about 25 km south east of Rome on the Alban Hills....
- equestrian events
Bay of Naples, Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
- yachting
Communal Stadium
Stadio Artemio Franchi (Florence)

Stadio Artemio Franchi is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. It is currently the home of ACF Fiorentina.The stadium was built in 1931 and holds 47,282....
, Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
- football/soccer preliminaries
Communal Stadium, Grosseto
Grosseto

Grosseto is a town and comune in the central Italy region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies at 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvional plain, at the Ombrone river....
- football/soccer preliminaries
Communal Stadium, L'Aquila
L'Aquila

L'Aquila is a city in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. It has a population of 72,913 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people to study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism....
- football/soccer preliminaries
Ardenza Stadium, Livorno
Livorno

Livorno or Leghorn is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the Capital of the Province of Livorno and the third-largest port on the western coast of Italy, having a population of approximately 170,000 residents as of the year 2007....
- football/soccer preliminaries
Adriatico Stadium
Stadio Adriatico

Stadio Adriatico is a multi-use stadium in Pescara, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Pescara Calcio. The stadium was built in 1955 and holds 22,260....
, Pescara
Pescara

Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents....
- football/soccer preliminaries
Saint Paul's Stadium
Stadio San Paolo

Stadio San Paolo is a multi-use stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta of Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after San Siro and Stadio Olimpico....
, Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
- football/soccer preliminaries

¹ New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. ² Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Athletics
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries....
Basketball
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Land Rover Arena at Bologna....
Boxing
Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States....
Canoeing
Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program....
Cycling
Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics consisted of two road bicycle racing events and four track cycling events, all for men only....
Diving
Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, four diving events were contested....
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian Events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Eventing and show jumping presented both individual and team medals, dressage presented only individual medals....
Fencing
Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types , but women competed only in foil events....
Football
Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy....
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. The competition was held from September 5 to September 10 in the left-hand palaestra of the Baths of Caracalla, which are located some 6.8 km south-east of the main venue, Stadio Olimpico....

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, two events in modern pentathlon were contested....

Rowing

Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sport rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from August 30, 1960 to September 3, 1960 on the Lake of Albano....

Sailing

Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from August 29, 1960 to September 7, 1960 off the coast of Naples....

Shooting

Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

ISSF shooting events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.Medal summaryMedal table...

Swimming

Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 15 swimming events were contested, eight for men and seven for women....

Water polo

Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics:...

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.Medal summary...

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling....

Participating nations

A total of 84 nations participated at the Rome Games. Athletes from Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, San Marino

San Marino

The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is a country in the Apennine Mountains. It is a landlocked country Enclave and exclave, completely surrounded by Italy....
, Sudan

Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
, and Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
competed at the Olympic Games for the first time. Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America. Originally, the country was spelled Surinam by English settlers who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek, along the Suriname River, and was Geographical renaming Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana....
also made its first Olympic appearance, but its lone athlete withdrew from competition, leaving a total of 83 nations that actually competed. Athletes from Barbados

Barbados

Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Continental Island-island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. Located at roughly 13? North of the equator and 59? West of the prime meridian, it is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles....
, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
and Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
would represent the new West Indies Federation

West Indies Federation

The West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean federation that existed from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962....
, but this nation would only exist for this single Olympiad. Athletes from East Germany

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic was a self-declared socialist state created in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the East Berlin of Allied Occupation Zones in Germany....
and West Germany

West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
would compete as the United Team of Germany

United Team of Germany

The Unified Team of Germany competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympic Games and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic ....
from 1956-1964.

Finland
Finland at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Finland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy....

(host nation)

Luxembourg
Luxembourg at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.References...

Medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games:

1		43	29	31	103
2		34	21	16	71
3	(host nation)	13	10	13	36
4		12	19	11	42
5		8	8	6	22
6		7	2	0	9
7		6	8	7	21
8		4	7	7	18
9		4	6	11	21
10		3	2	3	8

1960 Summer Olympics

Host Selection

Highlights

Venues

Medals awarded

Participating nations

Medal count

See also

Further reading

External links