Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women.

1 Medal summary
- 1.1 Men's events
- 1.2 Women's events
2 Medal table
3 Reference

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Armin Hary United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg David Sime United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Radford Great Britain (GBR)
200 metres	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Livio Berruti Italy (ITA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lester Carney United States (USA)	Image:Flag of France.svg Abdoulaye Seye France (FRA)
400 metres	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Otis Davis United States (USA)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Carl Kaufmann United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg Malcolm Spence South Africa (RSA)
800 metres	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Snell New Zealand (NZL)	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Roger Moens Belgium (BEL)	George Ezekiel Kerr British West Indies (BWI)
1500 metres	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Herb Elliott Australia (AUS)	Image:Flag of France.svg Michel Jazy France (FRA)	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg István Rózsavölgyi Hungary (HUN)
5000 metres	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Murray Halberg New Zealand (NZL)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Kazimierz Zimny Poland (POL)
10000 metres	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Pyotr Bolotnikov USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of Australia.svg David Power Australia (AUS)
110 metre hurdles	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lee Calhoun United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg William Lee May United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Hayes Jones United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Davis United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Clifton Cushman United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Richard Howard United States (USA)
3000 metre steeplechase	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Poland (POL)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolai Sokolov USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Semen Rzhischin USSR (URS)
4×100 metre relay	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg United Team of Germany (EUA) Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR (URS) Gusman Kosanov Leonid Bartenev Yuri Konovalov Edvins Ozolin	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Joseph Whitehead
4×400 metre relay	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Ashby Davis Otis Davis	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg United Team of Germany (EUA) Manfred Kinder Hans-Joachim Reske Johannes Kaiser Carl Kaufmann	British West Indies (BWI) George Ezekiel Kerr James Wedderburn Keith Gardner Malcolm Spence
20 km walk	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Golubnichy USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Noel Freeman Australia (AUS)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stanley Vickers Great Britain (GBR)
50 km walk	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Thompson Great Britain (GBR)	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg John Ljunggren Sweden (SWE)	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Abdon Pamich Italy (ITA)
Marathon	Image:Flag of Ethiopia (1897).png Abebe Bikila Ethiopia (ETH)	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Abdesiem Rhadi Ben Abdesselem Morocco (MAR)	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Arthur Magee New Zealand (NZL)
High jump	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Robert Shavlakadze USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg John Thomas United States (USA)
Long jump	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ralph Boston United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Irvin Roberson United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Ter-Ovanesyan USSR (URS)
Triple jump	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Jozef Schmidt Poland (POL)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Goryaev USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vitold Kreer USSR (URS)
Pole vault	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Donald Bragg United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Morris United States (USA)	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Eeles Landström Finland (FIN)
Shot put	Image:Flag of the United States.svg William Nieder United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg William O'Brien Jr. United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Long United States (USA)
Discus throw	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Al Oerter United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Richard Babka United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Richard Cochran United States (USA)
Hammer throw	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vasili Rudenkov USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Gyula Zsivotzky Hungary (HUN)	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Tadeusz Rut Poland (POL)
Javelin throw	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Tsybulenko USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Walter Krüger United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Kulcsar Hungary (HUN)
Decathlon	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Rafer Johnson United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Chuan-Kwang Republic of China (ROC)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vasili Kuznetsov USSR (URS)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Wilma Rudolph United States (USA)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Hyman Great Britain (GBR)	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppina Leone Italy (ITA)
200 metres	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Wilma Rudolph United States (USA)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Jutta Heine United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Hyman Great Britain (GBR)
800 metres	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lyudmila Lisenko USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Brenda Jones Australia (AUS)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Ursula Donath United Team of Germany (EUA)
80 metre hurdles	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Press USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carole Quinton Great Britain (GBR)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Gisela Köhler United Team of Germany (EUA)
4×100 metre relay	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg United Team of Germany (EUA) Martha Pensberger Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland (POL) Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Lerczak Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter
High jump	Image:Romania flag 1947-1989.png Iolanda Balaş Romania (ROM)	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Jaroslawa Jozwiakowska Poland (POL)	none
High jump		Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Shirley Great Britain (GBR)	none
Long jump	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vera Kolashnikova USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Elzbieta Dunska Poland (POL)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany (EUA)
Shot put	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tamara Press USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Johanna Lüttge United Team of Germany (EUA)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Earlene Brown United States (USA)
Discus throw	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nina Romashkova USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tamara Press USSR (URS)	Image:Romania flag 1947-1989.png Lia Manoliu Romania (ROM)
Javelin throw	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elvīra Ozoliņa USSR (URS)	Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg Dana Ingrová Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Birutė Zalogaitytė USSR (URS)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	12	8	6	36
2	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR (URS)	11	5	5	21
3	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg United Team of Germany (EUA)	2	8	3	13
4	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland (POL)	2	2	3	7
5	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	1	3
6	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	4	8
7	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
8	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
9	Image:Romania flag 1947-1989.png Romania (ROM)	1	0	1	2
10	Image:Flag of Ethiopia (1897).png Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	0	1
11	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
12	Image:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
13	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia (bordered).svg Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (ROC)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
18	British West Indies (BWI)	0	0	2	2
19	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
19	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

International Olympic Committee results database

Events at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome)
Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Athletics at the Summer Olympics <td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 1px" rowspan="2"> Image:Olympic pictogram Athletics.png </td>
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) and List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)