1960 Summer Olympics

The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years, and themselves occur two years apart within the four-year Olympiad.

were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy.

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

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

Italy dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals and seven medals overall.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano.

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

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

The equestrian events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome included dressage, eventing, and show jumping.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, eight events in fencing were contested.

The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women.

Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.

The Sailing program of 1960 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines).

Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events, all for men only.

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

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

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

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men.

started at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics for the mixed German team

1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome

Livio Berruti (19 May 1939 - 9 August 2026) was an Italian athlete who was the winner of the 200-meter dash in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot.

Grodotzki competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 10,000 metres where he won the silver medal.

He was a member of the winning West German three-day event team at the 1959 European Championships, and finished 18th in individual eventing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, making him the best German combination.

He competed for a place in the British trap shooting team for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but finished third behind Joe Wheater and Brett Huthart.

After college, Robertson and Jerry West co-captained the 1960 U.S. basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

West and Oscar Robertson co-captained the U.S. men's basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record

who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash

Two years later, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Elliott won the 1500 m gold medal in world record time (3:35.6), finishing 2.6 seconds ahead of second placed Michel Jazy of France.

She first participated in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, winning a silver medal with the Czechoslovak team, and then won bronze in the all around event at the 1961 European Championships.

Olympic (1960)

competed for the United States at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics