Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
Dates | August 31–September 8 |
Competitors | 1,016 from 73 nations |
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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.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
3 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Formosa (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | British West Indies (BWI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 34 | 35 | 33 | 102 |
Records broken
During the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, 28 new Olympic records and 4 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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100 metres | August 31 | Final | Armin Hary | United Team of Germany | 10.2 s | OR | |
200 metres | September 3 | Semi-Final | Livio Berruti | Italy | 20.5 s | OR | |
400 metres | September 6 | Final | Otis Davis | United States | 44.9 s | OR | WR |
800 metres | September 2 | Final | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 1:46.3 | OR | |
1,500 metres | September 6 | Final | Herb Elliott | Australia | 3:35.6 | OR | WR |
10,000 metres | September 8 | Final | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | 28:32.2 | OR | |
4x400 metre relay | September 8 | Final | Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Davis Otis Davis | United States | 3:02.2 | OR | WR |
400 metre hurdles | September 2 | Final | Glenn Davis | United States | 49.3 s | OR | |
3,000 metre steeplechase | September 3 | Final | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland | 8:34.2 | OR | |
Marathon | September 10 | Final | Abebe Bikila | Ethiopia | 2:15:16.2 | OR | |
50km walk | September 7 | Final | Don Thompson | Great Britain | 4:25:30.0 | OR | |
High jump | September 3 | Final | Robert Shavlakadze Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union | 2.16 m | OR | |
Long jump | September 2 | Final | Ralph Boston | United States | 8.12 m | OR | |
Triple jump | September 6 | Final | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.81 m | OR | |
Pole vault | September 7 | Final | Don Bragg | United States | 4.70 m | OR | |
Shot put | August 31 | Final | Bill Nieder | United States | 19.68 m | OR | |
Hammer throw | September 3 | Final | Vasily Rudenkov | Soviet Union | 67.10 m | OR | |
Decathlon | September 6 | Final | Rafer Johnson | United States | 8,392 points | OR |
Women's Olympic and world records
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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100 metres | September 2 | Semi-Final | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.3 s | OR | |
200 metres | September 3 | First Round | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 23.2 s | OR | |
800 metres | September 7 | Final | Lyudmila Shevtsova | Soviet Union | 2:04.03 | OR | |
80 metre hurdles | August 31 | Semi-Final | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 10.6 s | OR | |
4x100 metre relay | September 7 | First Round | Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph | United States | 44.4 s | OR | WR |
High jump | September 8 | Final | Iolanda Balaş | Romania | 1.85 m | OR | |
Long jump | August 31 | Final | Vera Krepkina | Soviet Union | 6.37 m | OR | |
Discus throw | September 5 | Final | Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | 55.10 m | OR | |
Shot put | September 2 | Final | Tamara Press | Soviet Union | 17.32 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | September 1 | Final | Elvīra Ozoliņa | Soviet Union | 55.98 m | OR |
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia