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 |
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Armin Hary United Team of Germany |
10.2 (=OR) |
Dave Sime United States |
10.2 (=OR) |
Peter Radford Great Britain |
10.3 |
200 metres |
Livio Berruti Italy |
20.5 (=WR) |
Lester Carney United States |
20.6 | Abdoulaye Seye France |
20.7 |
400 metres |
Otis Davis United States |
44.9 (WR) |
Carl Kaufmann United Team of Germany |
44.9 (WR) |
Malcolm Spence South Africa |
45.5 |
800 metres |
Peter Snell New Zealand |
1:46.3 (OR) |
Roger Moens Belgium |
1:46.5 | George Kerr British West Indies |
1:47.1 |
1500 metres |
Herb Elliott Australia |
3:35.6 (WR) |
Michel Jazy France |
3:38.4 | István Rózsavölgyi Hungary |
3:39.2 |
5000 metres |
Murray Halberg New Zealand |
13:43.4 | Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany |
13:44.6 | Kazimierz Zimny Poland |
13:44.8 |
10,000 metres |
Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union |
28:32.2 (OR) |
Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany |
28:37.0 | David Power Australia |
28:38.2 |
110 metres hurdles |
Lee Calhoun United States |
13.8 | William May United States |
13.8 | Hayes Jones United States |
14.0 |
400 metres hurdles |
Glenn Davis United States |
49.3 (OR) |
Clifton Cushman United States |
49.6 | Dick Howard United States |
49.7 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland |
8:34.2 (OR) |
Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union |
8:36.4 | Semyon Rzhishchin Soviet Union |
8:42.2 |
4×100 metres relay |
United Team of Germany (EUA) Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer |
39.5 (=WR) |
Soviet Union (URS) Gusman Kosanov Leonid Bartenev Yuriy Konovalov Edvin Ozolin |
40.1 | Great Britain (GBR) Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead |
40.2 |
4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Davis Otis Davis |
3:02.2 (WR) |
United Team of Germany (EUA) Manfred Kinder Joachim Reske Johannes Kaiser Carl Kaufmann |
3:02.7 | British West Indies (BWI) George Kerr James Wedderburn Keith Gardner Malcolm Spence |
3:04.0 |
Marathon |
Abebe Bikila Ethiopia |
2:15:16.2 (WB) |
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco |
2:15:41.6 | Barry Magee New Zealand |
2:17:18.2 |
20 kilometres walk |
Vladimir Golubnichy Soviet Union |
1:34:07.2 | Noel Freeman Australia |
1:34:16.4 | Stan Vickers Great Britain |
1:34.56.4 |
50 kilometres walk |
Don Thompson Great Britain |
4:25:30.0 (OR) |
John Ljunggren Sweden |
4:25:47.0 | Abdon Pamich Italy |
4:27:55.4 |
High jump |
Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union |
2.16 m (OR) |
Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union |
2.16 m (OR) |
John Thomas United States |
2.14 m |
Pole vault |
Don Bragg United States |
4.70 m (OR) |
Ron Morris United States |
4.60 m | Eeles Landström Finland |
4.55 m |
Long jump |
Ralph Boston United States |
8.12 m (OR) |
Irvin Roberson United States |
8.11 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union |
8.04 m |
Triple jump |
Józef Szmidt Poland |
16.81 m (OR) |
Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union |
16.63 m | Vitold Kreer Soviet Union |
16.43 m |
Shot put |
Bill Nieder United States |
19.68 m (OR) |
Parry O'Brien United States |
19.11 m | Dallas Long United States |
19.01 m |
Discus throw |
Al Oerter United States |
59.18 m (OR) |
Rink Babka United States |
58.02 m | Dick Cochran United States |
57.16 m |
Hammer throw |
Vasili Rudenkov Soviet Union |
67.10 m (OR) |
Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary |
65.79 m | Tadeusz Rut Poland |
65.64 m |
Javelin throw |
Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union |
84.64 m | Walter Krüger United Team of Germany |
79.36 m | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary |
78.57 m |
Decathlon |
Rafer Johnson United States |
8392 (OR) |
Yang Chuan-Kwang Formosa |
8334 | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
7809 |
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 nations) | 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[]
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletics at the Summer Olympics
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- International athletics competitions hosted by Italy
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