Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics
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This page contains a chronological summary of major events from the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Calendar[]
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
August / September | 25 Thu |
26 Fri |
27 Sat |
28 Sun |
29 Mon |
30 Tue |
31 Wed |
1 Thu |
2 Fri |
3 Sat |
4 Sun |
5 Mon |
6 Tue |
7 Wed |
8 Thu |
9 Fri |
10 Sat |
11 Sun |
Events |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/A | ||||||||||||||||
Athletics | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 34 | |||||||||
Basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Boxing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Canoeing | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Cycling | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Diving | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
Equestrian | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Fencing | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
Field hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | ||
Football | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Gymnastics | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Modern pentathlon | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Rowing | ● | ● | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Sailing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
Shooting | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
Swimming | ● | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
Water polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Wrestling | ● | ● | ● | ● | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 8 | 16 | ||||||||
Daily medal events | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 150 | |
Cumulative total | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 70 | 70 | 84 | 99 | 113 | 125 | 135 | 149 | 150 | ||
August / September | 25 Thu |
26 Fri |
27 Sat |
28 Sun |
29 Mon |
30 Tue |
31 Wed |
1 Thu |
2 Fri |
3 Sat |
4 Sun |
5 Mon |
6 Tue |
7 Wed |
8 Thu |
9 Fri |
10 Sat |
11 Sun |
Total events |
Day 1: Thu 25 August[]
No medal events
Day 2: Fri 26 August[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Cycling | 100 km team time trial | Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè |
Italy | ||
1 km track time trial | Sante Gaiardoni | Italy | WR |
Day 3: Sat 27 August[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Cycling | Tandem | Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto | Italy | ||
Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard | Ingrid Krämer | United Team of Germany | ||
Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | John Devitt | Australia | OR | |
Women's 200 metre breaststroke | Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain | WR |
Day 4: Sun 28 August[]
No events
Day 5: Mon 29 August[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | Erik Hansen | Denmark | ||
Men's C-1 1000 metres | János Parti | Hungary | |||
Men's K-2 1000 metres | Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius | Sweden | |||
Men's C-2 1000 metres | Leonid Geishtor, Sergei Makarenko | Soviet Union | |||
Women's K-1 500 metres | Antonina Seredina | Soviet Union | |||
Women's K-2 500 metres | Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina | Soviet Union | |||
Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres | Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke, Dieter Krause |
United Team of Germany | |||
Cycling | Team pursuit | Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto |
Italy | ||
Sprint | Sante Gaiardoni | Italy | |||
Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard | Gary Tobian | United States | ||
Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | Dawn Fraser | Australia | OR |
Day 6: Tue 30 August[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Cycling | Individual road race | Viktor Kapitonov | Soviet Union | ||
Diving | Women's 10 metre platform | Ingrid Krämer | United Team of Germany | ||
Fencing | Men's foil | Viktor Zhdanovich | Soviet Union | ||
Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly | Carolyn Schuler | United States | OR | |
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | William Mulliken | United States |
Day 7: Wed 31 August[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Men's shot put | Bill Nieder | United States | OR | |
Women's long jump | Vera Kolashnikova | Soviet Union | OR | ||
Modern pentathlon | Men's individual | Ferenc Németh | Hungary | ||
Men's team | Imre Nagy, András Balczó, Ferenc Németh |
Hungary | |||
Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | Murray Rose | Australia | ||
Men's 100 metre backstroke | David Theile | Australia | |||
Wrestling | Greco-Roman flyweight | Dumitru Pârvulescu | Romania | ||
Greco-Roman bantamweight | Oleg Karavayev | Soviet Union | |||
Greco-Roman featherweight | Müzahir Sille | Turkey | |||
Greco-Roman lightweight | Avtandil Koridze | Soviet Union | |||
Greco-Roman welterweight | Mithat Bayrak | Turkey | |||
Greco-Roman middleweight | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | |||
Greco-Roman light heavyweight | Tevfik Kis | Turkey | |||
Greco-Roman heavyweight | Ivan Bogdan | Soviet Union |
Day 8: Thu 1 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Women's javelin throw | Elvīra Ozoliņa | Soviet Union | OR | |
Men's high jump | Robert Shavlakadze | Soviet Union | OR | ||
Women's 80 metres hurdles | Irina Press | Soviet Union | |||
Men's 100 metres | Armin Hary | United Team of Germany | OR | ||
Fencing | Women's foil | Adelheid Schmid | United Team of Germany | ||
Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay | Frank McKinney, Paul Hait, Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell |
United States | ||
Women's 400 metre freestyle | Chris von Saltza | United States | |||
Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay | George Harrison, Richard Blick, Michael Troy, Jeff Farrell |
United States |
Day 9: Fri 2 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk | Vladimir Golubnichy | Soviet Union | ||
Men's 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Davis | United States | OR | ||
Men's long jump | Ralph Boston | United States | OR | ||
Women's 100 metres | Wilma Rudolph | United States | |||
Women's shot put | Tamara Press | Soviet Union | OR | ||
Men's 800 metres | Peter Snell | New Zealand | OR | ||
Men's 5000 metres | Murray Halberg | New Zealand | |||
Diving | Men's 10 metre platform | Bob Webster | United States | ||
Fencing | Men's team foil | Viktor Zhdanovich, Mark Midler, Yuri Rudov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov |
Soviet Union | ||
Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | Mike Troy | United States | WR | |
Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay | Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza |
United States |
Day 10: Sat 3 September[]
Day 11: Sun 4 September[]
No events
Day 12: Mon 5 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Women's discus throw | Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | OR | |
Men's 110 metres hurdles | Lee Calhoun | United States | |||
Women's 200 metres | Wilma Rudolph | United States | |||
Boxing | Flyweight | Gyula Török | Hungary | ||
Bantamweight | Oleg Grigoryev | Soviet Union | |||
Featherweight | Francesco Musso | Italy | |||
Lightweight | Kazimierz Paździor | Poland | |||
Light welterweight | Bohumil Němeček | Czechoslovakia | |||
Welterweight | Giovanni Benvenuti | Italy | |||
Light middleweight | Wilbert McClure | United States | |||
Middleweight | Eddie Crook, Jr. | United States | |||
Light heavyweight | Cassius Clay | United States | |||
Heavyweight | Franco De Piccoli | Italy | |||
Shooting | 300 metre rifle, three positions | Hubert Hammerer | Austria |
Day 13: Tue 6 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Men's triple jump | Józef Szmidt | Poland | OR | |
Men's 400 metres | Otis Davis | United States | |||
Men's 1500 metres | Herb Elliott | Australia | WR | ||
Men's decathlon | Rafer Johnson | United States | OR | ||
Equestrian | Individual dressage | Sergei Filatov | Soviet Union | ||
Fencing | Men's épée | Giuseppe Delfino | Italy | ||
Shooting | 50 metre pistol | Alexey Gushchin | Soviet Union | ||
Wrestling | Freestyle flyweight | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | ||
Freestyle bantamweight | Terrence McCann | United States | |||
Freestyle featherweight | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | Turkey | |||
Freestyle lightweight | Shelby Wilson | United States | |||
Freestyle welterweight | Douglas Blubaugh | United States | |||
Freestyle middleweight | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | |||
Freestyle light heavyweight | Ismet Atli | Turkey | |||
Freestyle heavyweight | Wilfried Dietrich | United Team of Germany |
Day 14: Wed 7 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Men's pole vault | Don Bragg | United States | OR | |
Men's 50 kilometres walk | Don Thompson | Great Britain | OR | ||
Men's discus throw | Al Oerter | United States | OR | ||
Women's 800 metres | Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | WR | ||
Equestrian | Individual jumping | Raimondo D'Inzeo | Italy | ||
Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union | ||
Men's team all-around | Takashi Ono, Nobuyuki Aihara, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Masao Takemoto, Shuji Tsurumi |
Japan | |||
Sailing | 5.5 Metre | George O'Day, James Hunt, David Smith | United States | ||
Flying Dutchman | Peder Lunde Jr., Bjørn Bergvall | Norway | |||
Dragon | HRH Crown Prince Constantine, Odysseus Eskidioglou, Georgios Zaimis |
Greece | |||
Star | Timir Pinegin, Fyodor Shutkov | Soviet Union | |||
Finn | Paul Elvstrøm | Denmark | |||
Weightlifting | Men's bantamweight | Charles Vinci | United States | ||
Men's featherweight | Yevgeni Minaev | Soviet Union |
Day 15: Thu 8 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Athletics | Women's high jump | Iolanda Balaş | Romania | OR | |
Men's javelin throw | Viktor Tsybulenko | Soviet Union | |||
Men's 4 x 400 metres relay | Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis |
United States | WR | ||
Men's 10,000 metres | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | OR | ||
Women's 4 x 100 metres relay | Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph |
United States | |||
Men's 4 x 100 metres relay | Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer |
United Team of Germany | |||
Fencing | Men's sabre | Rudolf Kárpáti | Hungary | ||
Gymnastics | Women's individual all-around | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union | ||
Women's team all-around | Polina Astakhova, Lidia Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Lyukhina, Sofia Muratova, Margarita Nikolaeva |
Soviet Union | |||
Shooting | 50 metre rifle three positions | Viktor Shamburkin | Soviet Union | =WR | |
Weightlifting | Men's lightweight | Viktor Bushuev | Soviet Union | ||
Men's middleweight | Aleksandr Kurynov | Soviet Union |
Day 16: Fri 9 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Fencing | Men's team épée | Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro |
Italy | ||
Field hockey | Men's tournament | Abdul Hamid, Abdul Rashid, Abdul Waheed, Bashir Ahmad, Ghulam Rasul, Anwar Khan Khursheed Aslam, Habib Ali Kiddie, Manzoor Hussain Atif, Munir Dar, Mushtaq Ahmad, Motiullah, Naseer Bunda, Noor Alam |
Pakistan | ||
Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | Polina Astakhova | Soviet Union | ||
Women's balance beam | Eva Bosáková | Czechoslovakia | |||
Women's floor | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union | |||
Women's vault | Margarita Nikolaeva | Soviet Union | |||
Shooting | 25 metre rapid fire pistol | William McMillan | United States | =OR | |
Trap | Ion Dumitrescu | Romania | |||
Weightlifting | Men's light heavyweight | Ireneusz Paliński | Poland | ||
Men's middle heavyweight | Arkadi Vorobyev | Soviet Union |
Day 17: Sat 10 September[]
Day 18: Sun 11 September[]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Equestrian | Team jumping | Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle | United Team of Germany |
References[]
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