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.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Medal table
3 Records broken
3.1 Men's Olympic and world records
3.2 Women's Olympic and world records
4 References
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  Republic of China | 8334 | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 7809 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres | Wilma Rudolph United States | 11.0 | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain | 11.3 | Giuseppina Leone Italy | 11.3 |
| 200 metres | Wilma Rudolph United States | 24.0 | Jutta Heine United Team of Germany | 24.4 | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain | 24.7 |
| 800 metres | Lyudmila Shevtsova Soviet Union | 2:04.3 (=WR) | Brenda Jones Australia | 2:04.4 | Ursula Donath United Team of Germany | 2:05.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Irina Press Soviet Union | 10.8 | Carole Quinton Great Britain | 10.9 | Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany | 11.0 |
| 4×100 metres relay | United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph | 44.5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine | 44.8 |  Poland (POL)Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter | 45.0 |
| High jump | Iolanda Balaş  Romania | 1.85 m (OR) | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska Poland | 1.71 m | none awarded | |
Dorothy Shirley Great Britain | ||||||
| Long jump | Vera Krepkina Soviet Union | 6.37 m (OR) | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | 6.27 m | Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany | 6.21 m |
| Shot put | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 17.32 m (OR) | Johanna Lüttge United Team of Germany | 16.61 m | Earlene Brown United States | 16.42 m |
| Discus throw | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union | 55.10 m (OR) | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 52.59 m | Lia Manoliu Romania | 52.36 m |
| Javelin throw | Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union | 55.98 m (OR) | Dana Zátopková  Czechoslovakia | 53.78 m | Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union | 53.45 m |
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 | |
 Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Republic of China (ROC) | 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
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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