Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad

Venue Stadio Olimpico
Dates August 31–September 8
Competitors
1,016 from 73 nations

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Athletics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic Athletics.png
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

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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.




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
100 metres
details
Armin Hary
 United Team of Germany
 10.2
(=OR)
Dave Sime
 United States
 10.2
(=OR)
Peter Radford
 Great Britain
 10.3
200 metres
details
Livio Berruti
 Italy
 20.5
(=WR)
Lester Carney
 United States
 20.6
Abdoulaye Seye
 France
 20.7
400 metres
details
Otis Davis
 United States
 44.9
(WR)
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany
 44.9
(WR)
Malcolm Spence
 South Africa
 45.5
800 metres
details
Peter Snell
 New Zealand
 1:46.3
(OR)
Roger Moens
 Belgium
 1:46.5
George Kerr
 British West Indies
 1:47.1
1500 metres
details
Herb Elliott
 Australia
 3:35.6
(WR)
Michel Jazy
 France
 3:38.4
István Rózsavölgyi
 Hungary
 3:39.2
5000 metres
details
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
details
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
details
Lee Calhoun
 United States
 13.8
William May
 United States
 13.8
Hayes Jones
 United States
 14.0
400 metres hurdles
details
Glenn Davis
 United States
 49.3
(OR)
Clifton Cushman
 United States
 49.6
Dick Howard
 United States
 49.7
3000 metres steeplechase
details
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
details
 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
details
 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
details
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
details
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
details
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
details
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
details
Don Bragg
 United States
 4.70 m
(OR)
Ron Morris
 United States
 4.60 m
Eeles Landström
 Finland
 4.55 m
Long jump
details
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
details
Józef Szmidt
 Poland
 16.81 m
(OR)
Vladimir Goryaev
 Soviet Union
 16.63 m
Vitold Kreer
 Soviet Union
 16.43 m
Shot put
details
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
details
Al Oerter
 United States
 59.18 m
(OR)
Rink Babka
 United States
 58.02 m
Dick Cochran
 United States
 57.16 m
Hammer throw
details
Vasili Rudenkov
 Soviet Union
 67.10 m
(OR)
Gyula Zsivótzky
 Hungary
 65.79 m
Tadeusz Rut
 Poland
 65.64 m
Javelin throw
details
Viktor Tsybulenko
 Soviet Union
 84.64 m
Walter Krüger
 United Team of Germany
 79.36 m
Gergely Kulcsár
 Hungary
 78.57 m
Decathlon
details
Rafer Johnson
 United States
 8392
(OR)
Yang Chuan-Kwang
 Republic of China
 8334
Vasili Kuznetsov
 Soviet Union
 7809


Women




































































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
100 metres
details
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
 11.0
Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain
 11.3
Giuseppina Leone
 Italy
 11.3
200 metres
details
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
 24.0
Jutta Heine
 United Team of Germany
 24.4
Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain
 24.7
800 metres
details
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
details
Irina Press
 Soviet Union
 10.8
Carole Quinton
 Great Britain
 10.9
Gisela Birkemeyer
 United Team of Germany
 11.0
4×100 metres relay
details
 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
details
Iolanda Balaş
 Romania
 1.85 m (OR)
Jarosława Jóźwiakowska
 Poland
 1.71 m
 none awarded

Dorothy Shirley
 Great Britain
Long jump
details
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
details
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
details
Nina Ponomaryova
 Soviet Union
 55.10 m (OR)
Tamara Press
 Soviet Union
 52.59 m
Lia Manoliu
 Romania
 52.36 m
Javelin throw
details
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
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

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

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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