Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics



















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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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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