| 1960 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
 Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won four gold medals and seven total medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, both of which were the most of any competing athlete. | |
| Location | Rome,  Italy |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Soviet Union (43) |
| Most total medals | Soviet Union (103) |
| Medalling NOCs | 44 |
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The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, from August 25 to September 11, 1960. [1] [2] A total of 5,338 athletes representing 83 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, [3] which included five teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: the British West Indies, [4] Morocco, [5] San Marino, [6] Sudan, [7] and Tunisia. [8] The games featured 150 events in 17 sports across 23 disciplines. [3] [9] [10]
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Athletes representing 44 NOCs received at least one medal, with 23 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. [11] The Soviet Union won the most overall medals, with 103, and the most gold medals, with 43. [11] The British West Indies, [4] Republic of China (now competing as Chinese Taipei), [12] Ethiopia, [13] Ghana, [14] Iraq, [15] Morocco, [5] and Singapore won their first Summer Olympic medals of any kind, [16] with Ethiopia and Pakistan winning their first gold medals. [13] [17]
Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won the most gold medals, with four, and the most total medals, with seven (four gold, two silver, and one bronze). [18] Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti secured two medals at the 1960 games (one gold, one silver) and became the record holder for the most Olympic medals won, with 13 medals in total (six gold, five silver, two bronze). [19] Mangiarotti had won medals at the 1936 (one gold), 1948 (two silver, one bronze), 1952 (two gold, two silver), and 1956 games (two gold, one bronze) prior to 1960. [20]
