Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics

Last updated

This page contains a chronological summary of major events from the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Contents

Calendar

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Gold medal eventsCCClosing ceremony
August / September25
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
Olympic Rings Icon.svg CeremoniesOCCC—
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 24733446134
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 11
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1010
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing ● ● 77
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling 21216
Diving pictogram.svg Diving ● 111● ● 14
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian ● 11● ● 215
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing ● 1● 111● 1● 1118
Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1● ●1
Football pictogram.svg Football ● ● ● ● ● ● 11
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics ● ● 224614
Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Modern pentathlon ● ● ● ● ● 22
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing ● ● ● ● 77
Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● 55
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting ● 11● 1216
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming ● 212232315
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 11
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 22217
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling ● ● ● ● 8● ● ● ● 816
Daily medal events240115148111501415141210141150
Cumulative total266172236445570708499113125135149150
August / September25
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
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Cycling 100 km team time trial Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati,
Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1 km track time trial Sante Gaiardoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy WR

Day 3: Sat 27 August

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Cycling Tandem Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Diving Women's 3 metre springboard Ingrid Krämer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle John Devitt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia OR
Women's 200 metre breaststroke Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain WR

Day 4: Sun 28 August

No events

Day 5: Mon 29 August

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Erik Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Men's C-1 1000 metres János Parti Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Men's K-2 1000 metres Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Men's C-2 1000 metres Leonid Geishtor, Sergei Makarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Women's K-1 500 metres Antonina Seredina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Women's K-2 500 metres Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg,
Friedhelm Wentzke, Dieter Krause 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Cycling Team pursuit Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti,
Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sprint Sante Gaiardoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Gary Tobian Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle Dawn Fraser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia OR

Day 6: Tue 30 August

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Cycling Individual road race Viktor Kapitonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Diving Women's 10 metre platform Ingrid Krämer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Fencing Men's foil Viktor Zhdanovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly Carolyn Schuler Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Men's 200 metre breaststroke William Mulliken Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Day 7: Wed 31 August

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's shot put Bill Nieder Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Women's long jump Vera Kolashnikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Modern pentathlon Men's individual Ferenc Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Men's team Imre Nagy, András Balczó,
Ferenc Németh 		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle Murray Rose Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Men's 100 metre backstroke David Theile Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Wrestling Greco-Roman flyweight Dumitru Pârvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Greco-Roman bantamweight Oleg Karavayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Greco-Roman featherweight Müzahir Sille Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Greco-Roman lightweight Avtandil Koridze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Greco-Roman welterweight Mithat Bayrak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Greco-Roman middleweight Dimitar Dobrev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Greco-Roman light heavyweight Tevfik Kis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Greco-Roman heavyweight Ivan Bogdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Day 8: Thu 1 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Women's javelin throw Elvīra Ozoliņa Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Men's high jump Robert Shavlakadze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Women's 80 metres hurdles Irina Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's 100 metres Armin Hary Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany OR
Fencing Women's foil Adelheid Schmid Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Frank McKinney, Paul Hait,
Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's 400 metre freestyle Chris von Saltza Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay George Harrison, Richard Blick,
Michael Troy, Jeff Farrell 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Day 9: Fri 2 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Vladimir Golubnichy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's 400 metres hurdles Glenn Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Men's long jump Ralph Boston Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Women's 100 metres Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's shot put Tamara Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Men's 800 metres Peter Snell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand OR
Men's 5000 metres Murray Halberg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Diving Men's 10 metre platform Bob Webster Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fencing Men's team foil Viktor Zhdanovich, Mark Midler, Yuri Rudov,
Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly Mike Troy Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR
Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner,
Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Day 10: Sat 3 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's hammer throw Vasily Rudenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland OR
Men's 200 metres Livio Berruti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fencing Women's team foil Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina, Lyudmila Shishova,
Tatyana Petrenko, Galina Gorokhova, Valentina Rastvorova 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rowing Single sculls Vyacheslav Ivanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Double sculls Václav Kozák, Pavel Schmidt Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Coxless pair Valentin Boreyko, Oleg Golovanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Coxed pair Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, Klaus Zerta Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Coxless four Dan Ayrault, Ted Nash, John Sayre,
Rusty Wailes 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Coxed four Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann,
Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Eight Manfred Rulffs, Walter Schröder, Frank Schepke,
Kraft Schepke, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Karl-Heinz Hopp,
Klaus Bittner, Hans Lenk, Willi Padge 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke Lynn Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's 1500 metre freestyle John Konrads Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood,
Chris von Saltza, Donna de Varona*, Susan Doerr*,
Sylvia Ruuska*, Molly Botkin*		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Water polo Men's tournament Amedeo Ambron, Danio Bardi, Giuseppe D'Altrui,
Salvatore Gionta, Giancarlo Guerrini, Franco Lavoratori
Gianni Lonzi, Luigi Mannelli, Rosario Parmegiani,
Eraldo Pizzo, Dante Rossi, Brunello Spinelli 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Day 11: Sun 4 September

No events

Day 12: Mon 5 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Women's discus throw Nina Romashkova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Men's 110 metres hurdles Lee Calhoun Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's 200 metres Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Boxing Flyweight Gyula Török Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bantamweight Oleg Grigoryev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Featherweight Francesco Musso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lightweight Kazimierz Paździor Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Light welterweight Bohumil Němeček Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Welterweight Giovanni Benvenuti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Light middleweight Wilbert McClure Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Middleweight Eddie Crook, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Light heavyweight Cassius Clay Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Heavyweight Franco De Piccoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Shooting 300 metre rifle, three positions Hubert Hammerer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Day 13: Tue 6 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's triple jump Józef Szmidt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland OR
Men's 400 metres Otis Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's 1500 metres Herb Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia WR
Men's decathlon Rafer Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Equestrian Individual dressage Sergei Filatov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Fencing Men's épée Giuseppe Delfino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Shooting 50 metre pistol Alexey Gushchin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Wrestling Freestyle flyweight Ahmet Bilek Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Freestyle bantamweight Terrence McCann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Freestyle featherweight Mustafa Dağıstanlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Freestyle lightweight Shelby Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Freestyle welterweight Douglas Blubaugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Freestyle middleweight Hasan Güngör Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Freestyle light heavyweight Ismet Atli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Freestyle heavyweight Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany

Day 14: Wed 7 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's pole vault Don Bragg Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Men's 50 kilometres walk Don Thompson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain OR
Men's discus throw Al Oerter Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Women's 800 metres Lyudmila Lysenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union WR
Equestrian Individual jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Gymnastics Men's individual all-around Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's team all-around Takashi Ono, Nobuyuki Aihara,
Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri,
Masao Takemoto, Shuji Tsurumi 		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Sailing 5.5 Metre George O'Day, James Hunt, David Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flying Dutchman Peder Lunde Jr., Bjørn Bergvall Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Dragon HRH Crown Prince Constantine,
Odysseus Eskidioglou, Georgios Zaimis 		Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Star Timir Pinegin, Fyodor Shutkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Finn Paul Elvstrøm Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Weightlifting Men's bantamweight Charles Vinci Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's featherweight Yevgeni Minaev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Day 15: Thu 8 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Women's high jump Iolanda Balaş Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania OR
Men's javelin throw Viktor Tsybulenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Jack Yerman, Earl Young,
Glenn Davis, Otis Davis 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR
Men's 10,000 metres Pyotr Bolotnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union OR
Women's 4 x 100 metres relay Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams,
Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's 4 x 100 metres relay Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary,
Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Fencing Men's sabre Rudolf Kárpáti Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Gymnastics Women's individual all-around Larisa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Women's team all-around Polina Astakhova, Lidia Ivanova,
Larisa Latynina, Tamara Lyukhina,
Sofia Muratova, Margarita Nikolaeva 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Shooting 50 metre rifle three positions Viktor Shamburkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union =WR
Weightlifting Men's lightweight Viktor Bushuev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's middleweight Aleksandr Kurynov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Day 16: Fri 9 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Fencing Men's team épée Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro 		Flag of Italy.svg  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 		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Polina Astakhova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Women's balance beam Eva Bosáková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Women's floor Larisa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Women's vault Margarita Nikolaeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Shooting 25 metre rapid fire pistol William McMillan Flag of the United States.svg  United States =OR
Trap Ion Dumitrescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight Ireneusz Paliński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Men's middle heavyweight Arkadi Vorobyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Day 17: Sat 10 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Athletics Men's marathon Abebe Bikila Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia WR
Basketball Men's tournament Jay Arnette, Walt Bellamy, Bob Boozer,
Terry Dischinger, Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff,
Allen Kelley, Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas,
Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith, Jerry West 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Equestrian Individual eventing Lawrence Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Team eventing Lawrence Morgan, Neale Lavis, Bill Roycroft Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Fencing Men's team sabre Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti,
Pál Kovács, Zoltán Horváth,
Gábor Delneky, Tamás Mendelényi 		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Football Men's tournament Andrija Anković, Zvonko Bego, Vladimir Durković,
Milan Galić, Fahrudin Jusufi, Tomislav Knez,
Bora Kostić, Aleksandar Kozlina, Dušan Maravić,
Željko Matuš, Žarko Nikolić, Željko Perušić,
Novak Roganović, Velimir Sombolac, Milutin Šoškić,
Silvester Takač, Blagoje Vidinić, Ante Žanetić 		Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Gymnastics Men's floor Nobuyuki Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Men's horizontal bar Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Men's parallel bars Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's pommel horse Eugen Ekman,
Boris Shakhlin 		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland,
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's rings Albert Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Men's vault Takashi Ono,
Boris Shakhlin 		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan,
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Shooting 50 metre rifle prone Peter Kohnke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Weightlifting Men's heavyweight Yury Vlasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Day 18: Sun 11 September

Gold medalists
SportEventCompetitor(s)NOCRecRef
Equestrian Team jumping Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany

References

    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.