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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 12 January 1948 (age 75) Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Luciana Marcellini (born 12 January 1948) is a retired Italian swimmer. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke event, but was eliminated in the preliminaries. [1] [2] Aged 12 years and 228 days she was the youngest participant at the 1960 games. [3]
Finland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 117 competitors, 107 men and 10 women, took part in 92 events in 14 sports.
Peru competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 3 sports. Peru returned to the football tournament once more after the controversial 1936 Olympics. Most of the athletes that represented Peru were part of the football squad. Peru also participated in shooting and rowing events.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 116 competitors, 107 men and 9 women, took part in 64 events in 14 sports.
France competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, and failed to win a single gold medal for the second time only in the history of the modern Olympic Games. 238 competitors, 210 men and 28 women, took part in 120 events in 19 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 134 competitors, 115 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 15 sports.
Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is a retired Italian sprinter. She competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and reached the final on five occasions. In 1960 she won a bronze medal in the 100 m.
Luciana Paula Aymar is an Argentine retired field hockey player.
Greece competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 48 competitors, all men, took part in 38 events in 8 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump,
Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from 30 August to 3 September on the Lago di Albano.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Dixie Isabel Willis(later Booth, then Ingram) is a former Australian middle distance runner, who won the gold medal in the women's 880 yards event at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. She was selected to compete over 800 metres for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At Rome in 1960 she was leading the final with 70 metres remaining when she fell off the track. She then regained the track to finish last. In 1964 at Tokyo she was unable to compete due to injury.
Carolyn Jane Schuler is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Lorne Kenneth Loomer was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
MariaLeontievna Itkina was a Soviet runner who set multiple world records in various sprint events. She competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics and finished four times in fourth place. Domestically Itkina held 17 Soviet sprint titles.
Wiltrud Urselmann is a German former breaststroke swimmer. In 1957 she was named the German Sportspersonality of the Year for her national achievements. She then won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. On 6 June 1960 she set a new world record in the same event (02:50.2), beating the previous record of Anita Lonsbrough. Two months later, in the 1960 Summer Olympics finals, she swam even faster (2:50.0), but was beaten in the last 25 meters by Lonsbrough (2:49.5).
Gianni Corsaro was an Italian racewalker who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Franco Antonelli was an Italian male long-distance runner who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Stefano Serchinic was a Yugoslav-born Italian male racewalker who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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