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.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres details	Armin Hary Germany (EUA)	David Sime United States (USA)	Peter Radford Great Britain (GBR)
200 metres details	Livio Berruti Italy (ITA)	Lester Carney United States (USA)	Abdoulaye Seye France (FRA)
400 metres details	Otis Davis United States (USA)	Carl Kaufmann Germany (EUA)	Malcolm Spence South Africa (RSA)
800 metres details	Peter Snell New Zealand (NZL)	Roger Moens Belgium (BEL)	George Kerr British West Indies (BWI)
1500 metres details	Herb Elliott Australia (AUS)	Michel Jazy France (FRA)	István Rózsavölgyi Hungary (HUN)
5000 metres details	Murray Halberg New Zealand (NZL)	Hans Grodotzki Germany (EUA)	Kazimierz Zimny Poland (POL)
10000 metres details	Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union (URS)	Hans Grodotzki Germany (EUA)	David Power Australia (AUS)
110 metre hurdles details	Lee Calhoun United States (USA)	William May United States (USA)	Hayes Jones United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles details	Glenn Davis United States (USA)	Clifton Cushman United States (USA)	Richard Howard United States (USA)
3000 metre steeplechase details	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland (POL)	Nikolai Sokolov Soviet Union (URS)	Semen Rzhischin Soviet Union (URS)
4×100 metre relay details	Germany (EUA) Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer	Soviet Union (URS) Gusman Kosanov Leonid Bartenev Yuri Konovalov Edvins Ozolin	Great Britain (GBR) Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Neville Whitehead
4×400 metre relay details	United States (USA) Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Davis Otis Davis	Germany (EUA) Manfred Kinder Joachim Reske Johannes Kaiser Carl Kaufmann	British West Indies (BWI) George Kerr James Wedderburn Keith Gardner Malcolm Spence
20 km walk details	Vladimir Golubnichy Soviet Union (URS)	Noel Freeman Australia (AUS)	Stanley Vickers Great Britain (GBR)
50 km walk details	Don Thompson Great Britain (GBR)	John Ljunggren Sweden (SWE)	Abdon Pamich Italy (ITA)
Marathon details	Abebe Bikila Ethiopia (ETH)	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco (MAR)	Barry Magee New Zealand (NZL)
High Jump details	Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union (URS)	Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union (URS)	John Thomas United States (USA)
Long Jump details	Ralph Boston United States (USA)	Irvin Roberson United States (USA)	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union (URS)
Triple Jump details	Józef Szmidt Poland (POL)	Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union (URS)	Vitold Kreer Soviet Union (URS)
Pole Vault details	Don Bragg United States (USA)	Ron Morris United States (USA)	Eeles Landström Finland (FIN)
Shot Put details	Bill Nieder United States (USA)	Parry O'Brien United States (USA)	Dallas Long United States (USA)
Discus Throw details	Al Oerter United States (USA)	Rink Babka United States (USA)	Dick Cochran United States (USA)
Hammer Throw details	Vasili Rudenkov Soviet Union (URS)	Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary (HUN)	Tadeusz Rut Poland (POL)
Javelin Throw details	Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union (URS)	Walter Krüger Germany (EUA)	Gergely Kulcsár Hungary (HUN)
Decathlon details	Rafer Johnson United States (USA)	Yang Chuan-Kwang Republic of China (ROC)	Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres details	Wilma Rudolph United States (USA)	Dorothy Hyman Great Britain (GBR)	Giuseppina Leone Italy (ITA)
200 metres details	Wilma Rudolph United States (USA)	Jutta Heine Germany (EUA)	Dorothy Hyman Great Britain (GBR)
800 metres details	Lyudmila Lisenko Soviet Union (URS)	Brenda Jones Australia (AUS)	Ursula Donath Germany (EUA)
80 metre hurdles details	Irina Press Soviet Union (URS)	Carole Quinton Great Britain (GBR)	Gisela Köhler Germany (EUA)
4×100 metre relay details	United States (USA) Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph	Germany (EUA) Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine	Poland (POL) Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter
High Jump details	Iolanda Balaş (ROU)	Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL)	none awarded
		Dorothy Shirley (GBR)
Long Jump details	Vera Kolashnikova (URS)	Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL)	Hildrun Claus (EUA)
Shot Put details	Tamara Press Soviet Union (URS)	Johanna Lüttge Germany (EUA)	Earlene Brown United States (USA)
Discus Throw details	Nina Romashkova Soviet Union (URS)	Tamara Press Soviet Union (URS)	Lia Manoliu Romania (ROU)
Javelin Throw details	Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union (URS)	Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] 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	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

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Athletics Australia

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