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Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Calendar edit

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
August / September 25
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
  Ceremonies OC CC —
  Athletics 2 4 7 3 3 4 4 6 1 34
  Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
  Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 10 10
  Canoeing ● ● 7 7
  Cycling 2 1 2 1 6
  Diving ● 1 1 1 ● ● 1 4
  Equestrian ● 1 1 ● ● 2 1 5
  Fencing ● 1 ● 1 1 1 ● 1 ● 1 1 1 8
  Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● 1
  Football ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
  Gymnastics ● ● 2 2 4 6 14
  Modern pentathlon ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
  Rowing ● ● ● ● 7 7
  Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● 5 5
  Shooting ● 1 1 ● 1 2 1 6
  Swimming ● 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 15
  Water polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
  Weightlifting 2 2 2 1 7
  Wrestling ● ● ● ● 8 ● ● ● ● 8 16
Daily medal events 2 4 0 11 5 14 8 11 15 0 14 15 14 12 10 14 1 150
Cumulative total 2 6 6 17 22 36 44 55 70 70 84 99 113 125 135 149 150
August / September 25
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 edit

No medal events

Day 2: Fri 26 August edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling 100 km team time trial Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati,
Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè 		  Italy
1 km track time trial Sante Gaiardoni   Italy WR

Day 3: Sat 27 August edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Tandem Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto   Italy
Diving Women's 3 metre springboard Ingrid Krämer   United Team of Germany
Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle John Devitt   Australia OR
Women's 200 metre breaststroke Anita Lonsbrough   Great Britain WR

Day 4: Sun 28 August edit

No events

Day 5: Mon 29 August edit

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

Day 6: Tue 30 August edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Individual road race Viktor Kapitonov   Soviet Union
Diving Women's 10 metre platform Ingrid Krämer   United Team of Germany
Fencing Men's foil Viktor Zhdanovich   Soviet Union
Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly Carolyn Schuler   United States OR
Men's 200 metre breaststroke William Mulliken   United States

Day 7: Wed 31 August edit

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

Day 8: Thu 1 September edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's javelin throw Elvīra Ozoliņa   Soviet Union OR
Men's high jump Robert Shavlakadze   Soviet Union OR
Women's 80 metres hurdles Irina Press   Soviet Union
Men's 100 metres Armin Hary   United Team of Germany OR
Fencing Women's foil Adelheid Schmid   United Team of Germany
Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Frank McKinney, Paul Hait,
Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell 		  United States
Women's 400 metre freestyle Chris von Saltza   United States
Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay George Harrison, Richard Blick,
Michael Troy, Jeff Farrell 		  United States

Day 9: Fri 2 September edit

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

Day 10: Sat 3 September edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's hammer throw Vasily Rudenkov   Soviet Union OR
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak   Poland OR
Men's 200 metres Livio Berruti   Italy
Fencing Women's team foil Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina, Lyudmila Shishova,
Tatyana Petrenko, Galina Gorokhova, Valentina Rastvorova 		  Soviet Union
Rowing Single sculls Vyacheslav Ivanov   Soviet Union
Double sculls Václav Kozák, Pavel Schmidt   Czechoslovakia
Coxless pair Valentin Boreyko, Oleg Golovanov   Soviet Union
Coxed pair Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, Klaus Zerta   United Team of Germany
Coxless four Dan Ayrault, Ted Nash, John Sayre,
Rusty Wailes 		  United States
Coxed four Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann,
Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst 		  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 		  United Team of Germany
Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke Lynn Burke   United States
Men's 1500 metre freestyle John Konrads   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* 		  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 		  Italy

Day 11: Sun 4 September edit

No events

Day 12: Mon 5 September edit

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

Day 13: Tue 6 September edit

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

Day 14: Wed 7 September edit

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

Day 15: Thu 8 September edit

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

Day 16: Fri 9 September edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Fencing Men's team épée Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro 		  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 		  Pakistan
Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Polina Astakhova   Soviet Union
Women's balance beam Eva Bosáková   Czechoslovakia
Women's floor Larisa Latynina   Soviet Union
Women's vault Margarita Nikolaeva   Soviet Union
Shooting 25 metre rapid fire pistol William McMillan   United States =OR
Trap Ion Dumitrescu   Romania
Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight Ireneusz Paliński   Poland
Men's middle heavyweight Arkadi Vorobyev   Soviet Union

Day 17: Sat 10 September edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's marathon Abebe Bikila   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 		  United States
Equestrian Individual eventing Lawrence Morgan   Australia
Team eventing Lawrence Morgan, Neale Lavis, Bill Roycroft   Australia
Fencing Men's team sabre Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti,
Pál Kovács, Zoltán Horváth,
Gábor Delneky, Tamás Mendelényi 		  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 		  Yugoslavia
Gymnastics Men's floor Nobuyuki Aihara   Japan
Men's horizontal bar Takashi Ono   Japan
Men's parallel bars Boris Shakhlin   Soviet Union
Men's pommel horse Eugen Ekman,
Boris Shakhlin 		  Finland,
  Soviet Union
Men's rings Albert Azaryan   Soviet Union
Men's vault Takashi Ono,
Boris Shakhlin 		  Japan,
  Soviet Union
Shooting 50 metre rifle prone Peter Kohnke   United Team of Germany
Weightlifting Men's heavyweight Yury Vlasov   Soviet Union

Day 18: Sun 11 September edit

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Equestrian Team jumping Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle   United Team of Germany

References edit

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