1960 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Rome, Italy June 2020 1960 Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics logo.png 170 Emblem of the 1960 Summer Olympics Rome, Italy 83 5,347 (4,734 men, 613 women) 150 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) 25 August 1960 11 September 1960 President Giovanni GronchiFactsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf live International Olympic Committee 9 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf 14 August 2016 22 December 2018 IOC president Avery Brundage Giancarlo Peris Stadio Olimpico Melbourne 1956 Tokyo 1964 Squaw Valley 1960 Innsbruck 1964 The 1960 Summer Olympics (it Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (it Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 (it Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics. However, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. The 1st Paralympic Games were held in Rome in conjunction with the 1960 Summer Olympics, marking the first time such events coincided. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the right to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City would subsequently host the proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively.http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html IOC VOTE HISTORY 11 June 2008 25 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html usurped Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but was automatically removed from consideration when it failed to return the IOC's mandatory questionnaire by the deadline. The questionnaire may have been mislaid in the confusion following the death of the Toronto bid's chief organiser, Robert Hood Saunders, in a plane crash weeks before the deadline.Bradburn Jamie Outbid: How Toronto lost the Olympics again and again — and again https://www.tvo.org/article/outbid-how-toronto-lost-the-olympics-again-and-again-and-again September 8, 2024 TVO Today August 6, 2024 This was the first of five unsuccessful attempts by Toronto to secure the Summer Olympics, the most recent being a bid for the 2008 Games.https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/07/24/toronto-has-made-5-attempts-to-host-the-olympics-could-the-sixth-be-the-winner.html Toronto has made 5 attempts to host the Olympics. Could the sixth be the winner? 24 July 2015 thestar.com Edwards Peter + 1960 Summer Olympics bidding resultshttp://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml Past Olympic host city election results GamesBids 17 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html 24 January 2011 live City Country Round 1 2 3 Rome Italy 15 26 35 Lausanne Switzerland 14 21 24 Detroit United States 1912 6 11 — Budapest Hungary 1949 8 1 — Brussels Belgium 6 — — Mexico City Mexico 1934 6 — — Tokyo Japan 1947 4 — — Highlights alt=|thumb|The Olympic Torch of Rome 1960 Swedish sprint canoeist Gert Fredriksson won his sixth Olympic title. Fencer Aladár Gerevich of Hungary won his sixth consecutive gold medal in the team sabre event. The Japanese men's gymnastics team won the first of five successive golds (see 1976 Summer Olympics). The United States men's national basketball team—led by promising college players Walt Bellamy, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West—captured its fifth straight Olympic gold medal. Danish sailor Paul Elvstrøm won his fourth straight gold medal in the Finn class. Others to emulate his performance in an individual event are Al Oerter, Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps, Kaori Icho, Mijaín López and, if the Intercalated (Interspaced) Games of 1906 are included, Ray Ewry. German Armin Hary won the 100 metres in an Olympic record time of 10.2 seconds. Wilma Rudolph, a former polio patient, won three gold medals in sprint events on the track. She was acclaimed as "the fastest woman in the world". Jeff Farrell won two gold medals in swimming. He underwent an emergency appendectomy six days before the Olympic Trials.https://www.usms.org/hist/sto/index.php?ID=11&srt= Profiling Jeff Farrell, 1968 ISHOF Honor Swimmer Joseph Coplan USMS July 19, 2000 March 23, 2011 thumb|right|Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia wins the marathon barefooted Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon barefooted to become the first African and Ethiopian Olympic champion. 18-year-old Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, won boxing's light-heavyweight gold medal. Ramon "Buddy" Carr was his coach.https://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2016/03/11/Ramon-Buddy-Carr-TPD-officer-coached-gold-medalist-boxer.html Ramon 'Buddy' Carr (1926-2016): TPD officer coached gold-medalist boxer March 11, 2016 Mark Zaborney Toledo Blade Herb Elliott of Australia won the men's 1500 meters in one of the most dominating performances in Olympic history. Rafer Johnson defeated his rival, fellow U.C.L.A. Bruin and friend C.K. Yang in one of the greatest Decathlon events in Olympic history.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9346841/Rafer-Johnson-beats-Yang-Chuan-kwang-Olympic-decathlon-1960.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120726182940/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9346841/Rafer-Johnson-beats-Yang-Chuan-kwang-Olympic-decathlon-1960.html dead July 26, 2012 Great Olympic Moments: UCLA friends Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-kwang make decathlon history in 1960 Jon Henderson June 26, 2012 The Telegraph June 21, 2018 Lance Larson of the United States was controversially denied a 100 metres freestyle swimming gold, despite showing the best time. 16-years-old phenom Chris von Saltza won four medals in women's swimming, three of them gold. The future Constantine II, last King of Greece (abdicated and ended hybrid monarchy, 1973) won his country a gold in sailing: dragon class. The Pakistani Men's Field Hockey team broke a run of Indian team victories since 1928, defeating India in the final and winning Pakistan's first Olympic gold medal. Wrestlers Shelby Wilson, and Doug Blubaugh, who wrestled together growing up, won gold medals in their respective weight classes. Lowlights Danish cyclist Knud Jensen collapsed during the 100km team race because of heat stroke and later died in the hospital. It was suspected that he had been under the influence of Roniacol, a blood circulation stimulant.Wallechinsky David http://worldcat.org/oclc/870338894 The complete book of the Winter Olympics : 2014 edition 978-1-937530-70-9 870338894 The International Olympic Committee stated on its website that "drugs were implicated, although that was never proven."1967: Creation of the IOC Medical Commission It was the second time (and as of 2024, the most recent) an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of Portuguese marathon runner Francisco Lázaro at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Maraniss David David Maraniss Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World Simon & Schuster 2008 New York City, NY 1st 138 978-1-4165-3407-5 Historical landmarks South Africa appeared in the Olympic arena for the last time under its apartheid regime. It would not be allowed to return until 1992, by when apartheid in sport was being abolished. Singapore competed for the first time under its own flag, which was to become its national flag after independence, as the British had granted it self-government a year earlier. Tan Howe Liang won silver in the Weightlifting lightweight category, which was the first time (and the only time until 2008) that an athlete from Singapore won an Olympic medal. Non-medal winners Finnish field shooter Vilho Ylönen shot a bullseye to a wrong target; in doing so, he dropped from second place to fourth. Peter Camejo, a 2004 American vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party, competed in yachting for Venezuela. The future Queen Sofía of Spain represented her native Greece in sailing events. Broadcasting CBS paid 394000 (equivalent to $US-GDP 394000 1960 -4 in US-GDP) for the exclusive right to broadcast the Games in the United States. This was the first Summer Olympic games to be telecast in North America. In addition to CBS in the United States, the Olympics were telecast for the first time in Canada (on CBC Television) and in Mexico (through the networks of Telesistema Mexicano). Since television broadcast satellites were still two years into the future, CBS, CBC, and TSM shot and edited videotapes in Rome, fed the tapes to Paris where they were re-recorded onto other tapes which were then loaded onto jet planes to North America. Planes carrying the tapes landed at Idlewild Airport in New York City, where mobile units fed the tapes to CBS, to Toronto for the CBC, and to Mexico City for TSM. Despite this arrangement, many daytime events were broadcast in North America, especially on CBS and CBC, the same day they took place.http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/olympicsand/olympicsand.htm OLYMPICS AND TELEVISION - The Museum of Broadcast Communications Museum.tv March 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20090727104517/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/olympicsand/olympicsand.htm July 27, 2009 dead Venues Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics thumb|right|Opening Ceremony in 1960 Summer Olympics in Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy Olympic Stadium2 (Stadio Olimpico) – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, equestrian events Flaminio Stadium1 (Stadio Flaminio) – football finals Swimming Stadium1 – swimming, diving, water polo, modern pentathlon (swimming) Sports Palace1 (Palazzo dello sport) – basketball, boxing Olympic Velodrome1 – cycling (track), field hockey Small Sports Palace1 (Palazzetto dello Sport) – basketball, weightlifting Marble Stadium2 (Stadio dei Marmi) – field hockey preliminaries Baths of Caracalla – gymnastics Basilica of Maxentius – wrestling Palazzo dei Congressi – fencing Umberto I Shooting Range1 – modern pentathlon (shooting), shooting (pistol/ rifle) Roses Swimming Pool1 (Piscina delle Rose) – water polo Lake Albano, Castelgandolfo – rowing, canoeing Piazza di Siena, Villa Borghese gardens – equestrian (dressage, eventing – jumping, jumping – individual) Pratoni del Vivaro, Rocca di Papa – equestrian (eventing) Gulf of Naples, Naples – yachting Communal Stadium, Florence – football/soccer preliminaries Communal Stadium, Grosseto – football/soccer preliminaries Communal Stadium, L'Aquila – football/soccer preliminaries Ardenza Stadium, Livorno – football/soccer preliminaries Adriatico Stadium, Pescara – football/soccer preliminaries Saint Paul's Stadium, Naples – football/soccer preliminaries Campo Tre Fontane – field hockey preliminaries Acqua Santa Golf Club Course – modern pentathlon (running) Arch of Constantine – athletics (marathon finish) Cesano Infantry School Range – shooting (300 m free rifle) Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand – shooting (trap shotgun) Passo Corese – modern pentathlon (riding) Grande Raccordo Anulare – athletics (marathon) Via Appian Antica – athletics (marathon) Via Cassia – cycling (individual road race) Via Flaminia – cycling (individual road race) Via Cristoforo Colombo – athletics (marathon), cycling (road team time trial) Via di Grottarossa – cycling (individual road race) 1 New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. 2 Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games. Participating National Olympic Committees thumb|240px|Participants thumb|240px|Number of athletes per country A total of 83 nations participated at the Rome Games. Athletes from Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, and Tunisia competed at the Olympic Games for the first time. Athletes from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would represent the new (British) West Indies Federation, competing as "Antilles", but this nation would only exist for this single Olympiad. Athletes from Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia competed under the Rhodesia name while representing the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as the United Team of Germany from 1956 to 1964. Athletes from the People's Republic of China last competed at the 1952 Summer Games but had since withdrawn from the Olympic movement due to a dispute with the Republic of China over the right to represent China.China and the Olympic Movement Xiao Li China Internet Information Center http://www.china.org.cn/english/null/116819.htm August 4, 2011 The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that each country contributed. Participating National Olympic Committees22em AFG 1960 Summer 12 BWI 1960 Summer Antilles 13 ARG 1960 Summer 92 AUS 1960 Summer 189 AUT 1960 Summer 103 BAH 1960 Summer 13 BEL 1960 Summer 101 BER 1960 Summer 9 BRA 1960 Summer 71 BUL 1960 Summer 98 BIR 1960 Summer 10 CAN 1960 Summer 85 CEY 1960 Summer 5 CHI 1960 Summer 9 COL 1960 Summer 16 CUB 1960 Summer 12 TCH 1960 Summer 116 DEN 1960 Summer 100 ETH 1960 Summer 10 FIJ 1960 Summer 2 FIN 1960 Summer 117 ROC 1960 Summer Taiwan 27 FRA 1960 Summer 238 EUA 1960 Summer 294 GHA 1960 Summer 13 GBR 1960 Summer 253 GRE 1960 Summer 48 GUY 1960 Summer 5 HAI 1960 Summer 1 HKG 1960 Summer 4 HUN 1960 Summer 180 ISL 1960 Summer 9 IND 1960 Summer 45 INA 1960 Summer 22 IRI 1960 Summer 23 IRQ 1960 Summer 21 IRL 1960 Summer 49 ISR 1960 Summer 23 ITA 1960 Summer 280 (host) JPN 1960 Summer 162 KEN 1960 Summer 27 KOR 1960 Summer 35 LIB 1960 Summer 19 LBR 1960 Summer 4 LIE 1960 Summer 5 LUX 1960 Summer 52 MAL 1960 Summer 9 MLT 1960 Summer 10 MEX 1960 Summer 69 MON 1960 Summer 11 MAR 1960 Summer 47 NED 1960 Summer 110 AHO 1960 Summer 5 NZL 1960 Summer 37 NGR 1960 Summer 12 NOR 1960 Summer 40 PAK 1960 Summer 44 PAN 1960 Summer 6 PER 1960 Summer 31 PHI 1960 Summer 40 POL 1960 Summer 185 POR 1960 Summer 65 PUR 1960 Summer 27 RHO 1960 Summer 14 ROU 1960 Summer 98 SMR 1960 Summer 9 SIN 1960 Summer 5 RSA 1960 Summer 55 URS 1960 Summer 283 ESP 1960 Summer 144 SUD 1960 Summer 10 SWE 1960 Summer 134 SUI 1960 Summer 149 THA 1960 Summer 20 TUN 1960 Summer 42 TUR 1960 Summer 49 UGA 1960 Summer 10 UAR 1960 Summer 74 USA 1960 Summer 292 URU 1960 Summer 34 VEN 1960 Summer 36 VIE 1960 Summer 3 YUG 1960 Summer 116 SUR 1960 Summer also made its first Olympic appearance, but its lone athlete (Wim Esajas) withdrew from competition due to a scheduling error.Official Olympic Reports http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm 2006-06-22 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees IOC Letter Code Country Athletes AFG AFG 1960 Summer 12 ANT BWI 1960 Summer Antilles 13 ARG ARG 1960 Summer 92 AUS AUS 1960 Summer 189 AUT AUT 1960 Summer 103 BAH BAH 1960 Summer 17 BEL BEL 1960 Summer 108 BER BER 1960 Summer 9 BRA BRA 1960 Summer 71 GUY GUY 1960 Summer 5 BUL BUL 1960 Summer 98 BIR BIR 1960 Summer 10 CAN CAN 1960 Summer 85 CEY CEY 1960 Summer 5 CIL CHI 1960 Summer 9 COL COL 1960 Summer 16 CUB CUB 1960 Summer 12 CSV TCH 1960 Summer 116 DAN DEN 1960 Summer 100 ETI ETH 1960 Summer 10 FIG FIJ 1960 Summer 2 FIN FIN 1960 Summer 117 RCF ROC 1960 Summer Republic of China, Formosa 27 FRA FRA 1960 Summer 238 EUA EUA 1960 Summer 294 GHA GHA 1960 Summer 13 GRB GBR 1960 Summer 253 GRE GRE 1960 Summer 48 HAI HAI 1960 Summer 1 HOK HKG 1960 Summer 4 UNG HUN 1960 Summer 180 ISL ISL 1960 Summer 9 IND IND 1960 Summer 45 INS INA 1960 Summer 22 IRN IRI 1960 Summer 23 IRK IRQ 1960 Summer 21 IRL IRL 1960 Summer 49 ISR ISR 1960 Summer 23 ITA ITA 1960 Summer 280 GIA JPN 1960 Summer 162 KEN KEN 1960 Summer 27 COR KOR 1960 Summer 35 LIB LIB 1960 Summer 19 LBR LBR 1960 Summer 4 LIE LIE 1960 Summer 5 LUX LUX 1960 Summer 52 MAL MAL 1960 Summer 9 MAT MLT 1960 Summer 10 MEX MEX 1960 Summer 69 MON MON 1960 Summer 11 MAR MAR 1960 Summer 47 PBA NED 1960 Summer 110 ATO AHO 1960 Summer 5 NZL NZL 1960 Summer 37 NGR NGR 1960 Summer 12 NOR NOR 1960 Summer 40 PAK PAK 1960 Summer 44 PAN PAN 1960 Summer 6 PER PER 1960 Summer 31 PHI PHI 1960 Summer 40 POL POL 1960 Summer 185 POR POR 1960 Summer 65 PUR PUR 1960 Summer 27 RHO RHO 1960 Summer 14 ROM ROU 1960 Summer 98 SMA SMR 1960 Summer 9 SIN SIN 1960 Summer 5 SAF RSA 1960 Summer 55 URS URS 1960 Summer 283 SPA ESP 1960 Summer 144 SUD SUD 1960 Summer 10 SVE SWE 1960 Summer 134 SVI SUI 1960 Summer 149 THA THA 1960 Summer 20 TUN TUN 1960 Summer 42 TUR TUR 1960 Summer 49 UGA UGA 1960 Summer 10 RAU UAR 1960 Summer 74 SUA USA 1960 Summer 292 URU URU 1960 Summer 34 VEN VEN 1960 Summer 36 VIE VIE 1960 Summer 3 JUG YUG 1960 Summer 116 Total 5,347 Sports The 1960 Summer Olympics featured 17 different sports encompassing 23 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 150 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. 17em Aquatics Diving 4 d Swimming 15 d Water polo 1 d Athletics 34 d Basketball 1 d Boxing 10 d Canoeing 7 d Cycling d Road (2) Track (4) Equestrian d Dressage (1) Eventing (2) Jumping (2) Fencing 8 d Field hockey 1 d Football 1 d Gymnastics 14 d Modern pentathlon 2 d Rowing 7 d Sailing 5 d Shooting 6 d Weightlifting 7 d Wrestling d Freestyle (8) Greco-Roman (8) Calendar All dates are in Central European Time (UTC+1) Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics Calendar Medal count 1960 Summer Olympics medal table These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1960 Games:Byron, Lee Cox, Amanda Ericson, Matthew A Map of Olympic Medals https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html February 26, 2012 The New York Times August 4, 2008 flagIOC 1960 Summer 43 29 31 34 21 16 13 10 13 yes 12 19 11 8 8 6 7 2 0 6 8 7 4 7 7 4 6 11 3 2 3 See also 1960 Summer Olympics Universiades celebrated in Italy 1959 Summer Universiade – Turin 1966 Winter Universiade – Sestriere 1970 Summer Universiade – Turin 1975 Winter Universiade – Livigno 1975 Summer Universiade – Rome 1985 Winter Universiade – Belluno 1997 Summer Universiade – Sicily 2003 Winter Universiade – Tarvisio 2007 Winter Universiade – Turin 2013 Winter Universiade – Trentino 2019 Summer Universiade – Naples 2025 Winter Universiade – Turin Deaflympics celebrated in Italy 1957 Summer Deaflympics – Milan 2001 Summer Deaflympics – Rome 2019 Winter Deaflympics – Province of Sondrio References External links 1960 Summer Olympics Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, David Maraniss, New York, NY, U.S.: Simon & Schuster, 2008. 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