Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Calendar

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	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	5	7		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
Total event finals		2	4		11	5	14	8	11	15		14	15	12	12	11	15	1	150
Cumulative total		2	6		17	22	36	44	55	70		84	99	111	123	134	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	Events

Day 2: Fri 26 August

Gold medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Cycling	Men's 100 kilometres team time trial	Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè	Italy
Cycling	Men's 1000 metres time trial	Sante Gaiardoni	Italy	WR

Day 3: Sat 27 August

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

Day 5: Mon 29 August

Gold medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 metres	Antonina Seredina	Soviet Union
	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 and Sven-Olov Sjödelius	Sweden
	Men's C-2 1000 metres	Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko	Soviet Union
	Women's K-2 500 metres	Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina	Soviet Union
	Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres	Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke, and Dieter Krause	Germany
Cycling	Men's team pursuit	Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, and Mario Vallotto	Italy
Cycling	Men's 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

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

Day 7: Wed 31 August

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

Day 8: Thu 1 September

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	Germany	OR
Fencing	Women's foil	Adelheid Schmid	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, and Jeff Farrell	United States

Day 9: Fri 2 September

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
Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay	Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza	United States

Day 10: Sat 3 September

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 and Valentina Rastvorova	Soviet Union
Rowing	Men's coxed four	Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, and Michael Obst	Germany
	Men's coxless pair	Valentin Boreyko and Oleg Golovanov	Soviet Union
	Men's single sculls	Vyacheslav Ivanov	Soviet Union
	Men's coxed pair	Bernhard Knubel, Karl Renneberg, and Klaus Zerta	Germany
	Men's coxless four	Arthur Ayrault, Ted Nash, John Sayre, and Rusty Wailes	United States
	Men's double sculls	Václav Kozák and Pavol Schmidt	Czechoslovakia
	Men's eight	Manfred Rulffs, Walter Schröder, Frank Schepke, Kraft Schepke, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Karl-Heinz Hopp, Klaus Bittner, Hans Lenk, and Willi Padge	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 12: Mon 5 September

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	Men's flyweight	Gyula Török	Hungary
	Men's bantamweight	Oleg Grigoryev	Soviet Union
	Men's featherweight	Francesco Musso	Italy
	Men's lightweight	Kazimierz Paździor	Poland
	Men's light welterweight	Bohumil Němeček	Czechoslovakia
	Men's welterweight	Giovanni Benvenuti	Italy
	Men's light middleweight	Wilbert McClure	United States
	Men's middleweight	Eddie Crook, Jr.	United States
	Men's light heavyweight	Cassius Clay	United States
	Men's heavyweight	Franco De Piccoli	Italy
Shooting	300 metre rifle, three positions	Hubert Hammerer	Austria

Day 13: Tue 6 September

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
Fencing	Men's épée	Giuseppe Delfino	Italy
Shooting	50 metre pistol	Alexey Gushchin	Soviet Union
Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight	Ahmet Bilek	Turkey
	Men's freestyle bantamweight	Terrence McCann	United States
	Men's freestyle featherweight	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	Turkey
	Men's freestyle lightweight	Shelby Wilson	United States
	Men's freestyle welterweight	Douglas Blubaugh	United States
	Men's freestyle middleweight	Hasan Güngör	Turkey
	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	Ismet Atli	Turkey
	Men's freestyle heavyweight	Wilfried Dietrich	Germany

Day 14: Wed 7 September

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
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
Weightlifting	Men's featherweight	Yevgeni Minaev	Soviet Union

Day 15: Thu 8 September

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	Germany
Fencing	Men's sabre	Rudolf Kárpáti	Hungary
Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Shooting	50 metre rifle three positions	Viktor Shamburkin	Soviet Union	=WR
Weightlifting	Men's lightweight	Viktor Bushuev	Soviet Union
Weightlifting	Men's middleweight	Aleksandr Kurynov	Soviet Union

Day 16: Fri 9 September

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 individual all-round	Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union
	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	50 metre rifle three positions	Viktor Shamburkin	Soviet Union	=WR
Shooting
Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight	Ireneusz Paliński	Poland
Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight	Arkadi Vorobyev	Soviet Union

References

Chronological summaries of the Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1978 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1978 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Events at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome)

Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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