Soviet Union at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code  URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
Competitors 283 (233 men, 50 women)[1] in 17 sports
Flag bearer Yury Vlasov
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
43		 Silver
29		 Bronze
31		 Total
103
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
Unified Team (1992)
Armenia (1994–)
Belarus (1994–)
Georgia (1994–)
Kazakhstan (1994–)
Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
Moldova (1994–)
Russia (1994–)
Ukraine (1994–)
Uzbekistan (1994–)
Azerbaijan (1996–)
Tajikistan (1996–)
Turkmenistan (1996–)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports.[2]

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 43 gold and 103 total medals.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

13 male cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000 m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

21 fencers, 15 men and 6 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

T hree male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1960. In the team event, they won the silver medal.

Individual
Team

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1960.[3]

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Men's coxless pairs – 1st place ( Gold medal)
Men's coxed pairs – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Men's coxless fours – 3rd place ( Bronze medal)
Men's coxed fours – 4th place
Men's coxed eights

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1960. Between them, they won three bronze medals, two silvers and two golds.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

 Rank  Republic Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russian SFSR 39 31 30 100
2  Ukrainian SSR 16 11 6 33
3  Byelorussian SSR 4 2 2 8
4  Georgian SSR 2 5 3 10
5  Armenian SSR 1 2 1 4
6  Latvian SSR 0 4 2 6
7  Lithuanian SSR 0 2 1 3
8  Azerbaijan SSR 0 2 0 2
 Estonian SSR 0 2 0 2
10  Moldavian SSR 0 1 0 1
 Turkmen SSR 0 1 0 1

References

  1. ↑ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (International Olympic Committee) (84): 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Soviet Union at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

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