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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Athletics |
| games | 1960 Summer |
| image | Stadio Olimpico 2024.jpg |
| caption | Host stadium (shown in 2024) |
| venue | Stadio Olimpico |
| dates | August 31–September 8 |
| competitors | 1,016 |
| nations | 73 |
| prev | 1956 |
| next | 1964 |
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.
Medal summary
Men
| Decathlon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafer Johnson | 8392 | |||
| (OR) | Yang Chuan-kwang | 8334 | Vasili Kuznetsov | 7809 |
Women
| Javelin throw | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvīra Ozoliņa | 55.98 m (OR) | Dana Zátopková | 53.78 m | Birutė Kalėdienė | 53.45 m |
Medal table
Participating nations
- AFG
- ARG
- AUS
- AUT
- BAH
- BEL
- BRA
- BWI
- BUL
- BIR
- CAN
- CEY
- CHI
- CUB
- TCH
- DEN
- EGY
- ETH
- FIJ
- FIN
- ROC
- FRA
- EUA
- GHA
- GBR
- GRE
- GUY
- HUN
- ISL
- IND
- INA
- IRI
- IRQ
- IRL
- ISR
- ITA
- JPN
- KEN
- KOR
- LIB
- LBR
- LIE
- LUX
- MAL
- MEX
- MAR
- NED
- NZL
- NGR
- NOR
- PAK
- PAN
- PHI
- POL
- POR
- PUR
- RHO
- ROU
- SOM
- RSA
- URS
- ESP
- SUD
- SUR
- SWE
- SUI
- THA
- TUN
- TUR
- UGA
- USA
- URU
- VEN
- YUG
Records broken
During the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, 28 new Olympic records and 4 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | August 31 | Final | Armin Hary | EUA | 10.2 s | OR | |
| 200 metres | September 3 | Semi-Final | Livio Berruti | ITA | 20.5 s | OR | |
| 400 metres | September 6 | Final | Otis Davis | USA | 44.9 s | OR | WR |
| 800 metres | September 2 | Final | Peter Snell | NZL | 1:46.3 | OR | |
| 1500 metres | September 6 | Final | Herb Elliott | AUS | 3:35.6 | OR | WR |
| 10,000 metres | September 8 | Final | Pyotr Bolotnikov | URS | 28:32.2 | OR | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | September 8 | Final | Jack Yerman | ||||
| Earl Young | |||||||
| Glenn Davis | |||||||
| Otis Davis | USA | 3:02.2 | OR | WR | |||
| 400 metres hurdles | September 2 | Final | Glenn Davis | USA | 49.3 s | OR | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | September 3 | Final | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | POL | 8:34.2 | OR | |
| Marathon | September 10 | Final | Abebe Bikila | ETH | 2:15:16.2 | OR | |
| 50 km walk | September 7 | Final | Don Thompson | GBR | 4:25:30.0 | OR | |
| High jump | September 3 | Final | Robert Shavlakadze | ||||
| Valeriy Brumel | URS | 2.16 m | OR | ||||
| Long jump | September 2 | Final | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.12 m | OR | |
| Triple jump | September 6 | Final | Józef Szmidt | POL | 16.81 m | OR | |
| Pole vault | September 7 | Final | Don Bragg | USA | 4.70 m | OR | |
| Shot put | August 31 | Final | Bill Nieder | USA | 19.68 m | OR | |
| Hammer throw | September 3 | Final | Vasily Rudenkov | URS | 67.10 m | OR | |
| Decathlon | September 6 | Final | Rafer Johnson | USA | 8,392 points | OR |
Women's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | September 2 | Semi-Final | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.3 s | OR | |
| 200 metres | September 3 | First Round | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 23.2 s | OR | |
| 800 metres | September 7 | Final | Lyudmila Shevtsova | URS | 2:04.03 | OR | |
| 80 metres hurdles | August 31 | Semi-Final | Irina Press | URS | 10.6 s | OR | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | September 7 | First Round | Martha Hudson | ||||
| Lucinda Williams | |||||||
| Barbara Jones | |||||||
| Wilma Rudolph | USA | 44.4 s | OR | WR | |||
| High jump | September 8 | Final | Iolanda Balaş | ROU | 1.85 m | OR | |
| Long jump | August 31 | Final | Vera Krepkina | URS | 6.37 m | OR | |
| Discus throw | September 5 | Final | Nina Romashkova | URS | 55.10 m | OR | |
| Shot put | September 2 | Final | Tamara Press | URS | 17.32 m | OR | |
| Javelin throw | September 1 | Final | Elvīra Ozoliņa | URS | 55.98 m | OR |
References
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