Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics
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Athletics at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
Dates | August 31–September 8 |
Competitors | 1,016 from 73 nations |
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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.
Men
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
3 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Formosa (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | British West Indies (BWI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 34 | 35 | 33 | 102 |
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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
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Women's Olympic and world records
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Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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100 metres | September 2 | Semi-Final | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.3 s | OR | |
200 metres | September 3 | First Round | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 23.2 s | OR | |
800 metres | September 7 | Final | Lyudmila Shevtsova | Soviet Union | 2:04.03 | OR | |
80 metre hurdles | August 31 | Semi-Final | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 10.6 s | OR | |
4x100 metre relay | September 7 | First Round | Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph | United States | 44.4 s | OR | WR |
High jump | September 8 | Final | Iolanda Balaş | Romania | 1.85 m | OR | |
Long jump | August 31 | Final | Vera Krepkina | Soviet Union | 6.37 m | OR | |
Discus throw | September 5 | Final | Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | 55.10 m | OR | |
Shot put | September 2 | Final | Tamara Press | Soviet Union | 17.32 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | September 1 | Final | Elvīra Ozoliņa | Soviet Union | 55.98 m | OR |
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