Editing 1960 Summer Olympics

{{short description|Multi-sport event in Rome, Italy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox Olympic games|1960|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = 1960 Summer Olympics logo.png
| image_size  = 170
| caption     = Emblem of the 1960 Summer Olympics
| host_city   = [[Rome]], Italy
| nations     = 83
| athletes    = 5,347 (4,734 men, 613 women)
| events      = 150 in 17 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (23 disciplines)
| opening     = 25 August 1960
| closing     = 11 September 1960
| opened_by   = [[President of Italy|President]] [[Giovanni Gronchi]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron">{{cite press release |title=Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| closed_by = [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Avery Brundage]]
| cauldron    = [[Giancarlo Peris]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron"/>
| stadium     = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
| summer_prev = [[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne 1956]]
| summer_next = [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]]
| winter_prev = [[1960 Winter Olympics|Squaw Valley 1960]]
| winter_next = [[1964 Winter Olympics|Innsbruck 1964]]
}}

The '''1960 Summer Olympics''' ({{langx|it|Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960}}), officially known as the '''Games of the XVII Olympiad''' ({{langx|it|Giochi della XVII Olimpiade}}) and commonly known as '''Rome 1960''' ({{langx|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]] [[Mount Vesuvius#Eruptions in the 20th century|in 1906]], the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to [[1908 Summer Olympics|London]]. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games.

The [[1960 Summer Paralympics|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 [[List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions|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 Summer Olympics|1964]] and [[1968 Summer Olympics]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |title=IOC VOTE HISTORY |access-date=11 June 2008 |archive-date=25 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

[[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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradburn |first1=Jamie |title=Outbid: How Toronto lost the Olympics again and again — and again |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/outbid-how-toronto-lost-the-olympics-again-and-again-and-again |access-date=September 8, 2024 |work=TVO Today |date=August 6, 2024}}</ref> This was the first of five unsuccessful attempts by Toronto to secure the Summer Olympics, the most recent being a bid for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Games]].<ref>{{cite news |url=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 |title=Toronto has made 5 attempts to host the Olympics. Could the sixth be the winner? |date=24 July 2015 |work=thestar.com|last1=Edwards |first1=Peter }}</ref> 

{|class="wikitable"
|+ 1960 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref name=votes>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=[[GamesBids]] |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=3 style="background:silver;"| Round
|-
! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
! style="background:silver;"| 3
|-
| [[Rome]] || {{flag|Italy}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''15''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''26''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''35'''
|-
| [[Lausanne]] || {{flag|Switzerland}} || style="text-align:center;"|14 || style="text-align:center;"|21 || style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
| [[Detroit]] || {{flag|United States|1912}} || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| [[Budapest]]|| {{flag|Hungary|1949}} || style="text-align:center;"|8 || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| [[Brussels]] || {{flag|Belgium}} || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| [[Mexico City]] || {{flag|Mexico|1934}} || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| [[Tokyo]] || {{flag|Japan|1947}} || style="text-align:center;"|4 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|}

==Highlights==
[[File:Torcia Olimpica Roma 1960.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Olympic Torch of Rome 1960]]
* [[Sweden at the Olympics|Swedish]] [[canoe racing|sprint canoeist]] [[Gert Fredriksson]] won his sixth Olympic title.
* [[Fencing (sport)|Fencer]] [[Aladár Gerevich]] of [[Hungary at the Olympics|Hungary]] won his sixth consecutive gold medal in the team [[sabre]] event.
* The [[Japan at the Olympics|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.
* [[Denmark at the Olympics|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 [[1906 Summer Olympics|Intercalated (Interspaced) Games of 1906]] are included, [[Ray Ewry]].
* [[United Team of Germany at the Olympics|German]] [[Armin Hary]] won the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] in an Olympic record time of 10.2 seconds. American [[Dave Sime]] also ran 10.2 s in the final, but was credited with silver after a controversial video review.
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usms.org/hist/sto/index.php?ID=11&srt= |title=Profiling Jeff Farrell, 1968 ISHOF Honor Swimmer |first=Joseph |last=Coplan |publisher=[[U.S. Masters Swimming|USMS]] |date=July 19, 2000 |access-date=March 23, 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Abebe Bikila sprints away from Rhadi Ben Abdesselam.jpg|thumb|right|[[Abebe Bikila]] of Ethiopia wins the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon]] barefooted]]
* [[Abebe Bikila]] of [[Ethiopia at the Olympics|Ethiopia]] won the [[marathon (sport)|marathon]] barefooted to become the first [[Africa]]n 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2016/03/11/Ramon-Buddy-Carr-TPD-officer-coached-gold-medalist-boxer.html |title=Ramon 'Buddy' Carr (1926-2016): TPD officer coached gold-medalist boxer |date=March 11, 2016 |first=Mark |last=Zaborney |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]}}</ref>
* [[Herb Elliott]] of [[Australia at the Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9346841/Rafer-Johnson-beats-Yang-Chuan-kwang-Olympic-decathlon-1960.html |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |title=Great Olympic Moments: UCLA friends Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-kwang make decathlon history in 1960 |first=Jon |last=Henderson |date=June 26, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lance Larson]] of the United States was [[Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|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.
* [[Constantine II of Greece|The future Constantine II]], last King of [[Greece]] (abdicated and ended hybrid monarchy, 1973) won his country a gold in sailing: dragon class.
* The [[Pakistan]]i Men's [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field Hockey]] team broke a run of [[India at the Olympics|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===
* [[Denmark at the Olympics|Danish]] [[cycling|cyclist]] [[Knud Enemark Jensen|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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wallechinsky |first=David |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/870338894 |title=The complete book of the Winter Olympics : 2014 edition |isbn=978-1-937530-70-9 |oclc=870338894}}</ref> The International Olympic Committee stated on its website that "drugs were implicated, although that was never proven."<ref>[https://olympics.com/ioc/1967-creation-of-the-ioc-medical-commission 1967: Creation of the IOC Medical Commission]</ref> It was the second time (and as of 2024, the most recent) an athlete died in competition at the Olympics, after the death of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] marathon runner [[Francisco Lázaro]] at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Maraniss |first=David |author-link=David Maraniss |title=[[Rome 1960 (book)|Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2008 |location=New York City, NY |edition=1st |page=[https://archive.org/details/rome1960olympics00mara/page/138 138] |isbn=978-1-4165-3407-5}}</ref>

===Historical landmarks===
* [[South Africa at the Olympics|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 at the Olympics|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===
* [[Finland at the Olympics|Finnish]] [[Vilho Ylönen]], a [[Field shooting|field shooter]], shot a bullseye to a wrong target; in doing so, he dropped from second place to fourth.
* [[Peter Camejo]], a 2004 [[United States|American]] vice-presidential candidate for the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]], competed in yachting for [[Venezuela]].
* The future [[Queen Sofía of Spain]] represented her native Greece in sailing events.

==Broadcasting==
* [[CBS]] paid {{USD|394000}} (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|394000|1960|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation/year|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 [[Televisa|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 [[John F. Kennedy Airport|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/olympicsand/olympicsand.htm |title=OLYMPICS AND TELEVISION - The Museum of Broadcast Communications |publisher=Museum.tv |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727104517/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/olympicsand/olympicsand.htm |archive-date=July 27, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Venues==
{{Main|Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Rome Olympics 1960 - Opening Day.jpg|thumb|right|Opening Ceremony in 1960 Summer Olympics in [[Stadio Olimpico]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]]]
*[[Stadio Olimpico|Olympic Stadium]]<sup>2</sup> (''Stadio Olimpico'') – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, equestrian events
*[[Stadio Flaminio|Flaminio Stadium]]<sup>1</sup> (''Stadio Flaminio'') – football finals
*[[Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto|Swimming Stadium]]<sup>1</sup> – swimming, diving, water polo, modern pentathlon (swimming)
*[[PalaLottomatica|Sports Palace]]<sup>1</sup> (''Palazzo dello sport'') – basketball, boxing
*[[Olympic Velodrome, Rome|Olympic Velodrome]]<sup>1</sup> – cycling (track), field hockey
*[[Palazzetto dello Sport|Small Sports Palace]]<sup>1</sup> (''Palazzetto dello Sport'') – basketball, weightlifting
*Marble Stadium<sup>2</sup> (''[[Stadio dei Marmi]]'') – field hockey preliminaries
*[[Baths of Caracalla]] – gymnastics
*[[Basilica of Maxentius]] – wrestling
*[[Palazzo dei Congressi]] – fencing
*[[Umberto I Shooting Range]]<sup>1</sup> – modern pentathlon (shooting), shooting (pistol/ rifle)
*Roses Swimming Pool<sup>1</sup> (''[[Piscina delle Rose]]'') – water polo
*[[Lake Albano]], [[Castelgandolfo]] – rowing, canoeing
*[[Piazza di Siena 2010|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
*[[Stadio Artemio Franchi|Communal Stadium]], [[Florence]] – football/soccer preliminaries
*[[Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini|Communal Stadium]], [[Grosseto]] – football/soccer preliminaries
*[[Stadio Tommaso Fattori|Communal Stadium]], [[L'Aquila]] – football/soccer preliminaries
*[[Stadio Armando Picchi|Ardenza Stadium]], [[Livorno]] – football/soccer preliminaries
*[[Stadio Adriatico|Adriatico Stadium]], [[Pescara]] – football/soccer preliminaries
*[[Stadio San Paolo|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)
*[[Appian Way|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)

<sup>1</sup> New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. <sup>2</sup> Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games.

==Games==
===Participating National Olympic Committees===
[[File:1960 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|240px|Participants]]
[[File:1960 Summer olympics team numbers.gif|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 Empire|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 at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Rhodesia]] name while representing the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]. Athletes from [[German Democratic Republic|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 Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=China and the Olympic Movement|last=Xiao|first=Li|publisher=China Internet Information Center|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/null/116819.htm|access-date=August 4, 2011}}</ref> The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that each country contributed.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating National Olympic Committees
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagIOC|AFG|1960 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|BWI|1960 Summer|name=Antilles|13}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer|92}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer|189}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer|103}}
* {{flagIOC|BAH|1960 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1960 Summer|101}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1960 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1960 Summer|71}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1960 Summer|98}}
* {{flagIOC|BIR|1960 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1960 Summer|85}}
* {{flagIOC|CEY|1960 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1960 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|COL|1960 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|CUB|1960 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer|116}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer|100}}
* {{flagIOC|ETH|1960 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|FIJ|1960 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer|117}}
* {{flagIOC|ROC|1960 Summer|name=Taiwan|27}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer|238}}
* {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer|294}}
* {{flagIOC|GHA|1960 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer|253}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1960 Summer|48}}
* {{flagIOC|GUY|1960 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|HAI|1960 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|HKG|1960 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer|180}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1960 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1960 Summer|45}}
* {{flagIOC|INA|1960 Summer|22}}
* {{flagIOC|IRI|1960 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|IRQ|1960 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1960 Summer|49}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|1960 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer|280}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer|162}}
* {{flagIOC|KEN|1960 Summer|27}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1960 Summer|35}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1960 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|LBR|1960 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|LIE|1960 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1960 Summer|52}}
* {{flagIOC|MAL|1960 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|MLT|1960 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1960 Summer|69}}
* {{flagIOC|MON|1960 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|MAR|1960 Summer|47}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer|110}}
* {{flagIOC|AHO|1960 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1960 Summer|37}}
* {{flagIOC|NGR|1960 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1960 Summer|40}}
* {{flagIOC|PAK|1960 Summer|44}}
* {{flagIOC|PAN|1960 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|PER|1960 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1960 Summer|40}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1960 Summer|185}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer|65}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1960 Summer|27}}
* {{flagIOC|RHO|1960 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer|98}}
* {{flagIOC|SMR|1960 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|SIN|1960 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|RSA|1960 Summer|55}}
* {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer|283}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer|144}}
* {{flagIOC|SUD|1960 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer|134}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1960 Summer|149}}
* {{flagIOC|THA|1960 Summer|20}}
* {{flagIOC|TUN|1960 Summer|42}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1960 Summer|49}}
* {{flagIOC|UGA|1960 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|UAR|1960 Summer|74}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer|292}}
* {{flagIOC|URU|1960 Summer|34}}
* {{flagIOC|VEN|1960 Summer|36}}
* {{flagIOC|VIE|1960 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer|116}}
{{div col end}}
|}

* {{flagIOC|SUR|1960 Summer}} also made its first Olympic appearance, but its lone athlete ([[Wim Esajas]]) withdrew from competition due to a scheduling error.<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Olympic Reports |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm |archive-date=2006-06-22}}</ref>

=== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|-
| AFG || {{flagIOC|AFG|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| ANT || {{flagIOC|BWI|1960 Summer|name=Antilles}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 92
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 189
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 103
|-
| BAH || {{flagIOC|BAH|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 17
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 108
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 71
|-
| GUY || {{flagIOC|GUY|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| BUL || {{flagIOC|BUL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 98
|-
| BIR || {{flagIOC|BIR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 85
|-
| CEY || {{flagIOC|CEY|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| CIL || {{flagIOC|CHI|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| COL || {{flagIOC|COL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| CUB || {{flagIOC|CUB|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| CSV || {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 116
|-
| DAN || {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 100
|-
| ETI || {{flagIOC|ETH|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| FIG || {{flagIOC|FIJ|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 117
|-
| RCF || {{flagIOC|ROC|1960 Summer|name=Republic of China, Formosa}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 238
|-
| EUA || {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 294
|-
| GHA || {{flagIOC|GHA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| GRB || {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 253
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 48
|-
| HAI || {{flagIOC|HAI|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| HOK || {{flagIOC|HKG|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| UNG || {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 180
|-
| ISL || {{flagIOC|ISL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 45
|-
| INS || {{flagIOC|INA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 22
|-
| IRN || {{flagIOC|IRI|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| IRK || {{flagIOC|IRQ|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 49
|-
| ISR || {{flagIOC|ISR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 280
|-
| GIA || {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 162
|-
| KEN || {{flagIOC|KEN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| COR || {{flagIOC|KOR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 35
|-
| LIB || {{flagIOC|LIB|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| LBR || {{flagIOC|LBR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| LIE || {{flagIOC|LIE|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 52
|-
| MAL || {{flagIOC|MAL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| MAT || {{flagIOC|MLT|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 69
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| MAR || {{flagIOC|MAR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 47
|-
| PBA || {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 110
|-
| ATO || {{flagIOC|AHO|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 37
|-
| NGR || {{flagIOC|NGR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 40
|-
| PAK || {{flagIOC|PAK|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 44
|-
| PAN || {{flagIOC|PAN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| PER || {{flagIOC|PER|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| PHI || {{flagIOC|PHI|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 40
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 185
|-
| POR || {{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 65
|-
| PUR || {{flagIOC|PUR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| RHO || {{flagIOC|RHO|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| ROM || {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 98
|-
| SMA || {{flagIOC|SMR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| SIN || {{flagIOC|SIN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| SAF|| {{flagIOC|RSA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 55
|-
| URS || {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 283
|-
| SPA || {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 144
|-
| SUD || {{flagIOC|SUD|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| SVE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 134
|-
| SVI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 149
|-
| THA || {{flagIOC|THA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| TUN || {{flagIOC|TUN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 42
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 49
|-
| UGA || {{flagIOC|UGA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| RAU || {{flagIOC|UAR|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 74
|-
| SUA || {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 292
|-
| URU || {{flagIOC|URU|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 34
|-
| VEN || {{flagIOC|VEN|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 36
|-
| VIE || {{flagIOC|VIE|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| JUG || {{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer}} ||align=center| 116
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''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.

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*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=4|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=15|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=34|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=10|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Canoeing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
**Road <small>(2)</small>
**Track <small>(4)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
** Dressage <small>(1)</small>
** Eventing <small>(2)</small>
** Jumping <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=8|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=14|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=5|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=6|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
**Freestyle <small>(8)</small>
**Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small>
{{div col end}}

===Calendar===
:''All dates are in [[Central European Time]] ([[UTC+1]])''
{{see also|Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
{{#section:Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics|Calendar}}

==Medal count==
{{Main|1960 Summer Olympics medal table}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1960 Games:<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |author=Byron, Lee |author2=Cox, Amanda |author3=Ericson, Matthew |title=A Map of Olympic Medals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html |access-date=February 26, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 4, 2008}}</ref>

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1960 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_URS = 43 | silver_URS = 29 | bronze_URS = 31
 | gold_USA = 34 | silver_USA = 21 | bronze_USA = 16
 | gold_ITA = 13 | silver_ITA = 10 | bronze_ITA = 13 | host_ITA = yes 
 | gold_EUA = 12 | silver_EUA = 19 | bronze_EUA = 11
 | gold_AUS = 8 | silver_AUS = 8 | bronze_AUS = 6
 | gold_TUR = 7 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_HUN = 6 | silver_HUN = 8 | bronze_HUN = 7
 | gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 7 | bronze_JPN = 7
 | gold_POL = 4 | silver_POL = 6 | bronze_POL = 11
 | gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 3
}}

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=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 ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{IOC games|games=1960 Summer Olympics }}
*[https://archive.org/details/rome1960olympics00mara <!-- quote="all the way to moscow" contents. --> ''Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World''], David Maraniss, New York, NY, U.S.: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080507191400/http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1960/summer/index.php The program of the 1960 Rome Olympics]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=EE8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16 LIFE 12 Sep 1960]

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