Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Calendar

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Gold medal events CCClosing 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
CeremoniesOCCCN/A
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
Daily medal events240115148111501415121211151150
Cumulative total266172236445570708499111123134149150
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		 Total 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
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  United Team of Germany
Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle John Devitt  Australia OR
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		  United Team of Germany
Cycling Men's team pursuit Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti,
Franco Testa, and Mario Vallotto		  Italy
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  United Team of Germany
Fencing Men's foil Viktor Zhdanovich  Soviet Union
Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly Carolyn Schuler  United States OR
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
Women's long jump Vera Kolashnikova  Soviet Union OR
Modern pentathlon Men's individual Ferenc Németh  Hungary
Men's team Imre Nagy, András Balczó,
and Ferenc Németh		  Hungary
Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle Murray Rose  Australia
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  United Team of Germany OR
Fencing Women's foil Adelheid Schmid  United Team of 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
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		  United Team of 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, Heinz Renneberg,
and Klaus Zerta		  United Team of Germany
Men's coxless four Arthur Ayrault, Ted Nash,
John Sayre, and Rusty Wailes		  United States
Men's double sculls Václav Kozák and Pavel 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		  United Team of 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  United Team of 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
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		  United Team of Germany
Fencing Men's sabre Rudolf Kárpáti  Hungary
Gymnastics
Shooting 50 metre rifle three positions Viktor Shamburkin  Soviet Union =WR
Weightlifting Men's lightweight Viktor Bushuev  Soviet Union
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
Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight Ireneusz Paliński  Poland
Men's middle heavyweight Arkadi Vorobyev  Soviet Union

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