Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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.
Contents
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 22x20px 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 | |
 Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Formosa (ROC) |
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 |
| 22x20px South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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
Women's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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