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.
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| Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
| Dates | August 31–September 8 |
| Competitors | 1,016 from 73 nations |
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Armin Hary United Team of Germany | 10.2 (=OR) | Dave Sime United States | 10.2 (=OR) | Peter Radford Great Britain | 10.3 |
| 200 metres | Livio Berruti Italy | 20.5 (=WR) | Lester Carney United States | 20.6 | Abdoulaye Seye France | 20.7 |
| 400 metres | Otis Davis United States | 44.9 (WR) | Carl Kaufmann United Team of Germany | 44.9 (WR) | Malcolm Spence South Africa | 45.5 |
| 800 metres | Peter Snell New Zealand | 1:46.3 (OR) | Roger Moens Belgium | 1:46.5 | George Kerr British West Indies | 1:47.1 |
| 1500 metres | Herb Elliott Australia | 3:35.6 (WR) | Michel Jazy France | 3:38.4 | István Rózsavölgyi Hungary | 3:39.2 |
| 5000 metres | Murray Halberg New Zealand | 13:43.4 | Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany | 13:44.6 | Kazimierz Zimny Poland | 13:44.8 |
| 10,000 metres | Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union | 28:32.2 (OR) | Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany | 28:37.0 | Dave Power Australia | 28:38.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Lee Calhoun United States | 13.8 | Willie May United States | 13.8 | Hayes Jones United States | 14.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Davis United States | 49.3 (OR) | Clifton Cushman United States | 49.6 | Dick Howard United States | 49.7 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland | 8:34.2 (OR) | Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union | 8:36.4 | Semyon Rzhishchin Soviet Union | 8:42.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | United Team of Germany Bernd Cullmann Armin Hary Walter Mahlendorf Martin Lauer | 39.5 (=WR) | Soviet Union Gusman Kosanov Leonid Bartenyev Yuriy Konovalov Edvin Ozolin | 40.1 | Great Britain Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead | 40.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | United States Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Davis Otis Davis | 3:02.2 (WR) | United Team of Germany Hans-Joachim Reske Manfred Kinder Johannes Kaiser Carl Kaufmann | 3:02.7 | British West Indies Malcolm Spence Jim Wedderburn Keith Gardner George Kerr | 3:04.0 |
| Marathon | Abebe Bikila Ethiopia | 2:15:16.2 (WB) | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco | 2:15:41.6 | Barry Magee New Zealand | 2:17:18.2 |
| 20 kilometres walk | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | 1:34:07.2 | Noel Freeman Australia | 1:34:16.4 | Stan Vickers Great Britain | 1:34.56.4 |
| 50 kilometres walk | Don Thompson Great Britain | 4:25:30.0 (OR) | John Ljunggren Sweden | 4:25:47.0 | Abdon Pamich Italy | 4:27:55.4 |
| High jump | Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union | 2.16 m (OR) | Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union | 2.16 m (OR) | John Thomas United States | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | Don Bragg United States | 4.70 m (OR) | Ron Morris United States | 4.60 m | Eeles Landström Finland | 4.55 m |
| Long jump | Ralph Boston United States | 8.12 m (OR) | Bo Roberson United States | 8.11 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union | 8.04 m |
| Triple jump | Józef Szmidt Poland | 16.81 m (OR) | Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union | 16.63 m | Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union | 16.43 m |
| Shot put | Bill Nieder United States | 19.68 m (OR) | Parry O'Brien United States | 19.11 m | Dallas Long United States | 19.01 m |
| Discus throw | Al Oerter United States | 59.18 m (OR) | Rink Babka United States | 58.02 m | Dick Cochran United States | 57.16 m |
| Hammer throw | Vasily Rudenkov Soviet Union | 67.10 m (OR) | Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary | 65.79 m | Tadeusz Rut Poland | 65.64 m |
| Javelin throw | Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union | 84.64 m | Walter Krüger United Team of Germany | 79.36 m | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary | 78.57 m |
| Decathlon | Rafer Johnson United States | 8392 (OR) | Yang Chuan-kwang Formosa | 8334 | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 7809 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Wilma Rudolph United States | 11.0 | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain | 11.3 | Giuseppina Leone Italy | 11.3 |
| 200 metres | Wilma Rudolph United States | 24.0 | Jutta Heine United Team of Germany | 24.4 | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain | 24.7 |
| 800 metres | Lyudmila Shevtsova Soviet Union | 2:04.3 (=WR) | Brenda Jones Australia | 2:04.4 | Ursula Donath United Team of Germany | 2:05.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Irina Press Soviet Union | 10.8 | Carole Quinton Great Britain | 10.9 | Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany | 11.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | United States Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph | 44.5 | United Team of Germany Martha Langbein Anni Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine | 44.8 | Poland Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter | 45.0 |
| High jump | Iolanda Balaș Romania | 1.85 m (OR) | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska Poland | 1.71 m | none awarded as there was a tie for silver | |
| Dorothy Shirley Great Britain | ||||||
| Long jump | Vera Krepkina Soviet Union | 6.37 m (OR) | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | 6.27 m | Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany | 6.21 m |
| Shot put | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 17.32 m (OR) | Johanna Lüttge United Team of Germany | 16.61 m | Earlene Brown United States | 16.42 m |
| Discus throw | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union | 55.10 m (OR) | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 52.59 m | Lia Manoliu Romania | 52.36 m |
| Javelin throw | Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union | 55.98 m (OR) | Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia | 53.78 m | Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union | 53.45 m |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | United Team of Germany | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Formosa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | British West Indies | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 34 | 35 | 33 | 102 | |
Participating nations
- Afghanistan (6)
- Argentina (4)
- Australia (28)
- Austria (10)
- Bahamas (3)
- Belgium (12)
- Brazil (5)
- British West Indies (8)
- Bulgaria (9)
- Burma (1)
- Canada (16)
- Ceylon (1)
- Chile (4)
- Cuba (3)
- Czechoslovakia (28)
- Denmark (9)
- Egypt (2)
- Ethiopia (6)
- Fiji (2)
- Finland (26)
- Formosa (6)
- France (36)
- United Team of Germany (91)
- Ghana (7)
- Great Britain (62)
- Greece (19)
- Guyana (4)
- Hungary (27)
- Iceland (7)
- India (12)
- Indonesia (1)
- Iran (1)
- Iraq (11)
- Ireland (9)
- Israel (8)
- Italy (47)
- Japan (20)
- Kenya (5)
- South Korea (6)
- Lebanon (1)
- Liberia (4)
- Liechtenstein (2)
- Luxembourg (6)
- Malaya (3)
- Mexico (5)
- Morocco (8)
- Netherlands (11)
- New Zealand (14)
- Nigeria (8)
- Norway (11)
- Pakistan (12)
- Panama (4)
- Philippines (7)
- Poland (52)
- Portugal (5)
- Puerto Rico (8)
- Rhodesia (3)
- Romania (9)
- Somalia (1)
- South Africa (7)
- Soviet Union (83)
- Spain (13)
- Sudan (2)
- Suriname (1)
- Sweden (28)
- Switzerland (22)
- Thailand (8)
- Tunisia (11)
- Turkey (14)
- Uganda (4)
- United States (81)
- Uruguay (1)
- Venezuela (8)
- Yugoslavia (22)
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 | United Team of Germany | 10.2 s | OR | |
| 200 metres | September 3 | Semi-Final | Livio Berruti | Italy | 20.5 s | OR | |
| 400 metres | September 6 | Final | Otis Davis | United States | 44.9 s | OR | WR |
| 800 metres | September 2 | Final | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 1:46.3 | OR | |
| 1500 metres | September 6 | Final | Herb Elliott | Australia | 3:35.6 | OR | WR |
| 10,000 metres | September 8 | Final | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | 28:32.2 | OR | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | September 8 | Final | Jack Yerman Earl Young Glenn Davis Otis Davis | United States | 3:02.2 | OR | WR |
| 400 metres hurdles | September 2 | Final | Glenn Davis | United States | 49.3 s | OR | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | September 3 | Final | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | Poland | 8:34.2 | OR | |
| Marathon | September 10 | Final | Abebe Bikila | Ethiopia | 2:15:16.2 | OR | |
| 50 km walk | September 7 | Final | Don Thompson | Great Britain | 4:25:30.0 | OR | |
| High jump | September 3 | Final | Robert Shavlakadze Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union | 2.16 m | OR | |
| Long jump | September 2 | Final | Ralph Boston | United States | 8.12 m | OR | |
| Triple jump | September 6 | Final | Józef Szmidt | Poland | 16.81 m | OR | |
| Pole vault | September 7 | Final | Don Bragg | United States | 4.70 m | OR | |
| Shot put | August 31 | Final | Bill Nieder | United States | 19.68 m | OR | |
| Hammer throw | September 3 | Final | Vasily Rudenkov | Soviet Union | 67.10 m | OR | |
| Decathlon | September 6 | Final | Rafer Johnson | United States | 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 | 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 metres hurdles | August 31 | Semi-Final | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 10.6 s | OR | |
| 4 × 100 metres 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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