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The 20th Century Almanac · Olympics

The Rome 1960 Olympics

Event: 100m Winner: Armin Hary Country: GER Event: 200m Winner: Livio Berruti Country: ITA Event: 400m Winner: Otis Davis Country: USA Event: 800m Winner: Peter Snell Country: NZL Event: 1500m Winner: Herb Elliot Country: Aus Event: 5000m Winner: Murrary Halberg Country: NZL Event: 10,000m Winner: Pyotr Bolotnikov Country: URS Event: Marathon Winner: Abebe Bikila Country: ETH Event: 110m Hurdles Winner: Lee Calhoun Country: USA Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: Glenn Davis Country: USA Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Zdzilaw Kryszkowiak Country: POL Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: GER Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: USA Event: 20km Walk Winner: Vladimir Golubnichiy Country: URS Event: 50km Walk Winner: Donald Thompson Country: GBR Event: High Jump Winner: Robert Shavlakdze Country: URS Event: Pole Vault Winner: Donald Bragg Country: USA Event: Long Jump Winner: Ralph Boston Country: USA Event: Triple Jump Winner: Jozef Schmidt Country: POL Event: Shotput Winner: William Nieder Country: USA Event: Discus Winner: Alferd Oerter Country: USA Event: Hammer Winner: Vasily Rudenkov Country: URS Event: Javelin Winner: Viktor Tsibulenko Country: URS Event: Decathlon Winner: Rafer Johnson Country: USA Wo

Event: 100m Winner: Wilma Rudolph Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Wilma Rudoplh Country: USA Event: 800m Winner: Lyudmila Shevtsova Country: URS Event: 80m Hurdles Winner: Irina Press Country: URS Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: High Jump Winner: Iolansa Balas Country: ROM Event: Long Jump Winner: Vyera Krepkina Country: URS Event: Shotput Winner: Tamara Press Country: URS Event: Discus Winner: Nina Ponomaryeva Country: URS Event: Javelin Winner: Elvira Ozolina Country: URS Men Swimming Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: John Devitt Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Murray Rose Country: AUS Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: John Konrads Country: AUS Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: David Theile Country: AUS Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: William Mulliken Country: USA Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Michael Troy Country: USA Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Gary Tobian Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Robert Webster Country: USA Water Polo Winner: Italy Women Swimming Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Dawn Fraser Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Susan Christine von Saltza Country: USA Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Anita Lonsbrough Country: GER Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Lynn Burke Country: USA Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Carolyn Schuler Country: USA Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medley Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Ingrid Kramer Country: GER Event: Platform Diving Winner: Ingrid Kramer Country: GER Boxing Event: Flyweight Winner: Gyula Grigoryev Country: URS Event: Bantamweight Winner: Oleg Grigoryev Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Francesco Musso Country: ITA Event: Lightweight Winner: Kazimierz Pazdzior Country: POL Event: Light Welterweight Winner: Bohumil Nemecek Country: TCH Event: Welterweight Winner: Giovanni Benvenuti Country: ITA Event: Light Middleweight Winner: Wilbert McClure Country: USA Event: Middleweight Winner: Edward Crook Country: USA Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Cassius Clay Country: USA Event: Heavyweight Winner: Franco de Piccoli Country: ITA Greco Roman Wrestling Event: Flyweight Winner: Dumitru Pivulescu Country: ROM Event: Bantamweight Winner: Oleg Karavayev Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Muzahir Sille Country: TUR Event: Lightweight Winner: Avtandil Koridze Country: URS Event: Welterweight Winner: Mithat Bayrak Country: TUR Event: Middleweight Winner: Dimiter Dobrev Country: BUL Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Tevfik Kis Country: TUR Event: Heavyweight Winner: Ivan Bogdan Country: URS Freestyle Wrestling Event: Bantamweight Winner: Terrence McCann Country: USA Event: Flyweight Winner: Ahmet Bilek Country: TUR Event: Featherweight Winner: Mustafa Dangistanli Country: TUR Event: Lightweight Winner: Shelby Wilson Country: USA Event: Welterweight Winner: Douglas Blubaugh Country: USA Event: Middleweight Winner: Hasan Gungor Country: TUR Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Ismet Atli Country: TUR Event: Super Heavyweight Winner: Wilfried Dietrich Country: GER Men Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Viktor Zhdanovich Country: URS Event: Foil Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Epee Individual Winner: Giuseppe Delfino Country: ITA Event: Epee Team Winner: Italy Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Rudoplf Karpati Country: HUN Event: Sabre Team Winner: Hungary Women Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Heidi Schmid Country: GER Event: Foil Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Individual Winner: Ferenc Nemeth Country: HUN Event: Team Winner: Hungary Men Canoeing Event: Kayak-1 1000m Winner: Erik Hansen Country: DEN Event: Kayak-2 1000m Winner: Sweden Event: Canadian-1 1000m Winner: Janos Parti Country: HUN Event: Candian-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union Event: 4x500m Kayak-1 Relay Winner: GER Women Canoeing Event: Kayak-1 500m Winner: Antonina Seredina Country: URS Event: Kayak-2 500m Winner: Soviet Union Rowing Event: Single Sculls Winner: Vyacheslav Ivanov Country: URS Event: Double Sculls Winner: Czechoslovakia Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: Soviet Union Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: Germany Event: Coxless Fours Winner: USA Event: Coxed Fours Winner: Germany Event: Eights Winner: Germany Yachting Event: Finn Winner: Paul Elvstrom Country: DEN Event: Star Winner: Soviet Union Event: Flying Dutchman Winner: Norway Event: Dragon Winner: Greece Event: 5.5m Winner: USA Cycling Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Viktor Kapitonov Country: URS Event: 100km Team Time Trial Winner: Italy Event: 1000m Time Trial Winner: Sante Gaiardoni Country: ITA Event: 1000m Sprint Winner: Sante Gaiardoni Country: ITA Event: 2000m Tandem Winner: Italy Event: 4000m Team Pursuit Winner: Italy Weight Lifting Event: Bantamweight Winner: Charles Vinci Country: USA Event: Featherweight Winner: Yevgeny Minayev Country: URS Event: Lightweight Winner: Viktor Buschyev Country: URS Event: Middleweight Winner: Aleksandr Kurynov Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Ireneusz Palinski Country: POL Event: Middleweight Winner: Arkady Vorobyov Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Yuri Vlassov Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Yuri Vlassov Country: URS Equestrian Sports Event: Three Day Event Individual Winner: Lawrence Morgan Country: AUS Event: Three Day Event Team Winner: Australia Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Sergei Filatove Country: URS Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Sergei Filatov Country: URS Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Raimondo DÕ Inzeo Country: ITA Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: Germany Men Shooting Event: Free Rifle, 3 positions Winner: Hubert Hammerer Country: AUT Event: Small Bore Rifle, 50m Prone Winner: Peter Kohknke Country: GER Event: Small Bore Rifle, 3 positions Winner: Viktor Shamburkin Country: URS Event: Rapid Fire Pistol Winner: William McMillan Country: USA Event: Free Pistol, 50m Winner: Alexei Gustchin Country: URS Mixed Shooting Event: Clay Pigeon Winner: Ion Dumitrescu Country: ROM Men Gymnastics Event: All-around Individual Winner: Boris Shakhlin Country: URS Event: Combined Exercise Team Winner: Japan Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Boris Shakhlin Country: URS Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Nobuyuki Aihara Country: JAP Event: Long Horse Vault Winner: Boris Shakhlin Country: URS Event: Sidehorse Winner: Boris Shakhlin Country: URS Event: Horizontal BAr Winner: Takashi Ono Country: JAP Event: Rings Winner: Albert Azaryan Country: URS Women Gymnastics Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: All-around Individual Winner: Larissa Latynina Country: URS Event: Asymmetric Bars Winner: Polina Astakhova Country: URS Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Larissa Latynina Country: URS Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Margarita Nikolayeva Country: URS Event: Balance Beam Winner: Eva Bosakova Country: TCH Basketball Winner: USA Football Winner: Yugoslavia Hockey Winner: Pakistan

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