Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres10.2(=OR)10.2(=OR)10.3200 metres20.5(=WR)20.620.7400 metres44.9(WR)44.9(WR)45.5800 metres1:46.3(OR)1:46.51:47.11500 metres3:35.6(WR)3:38.43:39.25000 metres13:43.413:44.613:44.810,000 metres28:32.2(OR)28:37.028:38.2110 metres hurdles13.813.814.0400 metres hurdles49.3(OR)49.649.73000 metres steeplechase8:34.2(OR)8:36.48:42.24 × 100 metres relayBernd CullmannArmin HaryWalter MahlendorfMartin Lauer39.5(=WR)Gusman KosanovLeonid BartenyevYuriy KonovalovEdvin Ozolin40.1Peter RadfordDavid JonesDavid SegalNick Whitehead40.24 × 400 metres relayJack YermanEarl YoungGlenn DavisOtis Davis3:02.2(WR)Hans-Joachim ReskeManfred KinderJohannes KaiserCarl Kaufmann3:02.7Malcolm SpenceJim WedderburnKeith GardnerGeorge Kerr3:04.0Marathon2:15:16.2(WB)2:15:41.62:17:18.220 kilometres walk1:34:07.21:34:16.41:34.56.450 kilometres walk4:25:30.0(OR)4:25:47.04:27:55.4High jump2.16 m(OR)2.16 m(OR)2.14 mPole vault4.70 m(OR)4.60 m4.55 mLong jump8.12 m(OR)8.11 m8.04 mTriple jump16.81 m(OR)16.63 m16.43 mShot put19.68 m(OR)19.11 m19.01 mDiscus throw59.18 m(OR)58.02 m57.16 mHammer throw67.10 m(OR)65.79 m65.64 mJavelin throw84.64 m79.36 m78.57 mDecathlon8392(OR)83347809

Women 100 metres 11.0 11.3 11.3200 metres 24.0 24.4 24.7800 metres 2:04.3(=WR) 2:04.4 2:05.680 metres hurdles 10.8 10.9 11.04 × 100 metres relay Martha HudsonLucinda WilliamsBarbara JonesWilma Rudolph44.5 Martha LangbeinAnni BiechlBrunhilde HendrixJutta Heine44.8 Teresa WieczorekBarbara JaniszewskaCelina JesionowskaHalina Richter45.0High jump 1.85 m (OR) 1.71 mnone awarded as there was a tie for silver Long jump6.37 m (OR)6.27 m6.21 mShot put 17.32 m (OR) 16.61 m 16.42 mDiscus throw 55.10 m (OR) 52.59 m 52.36 mJavelin throw 55.98 m (OR) 53.78 m 53.45 m

Medal table

Participating nations

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 10.2 s OR 200 metres September 3 Semi-Final Livio Berruti 20.5 s OR 400 metres September 6 Final Otis Davis 44.9 s OR WR 800 metres September 2 Final Peter Snell 1:46.3 OR 1500 metres September 6 Final Herb Elliott 3:35.6 OR WR 10,000 metres September 8 Final Pyotr Bolotnikov 28:32.2 OR 4 × 400 metres relay September 8 Final Jack YermanEarl YoungGlenn DavisOtis Davis 3:02.2 OR WR 400 metres hurdles September 2 Final Glenn Davis 49.3 s OR 3000 metres steeplechase September 3 Final Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 8:34.2 OR Marathon September 10 Final Abebe Bikila 2:15:16.2 OR 50 km walk September 7 Final Don Thompson 4:25:30.0 OR High jump September 3 Final Robert ShavlakadzeValeriy Brumel 2.16 m OR Long jump September 2 Final Ralph Boston 8.12 m OR Triple jump September 6 Final Józef Szmidt 16.81 m OR Pole vault September 7 Final Don Bragg 4.70 m OR Shot put August 31 Final Bill Nieder 19.68 m OR Hammer throw September 3 Final Vasily Rudenkov 67.10 m OR Decathlon September 6 Final Rafer Johnson 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 11.3 s OR 200 metres September 3 First Round Wilma Rudolph 23.2 s OR 800 metres September 7 Final Lyudmila Shevtsova 2:04.03 OR 80 metres hurdles August 31 Semi-Final Irina Press 10.6 s OR 4 × 100 metres relay September 7 First Round Martha HudsonLucinda WilliamsBarbara JonesWilma Rudolph 44.4 s OR WR High jump September 8 Final Iolanda Balaş 1.85 m OR Long jump August 31 Final Vera Krepkina 6.37 m OR Discus throw September 5 Final Nina Romashkova 55.10 m OR Shot put September 2 Final Tamara Press 17.32 m OR Javelin throw September 1 Final Elvīra Ozoliņa 55.98 m OR

References International Olympic Committee results database