1960 Summer Olympics medal table
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{{Infobox award
| name = 1960 Summer Olympics medals
| location = Rome, {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}}
| image = De Russische Boris Chaklin in aktie aan de ringen, Bestanddeelnr 919-5889.jpg
| caption = Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won four gold medals and seven total medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, both of which were the most of any competing athlete.
| alt = Boris Shakhlin straining while competing on the hanging rings. Picture is in black and white.
| award2_type = Most total medals
| award2_winner = {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer|103}}
| award1_type = Most gold medals
| award1_winner = {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer|43}}
| award3_type = Medalling NOCs
| award3_winner = 44
| previous = 1956
| main = Olympics medal tables
| next = 1964
}}
{{1960 Summer Olympics}}
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, from August 25 to September 11, 1960.{{Cite web |title=1960 Summer Olympics Overview |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/15 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Olympedia |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120114203/http://www.olympedia.org/editions/15 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=FAQ: What are the Olympic Games? |url=http://olympic.ca/2019/02/08/faq-what-are-the-olympic-games/ |website=Canadian Olympic Committee |date=2019-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805233326/http://olympic.ca/2019/02/08/faq-what-are-the-olympic-games/ |archive-date=2024-08-05 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}} A total of 5,338 athletes representing 83 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960 |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250106170233/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960 |archive-date=2025-01-06 |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2025}} which included five teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: the British West Indies,{{cite web |title=West Indies Federation (WIF) |url=https://www.olympedia.org/countries/WIF |website=Olympedia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250207231911/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/WIF |archive-date=2025-02-07 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}} Morocco,{{cite web |title=Morocco – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/morocco |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043812/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/morocco |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} San Marino,{{cite web |title=San Marino – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/san-marino |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044206/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/san-marino |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30 }} Sudan,{{cite web |title=Sudan – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/sudan |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044524/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/sudan |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} and Tunisia.{{cite web |title=Tunisia – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/tunisia |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044505/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/tunisia |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 20, 2024}} The games featured 150 events in 17 sports across 23 disciplines.{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/games/rome-1960/ |website=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=20 February 2025 |language=en-AU |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917195852/https://www.olympics.com.au/games/rome-1960/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Rao |first1=Rakesh |title=Games in the time of turmoil |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/rio-2016-olympics/olympics-history/games-in-the-time-of-turmoil/article8912316.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=20 February 2025 |language=en |date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625093410/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/rio-2016-olympics/olympics-history/games-in-the-time-of-turmoil/article8912316.ece |url-status=live }}
Athletes representing 44 NOCs received at least one medal, with 23 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union won the most overall medals, with 103, and the most gold medals, with 43. The British West Indies, Republic of China (now competing as Chinese Taipei),{{cite web |title=Chinese Taipei – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/chinese-taipei |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204141508/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/chinese-taipei |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30 }} Ethiopia,{{cite web |title=Ethiopia – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ethiopia |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043125/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ethiopia |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} Ghana,{{cite web |title=Ghana – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ghana |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202160508/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ghana |archive-date=2024-12-02 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} Iraq,{{cite web |title=Iraq – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/iraq |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043303/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/iraq |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} Morocco, and Singapore won their first Summer Olympic medals of any kind,{{cite web |title=Singapore – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/singapore |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044322/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/singapore |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}} with Ethiopia and Pakistan winning their first gold medals.{{cite web |title=Pakistan – Profile |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/pakistan |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043907/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/pakistan |archive-date=2024-10-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-12-30}}
Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won the most gold medals, with four, and the most total medals, with seven (four gold, two silver, and one bronze).{{cite web |title=1960 Roma Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ |website=Sports Reference |access-date=February 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=dead}} Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti secured two medals at the 1960 games (one gold, one silver) and became the record holder for the most Olympic medals won, with 13 medals in total (six gold, five silver, two bronze).{{Cite web |date=16 July 2012 |title=Edoardo Mangiarotti |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/edoardo-mangiarotti-5dncnt7qv3b |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 February 2025 |website=The Times |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730122806/https://www.thetimes.com/article/edoardo-mangiarotti-5dncnt7qv3b |url-status=live }} Mangiarotti had won medals at the 1936 (one gold), 1948 (two silver, one bronze), 1952 (two gold, two silver), and 1956 games (two gold, one bronze) prior to 1960.{{cite web |title=Edoardo Mangiarotti |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22677 |website=Olympedia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250114190810/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22677 |archive-date=2025-01-14 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}}
Medal table
File:Edoardo Mangiarotti.jpg became the Olympian with the most total medals ever when he won his twelfth and thirteenth medals at the 1960 games. He had won 11 medals at Olympic Games prior to these games.]]
File:Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Abebe Bikila 1960.jpg (left) and Moroccan runner Rhadi Ben Abdesselam won their countries' first Olympic medals in the men's marathon. Bikila finished first and Ben Abdesselam finished second.]]
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.{{cite web |title=Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html |website=The Independent | date=August 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Ostlere |first1=Lawrence |access-date=August 12, 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |website=The New York Times | date=August 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Araton |first1=Harvey |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 25, 2024 }} If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.{{cite web |title=What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained |url=https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |website=Diario AS |date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |archive-date=August 11, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Cons |first1=Roddy |access-date=August 11, 2024 |language=en-us }}
Events in boxing resulted in bronze medals being awarded to each of the competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to them taking part in a third place tiebreaker.{{cite web |title=Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing |website=International Olympic Committee | date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Ansari |first1=Aarish |access-date=August 2, 2024 }}
In women's high jump, a two-way tie for second resulted in two silvers and no bronze medals being awarded.{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 high jump women Results – Olympic athletics |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/athletics/high-jump-women |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241126150437/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/athletics/high-jump-women |archive-date=2024-11-26 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}} In the men's pommel horse and men's vault, two-way ties for first resulted in two gold and no silver medals being awarded in each event.{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 pommel men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/pommel-horse-men |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211117014611/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/pommel-horse-men |archive-date=2021-11-17 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 vault men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-men |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211117074222/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-men |archive-date=2021-11-17 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}} Lastly, in the men's ring event, there was a two-way tie for third which resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 rings men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211116185715/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men |archive-date=2021-11-16 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2025}}
{{Medals table
| caption = 1960 Summer Olympics medal table{{cite web |title=Rome 1960 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/medals |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240911052213/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rome-1960/medals |archive-date=2024-09-11 |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2025}}
| host = ITA
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1960 Summer
| team = {{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}}
| gold_URS = 43 | silver_URS = 29 | bronze_URS = 31
| gold_USA = 34 | silver_USA = 21 | bronze_USA = 16
| gold_ITA = 13 | silver_ITA = 10 | bronze_ITA = 13 | host_ITA = yes
| gold_EUA = 12 | silver_EUA = 19 | bronze_EUA = 11
| gold_AUS = 8 | silver_AUS = 8 | bronze_AUS = 6
| gold_TUR = 7 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0
| gold_HUN = 6 | silver_HUN = 8 | bronze_HUN = 7
| gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 7 | bronze_JPN = 7
| gold_POL = 4 | silver_POL = 6 | bronze_POL = 11
| gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 3
| gold_ROU = 3 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 6
| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 6 | bronze_GBR = 12
| gold_DEN = 2 | silver_DEN = 3 | bronze_DEN = 1
| gold_NZL = 2 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 1
| gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 3 | bronze_BUL = 3
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 3
| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 3
| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
| gold_YUG = 1 | silver_YUG = 1 | bronze_YUG = 0
| gold_PAK = 1 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 1
| gold_ETH = 1 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 0
| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 0
| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0
| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 3 | bronze_SUI = 3
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 3
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 2 | bronze_BEL = 2
| gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 1 | bronze_IRI = 3
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 2
| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 2
| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 1
| gold_RAU = 0 | silver_RAU = 1 | bronze_RAU = 1
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
| gold_ROC = 0 | silver_ROC = 1 | bronze_ROC = 0
| gold_GHA = 0 | silver_GHA = 1 | bronze_GHA = 0
| gold_IND = 0 | silver_IND = 1 | bronze_IND = 0
| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0
| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 1 | bronze_POR = 0
| gold_SIN = 0 | silver_SIN = 1 | bronze_SIN = 0
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 2
| gold_BWI = 0 | silver_BWI = 0 | bronze_BWI = 2
| gold_IRQ = 0 | silver_IRQ = 0 | bronze_IRQ = 1
| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
| gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 0 | bronze_VEN = 1
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Olympic games medal count}}
{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1960 Summer Olympics Medal Table}}