The 1960 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy from August 25 to September 11, 1960.
| 1960 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rome,  Italy |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Soviet Union (43) |
| Most total medals | Soviet Union (103) |
| Medalling NOCs | 44 |
A total of 5,338 athletes from 83 countries participated in these Games, competing in 150 events in 17 sports.[1]
Athletes from 44 countries won at least one medal, leaving 39 countries in blank in the medal table. The Soviet Union won the most gold (43) and overall medals (103). British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore won the first medals in their Olympic history.[2][3]
Medal table
editThe 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.[4][5] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[6]
A total of 150 events in 17 sports were awarded in Rome.[7] In gymnastics, two extra gold medals were awarded in the men's pommel horse and long horse vault events because of ties and one additional bronze medal was awarded in the Rings event. Because of this, two fewer silver medals were awarded, though an extra silver was awarded in the women's high jump. In the boxing events, two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class, so the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold and silver medals.[8]
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 43 | 29 | 31 | 103 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 34 | 21 | 16 | 71 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA)* | 13 | 10 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 |  Turkey (TUR) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 |  Romania (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 12 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 |  Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 30 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Formosa (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 British West Indies (BWI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 41 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (44 entries) | 152 | 149 | 160 | 461 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rome–XIX Olympic Winter Games". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Olympic Medal Winners–Database Search". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Official Report, Volume II Results (PDF). Rome: Carlo Colombo Publisher. 1962. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Rome 1960–Sports on the program". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Official Report, Volume II Results (PDF). Rome: Carlo Colombo Publisher. 1962. pp. 1027–1028. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
External links
edit- "Rome 1960". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1960 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/1960_1". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- "Medal Count for the 1960 Summer Olympics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- "1960–Summer Olympics XVII (Rome, Italy)". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- "British Olympic Association > Winter Games > Rome 1960". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- "Rome 1960". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.