Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
| Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | GBR | ||||||||
| NOC | British Olympic Association | ||||||||
| in Rome | |||||||||
| Competitors | 253 (206 men and 47 women) in 17 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Richard McTaggart | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 253 competitors, 206 men and 47 women, took part in 130 events in 17 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The Rome Games continued Great Britain and Northern Ireland's disappointing run in the Olympics, with British athletes picking up only two gold medals (down from six in 1956). Overall, they won twenty medals, finishing twelfth.
Medallists
| Sport |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxling | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
Gold
- Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Anita Lonsbrough — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silver
- Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Carole Quinton — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Dorothy Shirley — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Allan Jay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Henry Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, and Michael Alexander — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Natalie Steward — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Bronze
- Peter Radford — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, and Neville Whitehead — Athletics, 4 × 100 m Relay
- Stan Vickers — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Richard McTaggart — Boxing, Lightweight
- Jimmy Lloyd — Boxing, Welterweight
- William Fisher — Boxing, Light Middleweight
- Brian Phelps — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
- Elizabeth Ferris — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
- David Broome and Sunsalve — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Natalie Steward — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
- Louis Martin — Weightlifting, Middle-heavyweight
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualifying Round — 63.21 m
- Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put
- Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960.
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
Football
Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The National Coach to the British Gymnastics team was Frank Turner, who had competed as a gymnast in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1960.
- Individual
- Team
- Patrick Harvey
- Donald Cobley
- Peter Little
Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Single scull - Sidney Rand - unplaced
- Double scull - Nicholas Birkmyre, George Justicz - unplaced
- Coxless pair - R J Nicholson, C L Marshall - unplaced
- Coxed pair - S Farquharson, J R Reeves, K Lester
- Coxless four - C G V Davidge, J M Beresford, J P C Vigurs, C F Porter - Fifth
- Coxed four - S C Crosse, Richard Knight, J M Russell, J Tilbury, T H Rosslyn-Smith - unplaced
- Eight - R C I Bate, R L S Fishlock, J R Chester, A T Lindsay, I L Elliott, G V Cooper, D W Shaw, C M Davis, P J Reynolds (cox)
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Ten shooters represented Great Britain in 1960.
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
See also
References
- ↑ "Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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