1960 Summer Olympics medal table

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
LocationRome,  Italy
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (43)
Most total medals Soviet Union (103)
Medalling NOCs44
← 1956 · Olympics medal tables · 1964 →

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

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The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee,[4] although that organization does not officially recognize global ranking per country.[1]

The countries are ranked by the number of gold medals won by the athletes of that country. If countries are tied, first the number of silver medals is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

A total of 150 events in 17 sports were awarded in Rome.[5] 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.[6]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

1960 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)432931103
2  United States (USA)34211671
3  Italy (ITA)*13101336
4  United Team of Germany (EUA)12191142
5  Australia (AUS)88622
6  Turkey (TUR)7209
7  Hungary (HUN)68721
8  Japan (JPN)47718
9  Poland (POL)461121
10  Czechoslovakia (TCH)3238
11  Romania (ROU)31610
12  Great Britain (GBR)261220
13  Denmark (DEN)2316
14  New Zealand (NZL)2013
15  Bulgaria (BUL)1337
16  Sweden (SWE)1236
17  Finland (FIN)1135
18  Austria (AUT)1102
  Yugoslavia (YUG)1102
20  Pakistan (PAK)1012
21  Ethiopia (ETH)1001
  Greece (GRE)1001
  Norway (NOR)1001
24  Switzerland (SUI)0336
25  France (FRA)0235
26  Belgium (BEL)0224
27  Iran (IRI)0134
28  Netherlands (NED)0123
  South Africa (RSA)0123
30  Argentina (ARG)0112
  Egypt (EGY)0112
32  Canada (CAN)0101
  Formosa (ROC)0101
  Ghana (GHA)0101
  India (IND)0101
  Morocco (MAR)0101
  Portugal (POR)0101
  Singapore (SIN)0101
39  Brazil (BRA)0022
  British West Indies (BWI)0022
41  Iraq (IRQ)0011
  Mexico (MEX)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
  Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (44 entries)152149160461

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rome–XIX Olympic Winter Games". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners–Database Search". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Rome 1960–Medal Table". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  5. ^ "Rome 1960–Sports on the program". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  6. ^ 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.
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