Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 253 in 17 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Richard McTaggart | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 12 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 12 |
Total 20 |
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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.
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[edit] Medallists
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Gold
- Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Anita Lonsbrough — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
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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
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Bronze
- Peter Radford — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, and Neville Whitehead — Athletics, 4x100m 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
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualifying Round — 63.21 m
- Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put
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- Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] 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)
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1960/. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
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