Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Great Britain
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
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, 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
Athletics
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
Canoeing
Cycling
12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960.
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
Football
Gymnastics
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
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1960.
- Individual
- Team
- Patrick Harvey
- Donald Cobley
- Peter Little
Rowing
- 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
Shooting
Ten shooters represented Great Britain in 1960.
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
References
- ^ "Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.