Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics

This page contains a chronological summary of major events from the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

August / September	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	4 Sun	5 Mon	6 Tue	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	Events
Ceremonies	OC																	CC	N/a
Athletics							2	4	7	3		3	4	4	6		1		34
Basketball		●	●		●			●	●	●				●	●	●	1		1
Boxing	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●		10							10
Canoeing		●	●		7														7
Cycling		2	1		2	1													6
Diving		●	1		1	1	●	●	1										4
Equestrian												●	1	1	●	●	2	1	5
Fencing					●	1	●	1	1	1		●	1	●	1	1	1		8
Field hockey		●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	1
Football		●			●			●				●	●			●	1		1
Gymnastics												●	●	2	2	4	6		14
Modern pentathlon	●	●	●		●	●	2												2
Rowing						●	●	●	●	7									7
Sailing					●	●	●	●				●	●	5					5
Shooting										●		1	1	●	1	2	1		6
Swimming		●	2		1	2	2	3	2	3									15
Water polo	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	1									1
Weightlifting														2	2	2	1		7
Wrestling		●	●		●	●	8	●	●	●		●	8						16
Daily medal events		2	4	0	11	5	14	8	11	15	0	14	15	14	12	10	14	1	150
Cumulative total		2	6	6	17	22	36	44	55	70	70	84	99	113	125	135	149	150	150
August / September	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	4 Sun	5 Mon	6 Tue	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	Total events

Gold medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Cycling	100 km team time trial	Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè	Italy		^[1]
Cycling	1 km track time trial	Sante Gaiardoni	Italy	WR	^[2]

Gold medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Cycling	Tandem	Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto	Italy
Diving	Women's 3 metre springboard	Ingrid Krämer	United Team of Germany
Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	John Devitt	Australia	OR
Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	WR

Gold medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	Erik Hansen	Denmark
	Men's C-1 1000 metres	János Parti	Hungary
	Men's K-2 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius	Sweden
	Men's C-2 1000 metres	Leonid Geishtor, Sergei Makarenko	Soviet Union
	Women's K-1 500 metres	Antonina Seredina	Soviet Union
	Women's K-2 500 metres	Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina	Soviet Union
	Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres	Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke, Dieter Krause	United Team of Germany
Cycling	Team pursuit	Marino Vigna, Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto	Italy
Cycling	Sprint	Sante Gaiardoni	Italy
Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard	Gary Tobian	United States
Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	Dawn Fraser	Australia	OR

Day 1: Thu 25 August

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v t e Events at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome, Italy)
Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling
Medal table List of medalists