1960 Summer Olympics
Games of the XVII Olympiad, in Rome, Italy
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held at Rome in Italy.[3] Rome had been awarded the 1908 Summer Olympics. However, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, London became the host.
| Host city | Rome, Lazio, Italy [1] | ||
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| Nations | 83 | ||
| Athletes | 5,338 (4,727 men, 611 women) | ||
| Events | 150 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 25 August | ||
| Closing | 11 September | ||
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| Cauldron | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Olimpico | ||
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CBS paid $394,000 for the right to broadcast the Games in the United States.[4]
Host
changeRome was chosen as the host of the 1960 Summer Olympics in 1955. Other cities that could have hosted the Olympics were:
Brussels, Belgium
Budapest, Hungary
Detroit, United States
Lausanne, Switzerland
Mexico City, Mexico
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo would later host the 1964 Summer Olympics, and Mexico City would later host the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Participating nations
changeA total of 67 nations sent athletes to compete at the Melbourne games.[5]
Related pages
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changeReferences
change- ↑ Italy is a devolved state since 1948.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1960 Rome Summer Games"[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Museum of Broadcast Communication (MBC), "Olympics and Television" Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, Suriname and Tunisia.
- ↑ Athletes from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago had joined together as the new (British) West Indies Federation; and they competed as "Antilles". This was unique in the 1960 Olympiad.
- ↑ Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as the United Team of Germany.
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