Australia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1960 Summer
competitors=214 (184 men, 30 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Alex Sturrock (opening)
gold=8
silver=8
bronze=6
total=22
rank=5

Australia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold

* Herb Elliott — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres

* Lawrence Morgan — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition

* Lawrence Morgan, Neal Lavis and Bill Roycroft — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition

* John Devitt — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

* John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* David Theile — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

Silver

* Noel Freeman — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

* Brenda Jones — Athletics, Women's 800 metres

* Neal Lavis — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition

* Neville Hayes — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* Janice Andrew, Dawn Fraser, Rosemary Lassig, and Marilyn Wilson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

* Alva Colquhuon, Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp, and Ilsa Konrads — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

* Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, Geoffrey Shipton, and David Theile — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Bronze

* David Power — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres

* Oliver Taylor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

* Tony Madigan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

* John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Janice Andrew — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly

* John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads, and Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Results by event

=Athletics=

Women's 800 metres
*Dixie Willis :* Heat — 2:05.9:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

References

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