Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=1960 Summer
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flagbearer= Richard McTaggart
gold=2
silver=6
bronze=12
total=20
rank=12

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 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 50km 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
*Stanley Vickers — Athletics, Men's 20km 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