1960 Summer Olympics medal table

The 1960 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy from August 25 to September 11, 1960. A total of 5,338 athletes from 83 countries participated in these Games, competing in 150 events in 17 sports.cite web | title = Rome–XIX Olympic Winter Games| publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1960 | accessdate = 2008-05-08]

Athletes from 44 countries won at least one medal, leaving 39 countries in blank in the medal table. The Soviet Union was the country which conquered the highest number of gold medals (43), silver medals (29), bronze medals (31) and overall medals (103). British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore won the first medals in their Olympic history. [cite web | title = Olympic Medal Winners–Database Search| publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | accessdate = 2008-05-11] cite book |title=Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Official Report, Volume II Results |publisher=Carlo Colombo Publisher |location=Rome |year=1962 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-05-11]

Medal table

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee,cite web| title = Rome 1960–Medal Table | publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1960| accessdate = 2008-05-08] although that organization does not officially recognize global ranking per country.

The countries are ranked by the number of gold medals won by the athletes of that country. If countries are tied, first the number of silver medals is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

A total of 150 events in 17 sports were awarded in Rome. [cite web | title = Rome 1960–Sports on the program | publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/programme_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1960| accessdate = 2008-05-11] In gymnastics, two extra gold medals were awarded in the men's pommel horse and long horse vault events because of ties and more bronze medal was awarded in the Rings event. Because of this, two less silver medals were awarded, but an extra silver was awarded in the women's high jump. In the boxing events, two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class, so the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold and silver medals. [cite book |title=Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Official Report, Volume II Results |publisher=Carlo Colombo Publisher |location=Rome |year=1962 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-05-11|pages=pp. 1027-1028]

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