At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries.
Host stadium (shown in 2024)
3000 m steeplechase final. Sokolov (#570, URS) is in the lead, chased by Roelants (#242, BEL), Rzhishchin (#568, URS) and Konov (URS). Jones (#420, USA) is on the left
The men's 100 metres was an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. The competition was held at the Olympic Stadium on 31 August and 1 September. Sixty-five competitors from 48 nations enter
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
…Olympic records and 4 new world records were set in the athletics events. Men's Olympic and world records Event Date Round Name Nationality Result OR WR 100 metres August 31 Final Armin Hary United Team of Germany 10.2 s OR 200 metres September 3 Semi-Final Livio Berruti Italy 20.5 s OR 400 metres September 6 Final…
100 m final, left-right: Armin Hary, Peter Radford, Enrique Figuerola, Ray Norton, Frank Budd, Dave Sime