Olympic Games - 1960 Rome

The 1960 Olympics, the XVII Olympiad was awarded to Rome in 1955 to beat out Lausanne, Detroit, Budapest, Brussels, Mexico City and Tokyo. There were 5,338 athletes (4,727 men and 611 women) competing in 150 events in 17 sports. It is remembered for performances from Wilma Rudolph, Abebe Bikila, Casius Clay, Herb Elliot and Rafer Johnson. South Africa appeared for the last time under its apartheid regime and Singapore competed for the first time under its own flag

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Olympic Gold Medals

Al Oerter won the third of his four Olympic gold medals for the discus in Tokyo in 1964. Six days before competition, he tore rib cartilage when he slipped on a wet concrete throwing area, causing internal bleeding and severe pain. He ignored medical advice not to compete and won with a then Olympic record of 200 feet, 1 inch.

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Dawn Fraser won the second of her three Olympic Gold medals for the 100 metres freestyle at Rome in 1960

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John Konrads swimming for Australia won the 1500 metres freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics

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Murray Rose swimming for Australia won the 400 metres freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics

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Inspirational Moments: Olympic celebrations

John Konrads of Australia celebrates after winning the mens 1500m freestyle during the 1960 Rome Olympics. In his career, he set 26 individual world records.

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John Devitt swimming for Australia won the 100 metres freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathlon champion

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American athlete Rafer Johnson defeated his rival and friend CK Yang in Rome in 1960 in one of the greatest decathlon events in Olympic history

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UCLA teammates-turned-Olympic rivals Rafer Johnson of the U.S. and C.K. Yang of Nationalist China work out in Rome in preparation for the 1960 decathlon

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Al Oerter won the discus at the 1960 Rome Olympics, the second of four successive Olympic victories

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Olympic Games - 1960 Rome