Wikipedia:Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | ||||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Richard McTaggart | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 12 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 12 |
Total 20 |
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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.
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Medallists
Gold
- Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km 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 20 km 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
Results by event
Athletics
Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualifying Round — 63.21 m
- Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put
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- Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Rowing
- Single scull - Sidney Rand - unplaced
- Double scull - Nicholas Birkmyre, George Justicz - unplaced
- Coxless pair - R J Nicholson, C L Marshall - unplaced
- Coxed pair - S Farquharson, J R Reeves, K Lester
- Coxless four - C G V Davidge, J M Beresford, J P C Vigurs, C F Porter - Fifth
- Coxed four - S C Crosse, Richard Knight, J M Russell, J Tilbury, T H Rosslyn-Smith - unplaced
- Eight - J R Chester, G V Cooper, C M Davis, I L Elliott, R C I Bate, R L S Fishlock, D W Shaw P J Reynolds
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