1960 Summer Olympics medal table

1960 Summer Olympics medals
LocationRome,  Italy
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (43)
Most total medals Soviet Union (103)
Medalling NOCs44
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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.[1]

Athletes from 44 countries won at least one medal, leaving 39 countries in blank in the medal table. The Soviet Union won the most gold (43) and overall medals (103). British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore won the first medals in their Olympic history.[2][3]

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  2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners–Database Search". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  3. ^ Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Official Report, Volume II Results (PDF). Rome: Carlo Colombo Publisher. 1962. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.