1960 Summer Olympics
| Host city | Rome, Lazio, Italy [1] | ||
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| Nations | 83 | ||
| Athletes | 5,338 (4,727 men, 611 women) | ||
| Events | 150 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 25 August | ||
| Closing | 11 September | ||
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| Cauldron | Giancarlo Peris[2] | ||
| Stadium | Stadio Olimpico | ||
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The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held at Rome in Italy.[3] Rome had been awarded the 1908 Summer Olympics. However, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, London became the host.
CBS paid $394,000 for the right to broadcast the Games in the United States.[4]
Host
Rome was chosen as the host of the 1960 Summer Olympics in 1955. Other cities that could have hosted the Olympics were:
- Brussels, Belgium
- Budapest, Hungary
- Detroit, United States
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo would later host the 1964 Summer Olympics, and Mexico City would later host the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Participating nations
A total of 67 nations sent athletes to compete at the Melbourne games.[5]
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References
- ↑ Italy is a devolved state since 1948.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1960 Rome Summer Games"; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Museum of Broadcast Communication (MBC), "Olympics and Television" Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-25.
- ↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, Suriname and Tunisia.
- ↑ Athletes from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago had joined together as the new (British) West Indies Federation; and they competed as "Antilles". This was unique in the 1960 Olympiad.
- ↑ Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as the United Team of Germany.
Other websites
Media related to 1960 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons