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Host City: Roma, Italy (August 25, 1960 to September 11, 1960)
Opening Ceremony: August 25, 1960 (opened by President Giovanni Gronchi)
Taker of the Olympic Oath: Adolfo Consolini (athlete)
Closing Ceremony: September 11, 1960
Events: 150 in 19 sports
Participants: 5,351 (4,738 men and 613 women) from 83 countries
Youngest Participant: Luciana Marcellini (12 years, 228 days)
Oldest Participant: Lilian Williams (65 years, 88 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): Borys Shakhlin (7 medals)
Most Medals (Country): Soviet Union (103 medals)
Rome was awarded the [1908 Olympics] but eventually turned them down after Mt. Vesuvius erupted and the Italian government claimed it needed money to rebuild the cities affected by that disaster. Fifty-two years later the Olympics would return to the eternal city. Never before, and possibly never again, were the ancient and modern civilizations so intertwined at an Olympics. The 1960 Olympics were a wonder. In an Olympic world that was becoming more and more involved in political problems, the Rome Olympics were almost entirely devoid of controversy and politics.
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Rk | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 43 | 29 | 31 | 103 |
2 | United States | 34 | 21 | 16 | 71 |
3 | Germany | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 |
4 | Italy | 13 | 10 | 13 | 36 |
5 | Australia | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
6 | Hungary | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
7 | Poland | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
8 | Great Britain | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
9 | Japan | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
10 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
11 | Turkey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
13 | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
14 | Denmark | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
15 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
16 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
17 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
18 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
19 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
21 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
22 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
23 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
24 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
25 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27 | United Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
28 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
30 | West Indies Federation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
33 | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
34 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
36 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
37 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
38 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
39 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
40 | Ghana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
41 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
42 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
43 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
44 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |