Dec 062022
Australia at 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games

Australia sent 189 athletes (160 men and 29 women) to the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. They competed in 122 events in 17 Olympic sports. Australian athletes have competed in all of the Summer Olympic Games since the games started.

In Equestrian Laurie Morgan won 2 gold and Neale Lavis won 1 gold, 1 silver medals. In Swimming Dawn Fraser won 1 gold, 2 silver and Murray Rose won 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, and John Konrads won 1 gold, 2 bronze medals.

Iam Johnston was the youngest athlete for Australia (13 years 75 days) and Harold Brooke oldest (61 years 28 days). The Roma Summer Games had 5,351 athletes (4,738 men and 613 women) from 83 countries.

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XVII 1960    Rome88625 Aug – 11 Sep

The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.

1960 Rome Italy
 SportEventCompetitors
1stAthleticsMen’s 1500metresHerb Elliott
1stEquestrian3-day event individual competitionLawrence Morgan
1stEquestrian3-day event team competitionLawrence Morgan, Bill Roycroft, Neale Lavis
1stSwimmingWomen’s 100m freestyleDawn Fraser
1stSwimmingMen’s 100m backstrokeDavid Theile
1stSwimmingMen’s 100m freestyleJohn Devitt
1stSwimmingMen’s 400m freestyleMurray Rose
1stSwimmingMen’s 1500m freestyleJohn Konrads
2ndAthleticsWomen’s 800mBrenda Jones
2ndAthleticsMen’s 20 km walkNoel Freeman
2ndEquestrian3-day event individual competitionNeale Lavis
2ndSwimmingWomen’s 4x100m medley relayDawn Fraser, Janice Andrew, Marilyn Wilson, Rosemary Lassig
2ndSwimmingWomen’s 4x100m freestyle relayDawn Fraser, Alva Colquhoun, Lorraine Crapp, Ilsa Konrads
2ndSwimmingMen’s 200m butterflyNeville Hayes
2ndSwimmingMen’s 1500m freestyleMurray Rose
2ndSwimmingMen’s 4x100m medley relayTerry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, David Theile, Geoffrey Shipton
3rdAthleticsMen’s 10,000mDavid Power
3rdBoxingMen’s bantamweightOliver Taylor
3rdBoxingMen’s light heavyweightTony Madigan
3rdSwimmingWomen’s 100m butterflyJanice Andrew
3rdSwimmingMen’s 400m freestyleJohn Konrads
3rdSwimmingMen’s 4x200m freestyle relayMurray Rose, John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads
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