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.
Host | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Dates |
XVII 1960 Rome | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 Aug – 11 Sep |
The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.
1960 Rome Italy | |||
Sport | Event | Competitors | |
1st | Athletics | Men’s 1500metres | Herb Elliott |
1st | Equestrian | 3-day event individual competition | Lawrence Morgan |
1st | Equestrian | 3-day event team competition | Lawrence Morgan, Bill Roycroft, Neale Lavis |
1st | Swimming | Women’s 100m freestyle | Dawn Fraser |
1st | Swimming | Men’s 100m backstroke | David Theile |
1st | Swimming | Men’s 100m freestyle | John Devitt |
1st | Swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle | Murray Rose |
1st | Swimming | Men’s 1500m freestyle | John Konrads |
2nd | Athletics | Women’s 800m | Brenda Jones |
2nd | Athletics | Men’s 20 km walk | Noel Freeman |
2nd | Equestrian | 3-day event individual competition | Neale Lavis |
2nd | Swimming | Women’s 4x100m medley relay | Dawn Fraser, Janice Andrew, Marilyn Wilson, Rosemary Lassig |
2nd | Swimming | Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay | Dawn Fraser, Alva Colquhoun, Lorraine Crapp, Ilsa Konrads |
2nd | Swimming | Men’s 200m butterfly | Neville Hayes |
2nd | Swimming | Men’s 1500m freestyle | Murray Rose |
2nd | Swimming | Men’s 4x100m medley relay | Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, David Theile, Geoffrey Shipton |
3rd | Athletics | Men’s 10,000m | David Power |
3rd | Boxing | Men’s bantamweight | Oliver Taylor |
3rd | Boxing | Men’s light heavyweight | Tony Madigan |
3rd | Swimming | Women’s 100m butterfly | Janice Andrew |
3rd | Swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle | John Konrads |
3rd | Swimming | Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay | Murray Rose, John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads |