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Rome was the host for the XVI summer olympic games. This was the[[File:Olympic_logo_1960.png|thumb|Rome Logo]] second time Italy hosted the Olympics but the first time they had hosted the summer olympics.
 
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Rome was the host for the XVI summer olympic games. This was the[[File:Olympic_logo_1960.png|thumb|Rome Logo]] second time Italy hosted the Olympics but the first time they had hosted the summer olympics. The first being the [[1956 Winter Olympic Games]] in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy would later host the [[2006 Winter Olympic Games]] in Torino
   
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==The Logo==
 
Rome had a rather strange logo for their Olympics. It depicts a female roman wolf, nursing the two young two brothers Remus and Romulus, who were said to have founded the city of Rome. Underneath them is '1960' spelled out in roman numerals.
   
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==Historic Moments==
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*British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore make their olympic debuts.
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*The Rome Olympics were the first games shown on television.
   
==The Logo==
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==Medals==
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#[[Soviet Union]] (Russia , Ukraine and more) 43 Gold, 29 Silver and 31 Bronze. 103 Total
Rome had a rather strage logo for their olympics. It depicts a female roman wolf who is feeding the two young two brothers Remus and Romulus who were said to have founded the city of rome. Underneath them is 1960 spelled out in roman numerals.<gallery widths="120">
 
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#[[United States]] 34 Gold, 21 Silver and 16 Bronze. 71 Total
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#[[United Team of Germany|Unified Germany]] 12 Gold, 19 Silver and 11 Bronze. 42 Total
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#[[Italy]] 13 Gold, 10 Silver and 13 Bronze. 36 Total
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#[[Australia]] 8 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze. 22 Total
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#[[Hungary]] 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 7 Bronze. 21 Total
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#[[Poland]] 4 Gold, 6 Silver and 11 Bronze. 21 Total
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#[[Great Britain]] 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 12 Bronze. 20 Total.
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#[[Japan]] 4 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze. 18 Total
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#[[Romania]] 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze. 10 Total
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#[[Turkey]] 7 Gold and 2 Silver. 9 Total
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#[[Czechoslovakia]]( Czech Republic and Slovakia ) 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 8 Total
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#[[Bulgaria]] 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze. 7 Total
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#[[Denmark]] 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze. 6 Total
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#[[Sweden]] 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total
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#[[Switzerland]] 3 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total
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#[[Finland]] 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total
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#[[France]] 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total
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#[[Belgium]] 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. 4 Total
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#[[Iran]] 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 4 Total
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#[[New Zealand]] 2 Gold and 1 Bronze. 3 Total
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#[[Netherlands]] 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total
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#[[South Africa]] 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total
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#[[Austria]] 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
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#[[Yugoslavia]] 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
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#[[Pakistan]] 1 Gold and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
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#[[Argentina ]]1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total
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#[[United Arab Republic]] ([[Egypt]]) 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total
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#[[Brazil]] 2 Bronze. 2 Total.
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#[[British West Indies]] 2 Bronze. 2 Total
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#[[Ethiopia]] 1 Gold. 1 Total.
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#[[Greece]] 1 Gold. 1 Total.
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#[[Norway]] 1 Gold. 1 Total.
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#[[Canada]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Ghana]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[India]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Morocco]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Portugal]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Singapore]] 1 Silver. 1 Total
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#[[Iraq]] 1 Bronze. 1 Total
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#[[Mexico]] 1 Bronze. 1 Total
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#[[Spain]] 1 Bronze. 1 Total
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#[[Venezuela]] 1 Bronze. 1 Total
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==Image Gallery==
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<gallery widths="120" captionalign="left">
 
2913311489 6b55642bde.jpg|A gold medal from the roman games
 
2913311489 6b55642bde.jpg|A gold medal from the roman games
 
1960 rome torch.jpg|The torch from the roman games
 
1960 rome torch.jpg|The torch from the roman games
 
rome1960.jpg|A poster promoting Rome's olympic games
 
rome1960.jpg|A poster promoting Rome's olympic games
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Rome 1960 Olympics Stadium.jpg|Rome 1960 Olympics Stadium
 
</gallery>
 
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==See Also==
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*[[Rome 1960/Logos|Logos]] - A collection of logos featuring this event.
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*[[Rome 1960/Mascots|Mascots]] - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
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*[[Rome 1960/Torch|Torch]] - Information about this Olympics' torch.
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{{Succession box| title=Olympics| before= [[Squaw Valley 1960]]| years=1960| after=[[Innsbruck 1964]]}}
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{{Succession box| title=Summer Olympics| before= [[Melbourne 1956]]| years=1960| after=[[Tokyo 1964]]}}
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{{S-end}}
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{{Olympic Games}}
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[[Category:Summer Olympic Games]]
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[[Category:Olympic Games]]
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[[Category:Summer Olympics Games in Europe]]
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[[Category:Italy]]

Revision as of 21:20, 13 February 2014

Rome was the host for the XVI summer olympic games. This was the

Olympic logo 1960

Rome Logo

second time Italy hosted the Olympics but the first time they had hosted the summer olympics. The first being the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy would later host the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino

Rome had a rather strange logo for their Olympics. It depicts a female roman wolf, nursing the two young two brothers Remus and Romulus, who were said to have founded the city of Rome. Underneath them is '1960' spelled out in roman numerals.

Historic Moments

  • British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore make their olympic debuts.
  • The Rome Olympics were the first games shown on television.

Medals

  1. Soviet Union (Russia , Ukraine and more) 43 Gold, 29 Silver and 31 Bronze. 103 Total
  2. United States 34 Gold, 21 Silver and 16 Bronze. 71 Total
  3. Unified Germany 12 Gold, 19 Silver and 11 Bronze. 42 Total
  4. Italy 13 Gold, 10 Silver and 13 Bronze. 36 Total
  5. Australia 8 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze. 22 Total
  6. Hungary 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 7 Bronze. 21 Total
  7. Poland 4 Gold, 6 Silver and 11 Bronze. 21 Total
  8. Great Britain 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 12 Bronze. 20 Total.
  9. Japan 4 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze. 18 Total
  10. Romania 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze. 10 Total
  11. Turkey 7 Gold and 2 Silver. 9 Total
  12. Czechoslovakia( Czech Republic and Slovakia ) 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 8 Total
  13. Bulgaria 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze. 7 Total
  14. Denmark 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze. 6 Total
  15. Sweden 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total
  16. Switzerland 3 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total
  17. Finland 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total
  18. France 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total
  19. Belgium 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. 4 Total
  20. Iran 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 4 Total
  21. New Zealand 2 Gold and 1 Bronze. 3 Total
  22. Netherlands 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total
  23. South Africa 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total
  24. Austria 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
  25. Yugoslavia 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
  26. Pakistan 1 Gold and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
  27. Argentina 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total
  28. United Arab Republic (Egypt) 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total
  29. Brazil 2 Bronze. 2 Total.
  30. British West Indies 2 Bronze. 2 Total
  31. Ethiopia 1 Gold. 1 Total.
  32. Greece 1 Gold. 1 Total.
  33. Norway 1 Gold. 1 Total.
  34. Canada 1 Silver. 1 Total
  35. Ghana 1 Silver. 1 Total
  36. India 1 Silver. 1 Total
  37. Morocco 1 Silver. 1 Total
  38. Portugal 1 Silver. 1 Total
  39. Republic of China (Taiwan) 1 Silver. 1 Total
  40. Singapore 1 Silver. 1 Total
  41. Iraq 1 Bronze. 1 Total
  42. Mexico 1 Bronze. 1 Total
  43. Spain 1 Bronze. 1 Total
  44. Venezuela 1 Bronze. 1 Total

Image Gallery

See Also

  • Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
  • Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
  • Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.


Preceded by
Squaw Valley 1960
Olympics
1960
Succeeded by
Innsbruck 1964
Preceded by
Melbourne 1956
Summer Olympics
1960
Succeeded by
Tokyo 1964
Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
Athens 1896Paris 1900St. Louis 1904Athens 1906 (Intercalated Games)London 1908Stockholm 1912Berlin 1916Antwerp 1920Paris 1924Amsterdam 1928Los Angeles 1932Berlin 1936London 1948Helsinki 1952Melbourne 1956Rome 1960Tokyo 1964Mexico City 1968Munich 1972Montreal 1976Moscow 1980Los Angeles 1984Seoul 1988Barcelona 1992Atlanta 1996Sydney 2000Athens 2004Beijing 2008London 2012Rio de Janeiro 2016Tokyo 2020Paris 2024Los Angeles 2028Brisbane 2032
Winter Olympic Games
Chamonix 1924St. Moritz 1928Lake Placid 1932Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936St. Moritz 1948Oslo 1952Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956Squaw Valley 1960Innsbruck 1964Grenoble 1968Sapporo 1972Innsbruck 1976Lake Placid 1980Sarajevo 1984Calgary 1988Albertville 1992Lillehammer 1994Nagano 1998Salt Lake City 2002Torino 2006Vancouver 2010Sochi 2014Pyeongchang 2018Beijing 2022Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026