Rome 1960

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

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

The Logo

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.

Historic Moments

• British West Indies, Republic of China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, and Singapore

Medals

1. Soviet Union 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 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

A gold medal from the roman games

The torch from the roman games

A poster promoting Rome's olympic games