The

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tournament at the

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was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout

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. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from four continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a

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. At the end of the group stage, the first-ranked teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, and culminating with the gold medal match in

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on 10 September 1960.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the tournament.

Venues

Medalists

Qualification

Squads

First round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

Semi-final bracket

Goal scorers

With seven goals, Milan Galić of Yugoslavia is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 120 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. ;7 goals *

Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...

(Yugoslavia) ;6 goals *

Bora Kostić Borivoje "Bora" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, ; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was w ...

(Yugoslavia) ;5 goals *

Harald Nielsen Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer who played as a forward. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (''capocannoniere'') in Bologna's 1964 Ser ...

(Denmark) *

Flórián Albert Flórián Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and h ...

(Hungary) *

János Dunai János Dunai (born 26 July 1937) was a former Hungarian footballer. He was with the bronze medal winning Hungary national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the R ...

(Hungary) *

János Göröcs János Göröcs (8 May 1939 – 23 February 2020) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the club Újpesti Dózsa as a striker and a midfielder, and later for Tatabányai Bányász. He played 62 games and scored 19 goals for the Hung ...

(Hungary) *

Ernest Pohl Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish football player. He was born in Ruda (now Ruda Śląska), Poland and died in Hausach, Germany. Career Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for Pola ...

(Poland) ;4 goals * Juan Carlos Oleniak (Argentina) *

Gérson Gérson de Oliveira Nunes, generally known as Gérson (; born 11 January 1941 in Niterói), nicknamed ''Canhotinha de ouro'' (literally: Golden left foot), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous ...

(Brazil) *

Bobby Brown Robert Barisford Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started h ...

(Great Britain) *

Giorgio Rossano Giorgio Rossano (20 March 1939 – 13 February 2016) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Honours Club ;Juventus * Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TI ...

(Italy) ;3 goals *

Todor Diev Todor Nedyalkov Diev ( bg, Тодор Недялков Диев) (28 January 1934 – 6 January 1995) was a Bulgarian footballer, part of the Bulgarian squad that won the bronze medals in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Career Diev began ...

(Bulgaria) *

Gianni Rivera Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera (; born 18 August 1943) is an Italian politician and former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career as a footballer he was mostly utilised as an attacking midfielder. Dubbed Italy's "Golden Boy" by the ...

(Italy) ;2 goals * José Ricardo da Silva (Brazil) * Roberto Dias (Brazil) * Spiro Debarski (Bulgaria) *

Flemming Nielsen Flemming Gert Nielsen, known simply as Flemming Nielsen, (24 February 1934 – 16 November 2018) was a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer O ...

(Denmark) * Paddy Hasty (Great Britain) * Jim Lewis (Great Britain) *

Tulsidas Balaram Tulsidas Balaram (born 30 November 1936), also known as Tulsidas Balaraman, is a retired association football, footballer from India who had represented the country in international competitions including the Olympic Games. He is widely regarded ...

(India) * Ugo Tomeazzi (Italy) * Nicolas Nieri (Peru) * Alberto Ramírez (Peru) * Chuk Yin Yiu (Republic of China) * Brahim Kerrit (Tunisia) *

Raafat Attia Raafat Attia ( ar, رأفت عطية, 6 February 1934 – 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a forward for Al Ittihad Alexandria and Zamalek. He also managed Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda in 1976. He also played for the ...

(United Arab Republic) * Samir Qotb (United Arab Republic) *

Tomislav Knez Tomislav Knez (born 9 June 1938 in Banja Luka) is a former footballer from Yugoslavia. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During his club career he played for Borac Banja Luka, NK Dinamo Zagreb, SV Schw ...

(Yugoslavia) ;1 goal *

Carlos Bilardo Carlos Salvador Bilardo Digiano (born 16 March 1938) is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager. Bilardo achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata in the 1960s, and as the manager of the Argentina ...

(Argentina) * Raúl Adolfo Pérez (Argentina) * Waldir (Brazil) *

Luiz Machado da Silva Wanderley Machado da Silva (3 June 1938 – 5 March 2020), known simply as Wanderley, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Wanderley began his career at CR Vasco da Gama. Profiting ...

(Brazil) * Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria) * Georgi Naidenov Yordanov (Bulgaria) *

Henning Enoksen Henning Enoksen (26 September 1935 – 25 September 2016) was a Danish footballer, who most prominently won a silver medal with the Denmark national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played a total of 54 national team games and scored 29 goa ...

(Denmark) * Poul Pedersen (Denmark) *

Jørn Sørensen Jørn Sørensen (born 17 October 1936) is a retired Danish association football striker. He played 31 games and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He started his career wi ...

(Denmark) * Gérard Coinçon (France) * André Giamarchi (France) * Yvon Quédec (France) *

Pál Orosz Pal Orosz (25 January 1934 – 12 May 2014) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for Hungarian National Olympic Football Team during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where they won the bronze medal. Orosz died in Budapest, Hungary, from c ...

(Hungary) *

Gyula Rákosi Gyula Rákosi (born 9 October 1938) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. He earned 41 caps and scored 4 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1960 to 1968, and participated in ...

(Hungary) *

Pradip Kumar Banerjee Pradip Kumar Banerjee (23 June 1936 – 20 March 2020) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a striker for the India national football team. He also captained the national team and later on became the coach of the national ...

(India) * Giovanni Fanello (Italy) *

Paride Tumburus Paride Tumburus (; 8 March 1939 – 23 October 2015) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Aquileia, Tumburus played club football for Bologna F.C. 1909 and Vicenza Calcio, before retiring after a season with R ...

(Italy) * Thomas Iwasaki (Peru) *

Ángel Uribe Ángel Uribe Sánchez, (25 November 1938 in Ancón, Lima – 17 October 2008 in Ancón Lima) was a football forward player from Peru who played his entire club career for Universitario de Deportes. Uribe also played for the Peru national team o ...

(Peru) * Zygmunt Gadecki (Poland) *

Stanisław Hachorek Stanisław Marian Hachorek (21 January 1927 in Czeladź – 24 October 1988 in Warsaw), was a Polish football player and coach. Hachorek, who began playing football in 1945 in CKS Czeladz, spent best years of his career in Gwardia Warszawa, ...

(Poland) *

Mok Chun-wah Mok Chun Wah (also transliterated as Mok Chun Wa, born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer. Born in British Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents, Mok represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional car ...

(Republic of China) * Mancef Cherif (Tunisia) *

Uğur Köken Uğur Köken (born November 28, 1937) is the former left wide midfielder of Galatasaray. He played at Galatasaray between 1955 and 1973 and was capped 12 times for Turkey, He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Honours ...

(Turkey) * Bilge Tahran (Turkey) * Ibrahim Yalcinkaya (Turkey) *

Željko Matuš Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Club career During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC ...

(Yugoslavia) ;Own goals * El Sayed Rifai (United Arab Republic; playing against Yugoslavia)

Final ranking

References

External links

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