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, represented by the

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(BOA), competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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. 253 competitors, 206 men and 47 women, took part in 130 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

. The Rome Games continued Great Britain and Northern Ireland's disappointing run in the Olympics, with British athletes picking up only two gold medals (down from six in

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

). Overall, they won twenty medals, finishing twelfth.

Medallists

Gold

* Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk *

Anita Lonsbrough Anita Lonsbrough, (born 10 August 1941 in York), later known by her married name Anita Porter, is a former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Swimming career At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealt ...

— Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke

Silver

Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 ...

— Athletics, Women's 100 metres *

Carole Quinton Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is a female former English track and field athlete, who won silver medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958 European Athletics Championships and 1960 Summer Olympics. Athletics ca ...

— Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles *

Dorothy Shirley Dorothy Ada Emerson (née Shirley) (born 15 May 1939 in Manchester, Great Britain) is a Great Britain, British athlete, who mainly competed in the women's high jump event. Athletics career She competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olym ...

— Athletics, Women's High Jump *

Allan Jay Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) is a British former five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion. Early life Jay was born in London, England, and is Jewish. His father died fighting in World War II in 1943. He a ...

— Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *

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, John Pelling,

Henry Hoskyns Henry William Furse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games., Fencing career Hoskyns, born in London won two silver medals in 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. No British fence ...

Raymond Harrison Raymond Harrison (4 August 1929 – 2000) was a British fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of t ...

, and Michael Alexander — Fencing, Men's Épée Team *

Natalie Steward Natalie Alwyne Steward (born 30 April 1943) is a former British Olympic swimmer. Swimming career Although Steward was born in Pretoria, South Africa, her family would later move to Bulawayo, Northern Rhodesia, for whom she would compete for at ...

— Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Bronze

* Peter Radford — Athletics, Men's 100 metres * Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, and Neville Whitehead — Athletics, 4 × 100 m Relay * Stan Vickers — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk *

— Athletics, Women's 200 metres * Richard McTaggart — Boxing, Lightweight * Jimmy Lloyd — Boxing, Welterweight * William Fisher — Boxing, Light Middleweight * Brian Phelps — Diving, Men's 10m Platform * Elizabeth Ferris — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard * David Broome and Sunsalve — Equestrian, Jumping Individual *

— Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle * Louis Martin — Weightlifting, Middle-heavyweight

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw * Mike Ellis :* Qualifying Round — 63.21 m :* Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place) Women's Discus Throw *

Suzanne Allday Suzanne Allday-Goodison (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English female discus thrower and shot putter. She was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Athletics career She represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1952, 1 ...

:* Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's Shot Put *

:* Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960. ; Individual road race * Jim Hinds *

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* Ken Laidlaw ;

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* Jim Hinds * Ken Laidlaw ; Sprint *

Lloyd Binch Lloyd Binch (28 March 1931 – 15 December 2016) was a British cyclist. Career He competed in the sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also represented England and won a bronze medal in the 1,000m match sprint at the 1958 British E ...

Karl Barton Karl E J Barton (born 17 July 1937) is a British former cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also represented England and won a silver medal in the Track 1,000m Match Sprint at the 1958 British Empire ...

; 1000m time trial *

;

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* David Handley * Eric Thompson ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

Barry Hoban Barry Hoban (born 5 February 1940) is a former English professional cyclist who rode during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He formerly held the record for the most stage wins in the Tour de France by a British rider, winning eight between 1967 ...

* Mike Gambrill *

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* Joseph McClean

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960. ; Men's foil * Bill Hoskyns *

* Ralph Cooperman ; Men's team foil * Bill Hoskyns,

, Ralph Cooperman, Angus McKenzie,

René Paul Ronald René Charles Paul (20 January 1921 – 16 June 2008) was a British fencer. Fencing career He competed at four Olympic Games and won ten Commonwealth Games medals. He represented England and won two gold medals in the foil individu ...

; Men's épée *

* Bill Hoskyns * John Pelling ; Men's team épée *

, John Pelling, Bill Hoskyns,

, Michael Alexander ; Men's sabre * Alexander Leckie * Ralph Cooperman * Michael Amberg ; Men's team sabre * Ralph Cooperman, Michael Amberg, Alexander Leckie, Michael Straus, Donald Stringer ; Women's foil * Gillian Sheen * Margaret Stafford * Mary Glen-Haig ; Women's team foil * Gillian Sheen, Jeannette Bailey, Shirley Netherway, Mary Glen-Haig

Football

Gymnastics

The National Coach to the British Gymnastics team was

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, who had competed as a gymnast in the 1948,

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and 1956 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1960. ;Individual * Patrick Harvey * Donald Cobley * Peter Little ;Team * Patrick Harvey * Donald Cobley * Peter Little

Rowing

England had 26 male rowers participate in all seven

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events in 1960. ; Men's single sculls - unplaced * Sidney Rand ; Men's double sculls - unplaced * Nicholas Birkmyre *

George Justicz George C. Justicz (born 27 February 1931) is a former rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Olympic games and won Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta four times and the Wingfield Sculls. Biography Justicz was born in ...

; Men's coxless pair - unplaced * Richard Nicholson * Clive Marshall ; Men's coxed pair - unplaced * Stewart Farquharson * Jeffrey Reeves * Ken Lester (cox) ; Men's coxless four - Fifth *

Christopher Davidge Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, of Little Houghton House, OBE DL (5 November 1929 – 22 December 2014) was a British rower who competed in the Summer Olympics three times in 1952, 1956 and 1960 and won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta ...

* Michael Beresford * Colin Porter * John Vigurs ; Men's coxed four - unplaced * Simon Crosse * Richard Knight * John M. Russell *

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* Terrence Rosslyn-Smith (cox) ; Men's eight - unplaced * Richard Bate * John Chester * Michael Davis * Ian Elliott * Richard Fishlock * Alexander Lindsay * Graham Cooper * Donald Shaw * Peter Reynolds (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Great Britain in 1960. ; 25 m pistol * Tony Clark * Robert Hassell ;

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* John Tomlinson * Frank Dobson ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Derek Robinson * Steffen Cranmer ; 50 m rifle, prone * Arthur Skinner * William Godwin ;

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* Joe Wheater * Victor Huthart

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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