Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 253 competitors, 206 men and 47 women, took part in 130 events in 17 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
| Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in Rome | |
| Competitors | 253 (206 men and 47 women) in 17 sports |
| Flag bearer | Richard McTaggart |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
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). Overall, they won twenty medals, finishing twelfth.
Shortly after the games, rumours circulated from several teams that the British team had fielded competitors in their women's Athletics team who had male characteristics. The allegations were instantly dismissed by the British team. However, a report was issued the following year by British professor, Thomas Jeffcote, who claimed that two of the British team were intersex. Neither was named but he stated one was twenty years old while the other was a teenage 100 yard sprinter. He further claimed her Athletic ability deteriorated rapidly after undergoing an operation in 1961. [2]
Medallists
| Sport |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
Gold
- Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Anita Lonsbrough — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silver
- Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Carole Quinton — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Dorothy Shirley — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Allan Jay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Henry Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, and Michael Alexander — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Natalie Steward — 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
- Dorothy Hyman — 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
- Natalie Steward — 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
- Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put
- Suzanne Allday
- Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Boxing
Cycling
12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960.
- Individual road race
- Jim Hinds
- Bill Bradley
- William Holmes
- Ken Laidlaw
- Team time trial
- Bill Bradley
- William Holmes
- Jim Hinds
- Ken Laidlaw
- Sprint
- Lloyd Binch
- Karl Barton
- 1000m time trial
- Karl Barton
- Tandem
- David Handley
- Eric Thompson
- Team pursuit
- Barry Hoban
- Mike Gambrill
- Charlie McCoy
- Joseph McClean
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
- Men's foil
- Bill Hoskyns
- Allan Jay
- Ralph Cooperman
- Men's team foil
- Bill Hoskyns, Allan Jay, Ralph Cooperman, Angus McKenzie, René Paul
- Men's épée
- Allan Jay
- Bill Hoskyns
- John Pelling
- Men's team épée
- Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Bill Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, 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 Frank Turner, who had competed as a gymnast in the 1948, 1952 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 rowing events in 1960.[3]
- Men's single sculls - unplaced
- Sidney Rand
- Men's double sculls - unplaced
- Nicholas Birkmyre
- George Justicz
- 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
- Michael Beresford
- Colin Porter
- John Vigurs
- Men's coxed four - unplaced
- Simon Crosse
- Richard Knight
- John M. Russell
- John Tilbury
- 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
- 50 m pistol
- John Tomlinson
- Frank Dobson
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- Derek Robinson
- Steffen Cranmer
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Arthur Skinner
- William Godwin
- Trap
- Joe Wheater
- Victor Huthart
Swimming
Wrestling
See also
- Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
References
- "Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- Daily Mirror, 5th November 1961, page 7, column 1, Girl Athletics: A sensational report
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.