1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Burma)
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Burma took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with a delegation of ten male athletes in nine competitions in five sports.
The youngest athlete was the boxer Than Tun (19 years and 109 days), the oldest athlete was the sailor Gyi Khin Pe (44 years and 52 days). It was the fourth Summer Olympics for the country.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Hla Nyunt
- Flyweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: points victory against Börje Karvonen from Finland (298: 288 - 58:59, 60:57, 60:57, 60:58, 60:57)
- Round three: loss to Humberto Barrera from the United States of America on points (293: 296 - 58:59, 60:58, 57:60, 60:59, 58:60)
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Than Do
- Featherweight
- Rank 17
- Round one: loss to William Meyers from South Africa on points (281: 299 - 54:60, 57:60, 57:60, 57:59, 56:60)
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Thein Myint
- Bantamweight
- Fifth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: points victory against Charles Reiff from Luxembourg (300: 278 - 60:55, 60:56, 60:55, 60:56, 60:56)
- Round three: Victory against Muhammad Nasir from Pakistan on points (297: 288 - 60:58, 60:55, 58:58, 60:59, 59:58)
Weightlifting
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Nile Tun Maung
- lightweight
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
- Military press: 117.5 kg, second place
- Tear: not a valid attempt
- Push: not started
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Do Maung Kywe
- Featherweight
- Final: 327.5 kg, seventh place
- Military press: 100.0 kg, seventh place
- Tear: 100.0 kg, seventh place
- Push: 127.5 kg, tenth place
athletics
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Myitung Naw
- marathon
- Final: 2: 28: 17.0 hours, rank 27
swim
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Tin Maung Ni
- 1,500 meters freestyle
- Round one: eliminated in round two (fifth place), 19: 09.8 minutes
sailing
Flying Dutchman
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Results
- Final: 985 points, rank 29
- Race one: 161 points, 2:45:53 hours, 27th place
- Race two: 161 points, 2:46:05 hours, 27th place
- Race three: 145 points, 2:25:23 hours, 28th place
- Race four: 161 points, 2:59:11 hours, 27th place
- Race five: 212 points, 2:24:02 hours, 24th place
- Race six: Race not started
- Race seven: 145 points, 2:27:04 hours, 28th place
- Final: 985 points, rank 29
- team
singles
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Lwin U Maung Maung
- Finn dinghy
- Final: 1,456 points, rank 30
- Race one: 214 points, 1:54:34 hours, 27th place
- Race two: 283 points, 2:09:43 hours, 23rd place
- Race three: 168 points, 1:53:49 hours, 30th place
- Race four: 114 points, 2:23:42 hours, 34th place
- Race five: 154 points, 1:59:54 hours, 31st place
- Race six: 168 points, 2:05:10 hours, 30th place
- Race seven: 469 points, 1:54:17 hours, 15th place
Web links
- Burmese Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )