1960 Summer Olympics / Participants (Ceylon)
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Ceylon took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital, Rome, with a delegation of five male athletes in five competitions in four sports.
The youngest athlete was the cyclist Maurice Coomarawel (20 years and 137 days), the oldest athlete was the track and field athlete Linus Diaz (26 years and 353 days). It was the fourth Summer Olympics for the country.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Weerakoon Dharmasiri
- Welterweight
- Rank 17
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: loss to John Desmond Duguid from Australia on points (278: 299 - 56:60, 55:60, 57:59, 55:60, 55:60)
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Mohandas Liyanage Sumith
- Featherweight
- Rank 17
- Round one: loss to Jerzy Adamski from Poland on points (281: 300 - 56:60, 55:60, 56:60, 57:60, 57:60)
athletics
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Linus Diaz
- marathon
- Final: 2:32: 12.0 hours, 39th place
Cycling
Street
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Maurice Coomarawel
- Road race (175.3 km)
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
swim
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Tony Williams
- 200 meters chest
- Round one: eliminated in run three (sixth place), 2: 59.8 minutes
Web links
- Ceylon Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )