1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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Great Britain took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with a delegation of 253 athletes (206 men and 47 women) in 130 competitions in 17 sports. The nation was most successful in athletics, where eight medals were won, including gold for the walker Don Thompson . Three medals were won in swimming, Anita Lonsbrough was the winner in the 200 meter chest. Four athletes could each win two medals, but no gold. Three medals (all bronze) were also won in boxing, including Richard McTaggart , whowas allowed to wearthe Union Jack at the opening ceremony.
Participants by sport
Boxing
Men
- Roy Addison
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Willie Fisher
- Bronze light middleweight
- Bobby Kelsey
- Danny Lee
-
Jim Lloyd
- Bronze welterweight
- Phil Lundgren
-
Richard McTaggart
- Bronze lightweight
- Johnny Ould
- Frankie Taylor
- Dave Thomas
fencing
Men
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Women |
Soccer
Men
- Group stage
- Hugh Barr
- Laurence Brown
- Leslie Brown
- Bobby Brown
- Arnold Coates
- John Devine
- Hugh Forde
- Michael Greenwood
- Patrick Hasty
- David Holt
- Terry Howard
- Jim Lewis
- Hugh Lindsay
- Ronald McKinven
- William Neil
- Michael Pinner
- Roy Sleap
- Tommy Thompson
- John Wakefield
Weightlifting
Men
- Sylvanus Blackman
- Blair Blenman
- Phil Caira
- Ben Helfgott
- Dennis Hillman
-
Louis Martin
- Medium heavyweight bronze
- Allan Robinson
hockey
Men
- 4th Place
- Patrick Austen
- John Bell
- Harry Cahill
- Denys Carnill
- Peter Croft
- Howard Davis
- John Hindle
- Charles Jones
- Neil Livingstone
- Stuart Mayes
- Derek Miller
- John Neill
- Chris Saunders-Griffiths
- Frederick Scott
- Ian Taylor
canoe
Men |
Women |
athletics
Modern pentathlon
Men
Cycling
Men
- Karl Barton
- Lloyd Binch
- Bill Bradley
- Mike Gambrill
- David Handley
- Jim Hinds
- Barry Hoban
- Bill Holmes
- Ken Laidlaw
- Joseph McClean
- Charlie McCoy
- Eric Thompson
horse riding
- Norman Arthur
- C. David Barker
-
David Broome
- Bronze individual jumping
- Michael Bullen
- Johanna Hall
- Bertie Hill
- Pat Smythe
- Frank Weldon
- Lilian Williams
- Dawn Wofford
Wrestling
Men
rowing
Men
- Richard Bate
- Michael Beresford
- Nicholas Birkmyre
- John Chester
- Graham Cooper
- Simon Crosse
- Chris Davidge
- Michael Davis
- Ian Elliott
- Stewart Farquharson
- Richard Fishlock
- George Justicz
- Richard Knight
- Ken Lester
- Alexander Lindsay
- Clive Marshall
- Richard Nicholson
- Colin Porter
- Sidney Rand
- Jeffrey Reeves
- Peter Reynolds
- Terrence Rosslyn-Smith
- John M. Russell
- Donald Shaw
- John Tilbury
- John Vigurs
shoot
- Tony Clark
- Steffen Cranmer
- Frank Dobson
- William Godwin
- Robert Hassell
- Victor Huthart
- Derek Robinson
- Arthur Skinner
- John Tomlinson
- Joe Wheater
swim
Men |
Women
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sailing
- Robin Aisher
- Slotty Dawes
- Ian Hannay
- Jonathan Janson
- Graham Mann
- Jean Mitchell
- Roy Mitchell
- George Nicholson
- James Ramus
- John Ruggles
- Vernon Stratton
do gymnastics
Men |
Women |
Diving
Men
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Women
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Web links
- British Olympic team from 1960 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )