1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Liberia)

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Liberia took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with a delegation of four male athletes in five competitions in one sport.

After 1956 it was Liberia's second participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was sprinter Emmanuel Putu at 21 years and 270 days , the oldest athlete was sprinter James Roberts (23 years and 339 days).

Participants by sport

athletics

• George Johnson
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run five (sixth place), 51.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.54 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 1: 55.9 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 56.04 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Alifu Massaquoi
  • marathon

  Final: 3: 43: 18.0 hours, rank 62

• Emmanuel Putu
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run five (fifth place), 11.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.34 seconds (automatically stopped)

• James Roberts
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run nine (seventh place), 11.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.37 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 23.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 23.22 seconds (automatically stopped)

Web links

• Liberian Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )