1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Vietnam)

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South Vietnam took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of three athletes (all men) in five competitions in two sports. No medals could be won. The youngest athlete was the swimmer Trương Ke Nhon (21 years and 238 days), the oldest athlete was the fencer Trần Văn Xuan (26 years and two days). It was the country’s third Summer Olympics participation.

Participants by sport

fencing

• Trần Văn Xuan
  • Sword

  Round one: eliminated in group two, no duel won - eight lost, twelve hits scored - 25 suffered, sixth place

  1: 5 defeat against József Sákovics from Hungary

  2: 5 loss to Roger Eighth from Belgium

  2: 5 defeat against José Ferreira from Portugal

  2: 5 defeat against Kaj Czarnecki from Finland

  1: 5 defeat against Hans Lagerwall from Sweden

• • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group eight, no duel won - five lost, twelve hits scored - 25 suffered, seventh place

  3: 5 defeat against Jean Link from Luxembourg

  4: 5 defeat against László Kamuti from Hungary

  4: 5 loss to Brian McCowage from Australia

  0: 5 loss to Heizaburo Okawa from Japan

  4: 5 defeat against Orvar Lindwall from Sweden

• • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group twelve, won one duel - lost four, scored 13 hits - suffered 20, fifth place

  1: 5 loss to Allan Kwartler from the United States of America

  1: 5 loss to Teodoro Goliardi from Uruguay

  2: 5 defeat against Jacques Lefèvre from France

  4: 5 loss to Mitsuyuki Funamizu from Japan

  4: 5 victory against David van Gelder from Israel

swim

• Phan Hữu Dong
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run six (sixth place), 1: 01.3 minutes

• Trương Ke Nhon
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in run five (seventh place), 2: 53.0 minutes

Web links

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