United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA (SUA used at these Games)
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors	292 (241 men and 51 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Rafer Johnson
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 34 Silver 21 Bronze 16 Total 71
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1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. It was the first Summer Olympics in which the athletes marched under the present 50-star flag. 292 competitors, 241 men and 51 women, took part in 147 events in 17 sports.^[1]

The 1960 Summer Olympics was the first Olympics in history that was being covered by a television provider. American network CBS became the first official broadcaster of the games, by purchasing the rights to cover the Rome Olympics.^[2]

The 1960 Summer Olympics also brought one of the first appearances of one of the greatest heavyweight boxers ever, Muhammad Ali. Since Ali participated at these Olympic Games as an 18-year-old before his conversion to Islam, he fought under the name Cassius Clay.^[2]

• Wilbert McClure
• Eddie Crook Jr.
• Cassius Clay
• Otis Davis (2)
• Lee Calhoun
• Glenn Davis
• Jack Yerman
• Earl Young
• Ralph Boston
• Don Bragg
• Bill Nieder
• Al Oerter
• Rafer Johnson
• Wilma Rudolph (3)
• Martha Hudson
• Lucinda Williams
• Barbara Jones
• Jay Arnette, Walt Bellamy, Bob Boozer, Terry Dischinger, Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff, Allen Kelley, Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith, Jerry West
• Gary Tobian
• Bob Webster
• Dan Ayrault
• Ted Nash
• John Sayre
• Rusty Wailes
• George O'Day
• Jim Hunt
• Dave Smith
• William McMillan
• Bill Mulliken
• Mike Troy (2)
• George Harrison
• Dick Blick
• Jeff Farrell (2)
• Frank McKinney
• Paul Hait
• Lance Larson
• Chris von Saltza (3)
• Lynn Burke (2)
• Carolyn Schuler (2)
• Joan Spillane
• Shirley Stobs
• Carolyn Wood
• Patty Kempner
• Charles Vinci
• Terrence McCann
• Shelby Wilson
• Douglas Blubaugh

• Dave Sime
• Lester Carney
• William May
• Clifton Cushman
• Irvin Roberson
• Ron Morris
• Parry O'Brien
• Rink Babka
• Sam Hall
• Gary Tobian
• Paula Pope (2)
• Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus, George H. Morris
• James Enoch Hill
• Chris von Saltza
• Lance Larson
• Frank McKinney
• Isaac Berger
• Tommy Kono
• Jim George
• James Bradford

• Hayes Jones
• Dick Howard
• John Thomas
• Dallas Long
• Dick Cochran
• Earlene Brown
• Quincey Daniels
• Albert Axelrod
• Robert Beck (2), Jack Daniels, George Lambert
• Richard Draeger, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell
• William Parks, Robert Halperin
• George Breen
• Bob Bennett
• Dave Gillanders
• Norbert Schemansky

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frank Budd	100 m	10.4	2 Q	10.4	1 Q	10.5	3 Q	10.3	5
Ray Norton		10.7	1 Q	10.6	3 Q	10.4	3 Q	10.4	6
Dave Sime		10.5	3 Q	10.3	2 Q	10.4	2 Q	10.2
Lester Carney	200 m	21.1	1 Q	20.9	1 Q	21.1	3 Q	20.6
Stone Johnson		21.7	1 Q	20.9	1 Q	20.8	3 Q	20.8	5
Ray Norton		21.2	1 Q	21.0	2 Q	20.7	2 Q	20.9	6
Otis Davis	400 m	46.8	1 Q	45.9	1 Q	45.5	1 Q	44.9 WR
Jack Yerman		47.2	1 Q	46.4	2 Q	48.9	6	Did not advance
Earl Young		47.6	2 Q	46.1	1 Q	46.1	3 Q	45.9	6
Ernie Cunliffe	800 m	1:48.95	3 Q	1:49.83	2 Q	1:50.92	6	Did not advance
Tom Murphy		1:52.30	1 Q	1:48.12	1 Q	1:48.29	6	Did not advance
Jerry Siebert		1:49.08	2 Q	1:51.53	3 Q	1:48.20	4	Did not advance
Dyrol Burleson	1500 m	—				3:42.40	3 Q	3:40.9	6
Pete Close						3:50.69	9	Did not advance
Jim Grelle						3:43.65	2 Q	3:45.0	8
Jim Beatty	5000 m	14:44.40	9	—				Did not advance
Bill Dellinger		14:08.72	4					Did not advance
Bob Soth		14:40.85	7					Did not advance
Max Truex	10,000 m	—						28:50.34	6
Lee Calhoun	110 m hurdles	14.3	1 Q	14.1	1 Q	13.7	1 Q	13.8
Hayes Jones		14.2	1 Q	14.1	1 Q	14.1	2 Q	14.0
Willie May		14.0	1 Q	13.8	1 Q	13.7	1 Q	13.8
Cliff Cushman	400 m hurdles	—		51.8	1 Q	50.8	1 Q	49.6
Glenn Davis				52.2	2 Q	51.1	1 Q	49.3 OR
Dick Howard				51.2	2 Q	50.8	2 Q	49.7
Phil Coleman	3000 m steeplechase	8:56.72	5	—				Did not advance
Deacon Jones		8:49.32	2 Q					9:18.22	7
George Young		8:50.93	4					Did not advance
Frank Budd Stone Johnson Ray Norton Dave Sime	4 × 100 m relay	39.87	1 Q	—		39.67	1 Q	DSQ
Glenn Davis Otis Davis Jack Yerman Earl Young	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.58	1 Q	—		3:08.57	1 Q	3:02.37 WR
Alex Breckenridge	Marathon	—						2:29:38.0	30
John J. Kelly								2:24:58.0	19
Gordon McKenzie								2:35:16.0	48
Rudy Haluza	20 km walk	—						1:45:11.0	24
Bob Mimm								1:45:09.0	23
Ron Zinn								1:42:47.0	19
John Allen	50 km walk	—						5:03:15.12	24
Ron Laird								4:53:21.6	19
Bruce MacDonald								5:00:47.6	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martha Hudson	100 m	12.33	4 Q	12.30	3	Did not advance
Barbara Jones		11.91	2 Q	12.02	2 Q	11.84	4	Did not advance
Wilma Rudolph		11.65	1 Q	11.70	1 Q	11.41 OR	1 Q	11.18
Ernestine Pollards	200 m	24.64	4	—		Did not advance
Wilma Rudolph		23.30 OR	1 Q			23.79	1 Q	24.13
Lucinda Williams		24.10	2 Q			25.14	5	Did not advance
Pat Daniels	800 m	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Shirley Crowder	80 m hurdles	12.43	4	—		Did not advance
Irene Robertson		11.69	5			Did not advance
Jo Ann Terry		11.59	4			Did not advance
Martha Hudson Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph Lucinda Williams	4 × 100 m relay	44.50 WR	1 Q	—				44.72

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ralph Boston	Long jump	7.60	6 Q	8.12 OR
Bo Roberson		7.81	1 Q	8.11
Anthony Watson		7.32	20	Did not advance
Ira Davis	Triple jump	15.64	12 Q	16.41	4
Bill Sharpe		15.44	17	Did not advance
Herman Stokes		14.74	28	Did not advance
Charlie Dumas	High jump	2.00	=15 Q	2.03	6
Joe Faust		2.00	=15 Q	1.95	17
John Thomas		2.00	1 Q	2.14
Don Bragg	Pole vault	4.40	3 Q	4.70 OR
Dave Clark		4.20	=18	Did not advance
Ron Morris		4.30	11 q	4.60
Dallas Long	Shot put	17.65	1 Q	19.01
Bill Nieder		17.14	7 Q	19.68 OR
Parry O'Brien		17.29	4 Q	19.11
Rink Babka	Discus throw	54.48	4 Q	58.02
Dick Cochran		53.79	7 Q	57.16
Al Oerter		58.43 OR	1 Q	59.18 OR
William Alley	Javelin throw	68.66	23	Did not advance
Terence Beucher		68.11	25	Did not advance
Al Cantello		79.72	2 Q	74.70	10
Ed Bagdonas	Hammer throw	59.48	19	Did not advance
Hal Connolly		63.02	5 Q	63.59	8
Albert Hall		60.76	12 Q	59.76	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Annie Smith	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Willye White		6.07	6 Q	5.77	16
Barbara Brown	High jump	1.50	=21	Did not advance
Jean Gaertner		1.50	=21	Did not advance
Neomia Rogers		1.65	=7 Q	1.65	14
Earlene Brown	Shot put	16.15	1 Q	16.42
Earlene Brown	Discus throw	51.17	4 Q	51.29	6
Olga Connolly		48.32	10 Q	50.95	7
Pam Kurrell		43.23	19	Did not advance
Karen Anderson	Javelin throw	50.62	4 Q	46.52	13

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Dave Edstrom	Result	11.4	6.39	13.59	NM	WD						DNF
	Points	768	610	729	0
Rafer Johnson	Result	10.9	7.35	15.82	1.85	48.3	15.3	48.49	4.10	69.76	4:49.7	8392 OR
	Points	948	906	976	832	985	740	894	795	980	336
Phil Mulkey	Result	11.5	6.57	14.10	1.83	52.2	18.1	34.12	WD			DNF
	Points	737	746	780	806	690	283	473

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal				Medal round
		Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Italy W 88–54	Japan W 125–66	Hungary W 107–63	1 Q	Yugoslavia W 104–42	Uruguay W 108–50	Soviet Union W 81–57	1 Q	Italy W 112–81	Brazil W 90–63

Roster

United States men's national basketball team – 1960 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 13 Jay Arnette 21 – (1938-12-19)December 19, 1938 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Texas C 4 Walt Bellamy 21 – (1939-07-24)July 24, 1939 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Indiana F 5 Bob Boozer 23 – (1937-04-26)April 26, 1937 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Peoria Caterpillars F 6 Terry Dischinger 19 – (1940-11-21)November 21, 1940 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Purdue F 7 Burdette Haldorson 26 – (1934-01-12)January 12, 1934 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Phillips 66ers C 8 Darrall Imhoff 21 – (1938-10-11)October 11, 1938 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) California G 9 Allen Kelley 27 – (1932-12-24)December 24, 1932 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Peoria Caterpillars G 10 Lester Lane 28 – (1932-03-06)March 6, 1932 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Wichita Vickers F 11 Jerry Lucas 20 – (1940-03-30)March 30, 1940 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Ohio State F 14 Oscar Robertson 21 – (1938-11-24)November 24, 1938 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Cincinnati G 12 Adrian Smith 23 – (1936-10-05)October 5, 1936 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) U.S. Armed Forces G 3 Jerry West 22 – (1938-05-28)May 28, 1938 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) West Virginia	Head coach Pete Newell Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 26, 1960 Source:[3]

14 cyclists represented the United States in 1960.

Individual road race

• Michael Hiltner
• Lars Zebroski
• Wes Chowen
• Rob Tetzlaff

Team time trial

• Bill Freund
• Michael Hiltner
• Wes Chowen
• Rob Tetzlaff

Sprint

• Herbert Francis
• Jackie Simes

1000m time trial

• Allen Bell

Tandem

• Jack Hartman
• David Sharp

Team pursuit

• Richard Cortright
• Charles Hewett
• Robert Pfarr
• James Rossi

21 fencers represented the United States in 1960.

Men's foil

• Albie Axelrod
• Gene Glazer
• Joseph Paletta, Jr.

Men's team foil

• Gene Glazer, Hal Goldsmith, Joseph Paletta, Jr., Albie Axelrod, Daniel Bukantz

Men's épée

• David Micahnik
• Ralph Spinella
• James Margolis

Men's team épée

• James Margolis, Roland Wommack, David Micahnik, Henry Kolowrat, Jr., Ralph Spinella

Men's sabre

• Michael D'Asaro, Sr.
• Allan Kwartler
• Alfonso Morales

Men's team sabre

• Allan Kwartler, George Worth, Michael D'Asaro, Sr., Alfonso Morales, Tibor Nyilas, Dick Dyer

Women's foil

• Jan York-Romary
• Evelyn Terhune
• Harriet King

Women's team foil

• Judy Goodrich, Jan York-Romary, Maxine Mitchell, Harriet King, Evelyn Terhune

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1960. They won a bronze medal in the team event and Bob Beck won an individual bronze.

Individual

• Bob Beck
• Jack Daniels
• George Lambert

Team

• Bob Beck
• Jack Daniels
• George Lambert

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.^[4]

Men's single sculls

• Harry Parker

Men's double sculls

• John B. Kelly Jr.
• Bill Knecht

Men's coxless pair

• Ted Frost
• Bob Rogers

Men's coxed pair

• Richard Draeger
• Conn Findlay
• Kent Mitchell (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Arthur Ayrault
• Ted Nash
• John Sayre
• Rusty Wailes

Men's coxed four

• Chuck Alm
• Roy Rubin
• Monte Stocker
• Mike Yonker
• Kurt Seiffert (cox)

Men's eight

• Joe Baldwin
• Peter Bos
• Mark Moore
• Lyman S. Perry
• Skip Sweetser
• Gayle Thompson
• Robert Wilson
• Howard Winfree
• William Long (cox)

Nine shooters represented the United States in 1960. Bill McMillan won gold in the 25 m pistol and Jim Hill won silver in the 50 m rifle, prone.

25 m pistol

• Bill McMillan
• Laurence Mosely

50 m pistol

• Nelson Lincoln
• John Hurst

300 m rifle, three positions

• John Foster
• Daniel Puckel

50 m rifle, three positions

• Daniel Puckel
• Jim Hill

50 m rifle, prone

• Jim Hill
• Daniel Puckel

Trap

• James Clark
• Arnold Riegger

• United States at the 1959 Pan American Games
• United States at the 1960 Summer Paralympics