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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 55 competitors, 53 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports. [2] After these Olympics, the International Olympic Committee banned South Africa from the Olympic Movement over the policy of apartheid, making these the last Olympics at which South Africa would compete until the repeal of apartheid and the ...
Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Second round; Tournament details; Dates: 14 February – 22 April 1960: Teams: 3: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 6: Goals scored: 11 (1.83 per match)
The 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 1 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics finals tournament in Italy. [1] Group 1 consisted of three teams: Malta, Morocco and Tunisia.
The Year of Africa was a major boost for African Americans, themselves engaged in the Civil Rights Movement within the United States. [36] The Baltimore Afro-American , confident that sit-ins would defeat segregation in the Southern United States, editorialized: "The 'winds of change' which are sweeping over Africa, are blowing in the benighted ...
The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The competition was held between September 3 and September 6, 1960. 59 competitors from 44 nations entered, but 54 competitors from 41 nations participated. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers ... The Men's African Qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics tournament began in November 1959 and ended ...
South Africa at the 1960 Winter Olympics This page was last edited on 17 September 2020, at 08:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The 1960 Summer Olympics (Italian: Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 (Italian: Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy.