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The 1960 Summer Olympics ... Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon barefooted to become the first African and Ethiopian Olympic champion. 18-year-old Cassius Clay
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 ...
The Year of Africa refers to a series of events that took place during the year 1960—mainly the independence of seventeen ... In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, ...
The 1960 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy from August 25 to September 11, 1960. A total of 5,338 athletes from 83 countries participated in these Games, competing in 150 events in 17 sports. [1]
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
[3] [8] Brundage felt the discrimination rule only applied at the Olympics itself, not at domestic competition, [3] and so South Africa was allowed to compete at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The same year, it competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time. Its delegations were all white. [8]
The second round of African matches for the 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification was played from 14 February to 22 April 1960. [1] Qualified teams
1960 Rome: Athletics: Men's marathon Silver: Rhadi Ben Abdesselam: 1960 Rome: Athletics: Men's marathon Bronze: Malcolm Clive Spence: 1960 Rome: Athletics: Men's 400 m Gold: Abebe Bikila: 1964 Tokyo: Athletics: Men's marathon Silver: Mohammed Gammoudi 1964 Tokyo: Athletics: Men's 10,000 m Bronze: Wilson Kiprugut: 1964 Tokyo: Athletics: Men's ...