Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics

	UK at the Olympics
IOC Code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association; Official site
	Olympic Games in Rome
Athletes	253 in 17 sports
Standard bearer	Richard McTaggart
	Participation in the Summer Olympics
	1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
	Participation in the Winter Olympics
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At the 1960 Summer Olympics, Britain was represented by 253 athletes (206 men, 47 women). They won 2 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze medals, which brought the team to 12th place in the unofficial team standings.

Content

1 Medalists
2 Competition Results
- 2.1 Rowing
3 References

Medalists

Medalists
Medal	Athlete	Kind of sport	Discipline
one Gold	Donald Thompson	Athletics	Men walking 50 km
one Gold	Anita Longsbrow	Swimming	Women's 200m Breaststroke
2 Silver	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 100m
2 Silver	Carol Quinton	Athletics	Women's 80m Barrier
2 Silver	Dorothy Shirley	Athletics	Women high jump
2 Silver	Allan Jay	Fencing	Men's Epee Individual Championship
2 Silver	Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling William Hoskins Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander	Fencing	Men's Epee Team Championship
2 Silver	Natalie Steward	Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
3 Bronze	Peter Radford	Athletics	Men's 100m
3 Bronze	Peter Radford David jones David segal Nick Whitehead	Athletics	Men's Relay 4 × 100 m
3 Bronze	Stanley Vickers	Athletics	Men walking 20 km
3 Bronze	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 200m
3 Bronze	Richard McTaggart	Boxing	Men up to 60 kg
3 Bronze	James lloyd	Boxing	Men up to 67 kg
3 Bronze	William Fisher	Boxing	Men up to 71 kg
3 Bronze	Brian Phelps	Diving	Men 10th Tower
3 Bronze	Elizabeth Ferris	Diving	Women's 3rd Springboard
3 Bronze	David broome	Horseback Riding	Jumping, individual championship
3 Bronze	Natalie Steward	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle
3 Bronze	Louis Martin	Weightlifting	Men up to 90 kg

Competition Results

Rowing

In the next round from each race were several of the best crews (depending on discipline). In the final A went 6 strongest crews.

Men

Competition	Athletes	Advance check			Qualifying race			Semifinal			The final
Competition	Athletes	Check in	Time	A place	Check in	Time	A place	Check in	Time	A place	Time	A place
loners	Sydney Rand	3	7: 46.98	four	2	7: 50.31	3	not carried out			completed the presentation

Links

UK national team at sports-reference.com

UK at the Olympics

IOC Code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association Official site
Olympic Games in Rome
Athletes	253 in 17 sports
Standard bearer	Richard McTaggart
Medals Place 12	Gold 2	Silver 6	Bronze 12	Total twenty
Participation in the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Participation in the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018