Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 253 competitors, 206 men and 47 women, took part in 130 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The Rome Games continued Great Britain and Northern Ireland's disappointing run in the Olympics, with British athletes picking up only two gold medals (down from six in 1956). Overall, they won twenty medals, finishing twelfth.
Shortly after the games, rumours circulated from several teams that the British team had fielded competitors in their women's Athletics team who had male characteristics. The allegations were instantly dismissed by the British team. However, a report was issued the following year by British professor, Thomas Jeffcote, who claimed that two of the British team were intersex. Neither was named but he stated one was twenty years old while the other was a teenage 100 yard sprinter. He further claimed her Athletic ability deteriorated rapidly after undergoing an operation in 1961. Daily Mirror, 5 November 1961, page 7, column 1, Girl Athletics: A sensational report
Medallists + Medals by sportSportTotalAthletics1348Swimming1113Fencing0202Boxing0033Diving0022Equestrian0011Weightlifting0011Total261220
Gold Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk Anita Lonsbrough — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silver Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 100 metres Carole Quinton — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles Dorothy Shirley — Athletics, Women's High Jump Allan Jay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Henry Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, and Michael Alexander — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Natalie Steward — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Bronze Peter Radford — Athletics, Men's 100 metres Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, and Neville Whitehead — Athletics, 4 × 100 m Relay Stan Vickers — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 200 metres Richard McTaggart — Boxing, Lightweight Jimmy Lloyd — Boxing, Welterweight William Fisher — Boxing, Light Middleweight Brian Phelps — Diving, Men's 10m Platform Elizabeth Ferris — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard David Broome and Sunsalve — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Natalie Steward — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle Louis Martin — Weightlifting, Middle-heavyweight
Athletics
Men's Hammer Throw Mike Ellis Qualifying Round — 63.21 m Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw Suzanne Allday Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put Suzanne Allday Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960.
Individual road race Jim Hinds Bill Bradley William Holmes Ken Laidlaw
Team time trial Bill Bradley William Holmes Jim Hinds Ken Laidlaw
Sprint Lloyd Binch Karl Barton
1000m time trial Karl Barton
Tandem David Handley Eric Thompson
Team pursuit Barry Hoban Mike Gambrill Charlie McCoy Joseph McClean
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankKeith Collin3 m springboard46.1026Did not advancePeter Squires50.2320Did not advanceJohn Candler10 m platform50.2017Did not advanceBrian Phelps57.351 Q44.503101.852 Q55.284157.13
Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankElizabeth Ferris3 m springboard52.373 Q37.09789.465 Q46.634139.09Ann Long50.877 Q36.311087.188 Q42.457129.63610 m platform52.125 Qcolspan=4 28.86980.988Norma Thomas51.777 Qcolspan=4 30.44782.216
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
Men's foil Bill Hoskyns Allan Jay Ralph Cooperman
Men's team foil Bill Hoskyns, Allan Jay, Ralph Cooperman, Angus McKenzie, René Paul
Men's épée Allan Jay Bill Hoskyns John Pelling
Men's team épée Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Bill Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, Michael Alexander
Men's sabre Alexander Leckie Ralph Cooperman Michael Amberg
Men's team sabre Ralph Cooperman, Michael Amberg, Alexander Leckie, Michael Straus, Donald Stringer
Women's foil Gillian Sheen Margaret Stafford Mary Glen-Haig
Women's team foil Gillian Sheen, Jeannette Bailey, Shirley Netherway, Mary Glen-Haig
Football
Gymnastics
The National Coach to the British Gymnastics team was Frank Turner, who had competed as a gymnast in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1960.
Individual Patrick Harvey Donald Cobley Peter Little
Team Patrick Harvey Donald Cobley Peter Little
Rowing
England had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's single sculls – unplaced Sidney Rand
Men's double sculls – unplaced Nicholas Birkmyre George Justicz
Men's coxless pair – unplaced Richard Nicholson Clive Marshall
Men's coxed pair – unplaced Stewart Farquharson Jeffrey Reeves Ken Lester (cox)
Men's coxless four – Fifth Christopher Davidge Michael Beresford Colin Porter John Vigurs
Men's coxed four – unplaced Simon Crosse Richard Knight John M. Russell John Tilbury Terrence Rosslyn-Smith (cox)
Men's eight – unplaced Richard Bate John Chester Michael Davis Ian Elliott Richard Fishlock Alexander Lindsay Graham Cooper Donald Shaw Peter Reynolds (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented Great Britain in 1960.
25 m pistol Tony Clark Robert Hassell
50 m pistol John Tomlinson Frank Dobson
50 m rifle, three positions Derek Robinson Steffen Cranmer
50 m rifle, prone Arthur Skinner William Godwin
Trap Joe Wheater Victor Huthart
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStanley Clarke100 m freestyle 59.1 =31 Did not advanceWilliam O'Donnell 59.2 33 Did not advanceIan Black400 m freestyle 4:21.9 3 Q colspan=2 4:21.8 4Richard Campion 4:32.3 12 colspan=2 Did not advance1500 m freestyle 17:54.8 6 Q colspan=2 18:22.7 8Bob Sreenan 18:57.1 19 colspan=2 Did not advanceHaydn Rigby100 m backstroke 1:06.2 25 Did not advanceGraham Sykes 1:04.8 14 Q 1:04.7 =9 Did not advanceGerard Rowlinson200 m breaststroke 2:45.0 22 Did not advanceChristopher Walkden 2:41.5 11 Q 2:41.7 12 Did not advanceIan Blyth200 m butterfly 2:24.9 15 Q 2:26.8 =12 Did not advanceHamilton MiltonJohn Martin-DyeRichard CampionIan Black4 × 200 m freestyle 8:26.9 4 Q colspan=2 8:28.1 4Graham SykesChristopher WalkdenIan BlackStanley Clarke4 × 100 m medley 4:16.8 8 Q colspan=2 4:17.6 7
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNatalie Steward100 m freestyle 1:03.5 3 Q 1:02.9 3 Q 1:03.1 Diana Wilkinson 1:07.5 =22 Did not advanceNan Rae400 m freestyle 4:55.7 3 Q colspan=2 4:59.7 6Judy Samuel 5:12.9 13 colspan=2 Did not advanceSylvia Lewis100 m backstroke 1:12.2 =6 Q colspan=2 1:11.8 6Natalie Steward 1:12.0 =4 Q colspan=2 1:10.8 Christine Gosden200 m breaststroke 2:56.9 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceAnita Lonsbrough 2:53.3 2 Q colspan=2 2:49.5 Jean Oldroyd100 m butterfly 1:14.2 =11 colspan=2 Did not advanceSheila Watt 1:12.3 5 Q colspan=2 1:13.3 4Natalie StewardBeryl NoakesJudy SamuelChristine Harris4 × 100 m freestyle 4:24.4 5 Q colspan=2 4:24.6 5Sylvia LewisAnita LonsbroughSheila WattNatalie StewardJean Oldroyd4 × 100 m medley 4:49.0 2 Q colspan=2 4:47.6 5
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
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