Australia, the previous host of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (with the exception of the Equestrian events, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden), competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 189 competitors, 160 men and 29 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold Herb Elliott — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres Lawrence Morgan — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition Lawrence Morgan, Neale Lavis and Bill Roycroft — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition John Devitt — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle David Theile — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

Silver Noel Freeman — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk Brenda Jones — Athletics, Women's 800 metres Neale Lavis — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition Neville Hayes — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle Janice Andrew, Dawn Fraser, Rosemary Lassig, and Marilyn Wilson — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Alva Colquhoun, Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp, and Ilsa Konrads — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, Geoffrey Shipton, and David Theile — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Bronze David Power — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres Oliver Taylor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Tony Madigan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle Janice Andrew — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads, and Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Athletics

Women's 800 metres Dixie Willis Heat — 2:05.9 Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Cycling Len Williams from Coffs Harbour was nominated for the team but declined due to work commitments

Nine male cyclists represented Australia in 1960.

Individual road race Frank Brazier Alan Grindal Garry Jones Robert Whetters

Team time trial Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Alan Grindal Frank Brazier

Sprint Ron Baensch

1000m time trial Ian Chapman

Tandem Ian Browne Geoff Smith

Team pursuit Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Robert Whetters Frank Brazier

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankKenneth Crotty3 m springboard43.4027Did not advanceGraham Deuble51.4816 Q37.781589.2616Did not advanceBarry Holmes10 m platform40.2427Did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankSusan Knight3 m springboard46.1914 Q37.06883.2512Did not advance10 m platform43.0318colspan=4 Did not advance

Equestrian

Fencing

11 fencers, 9 men and 2 women, represented Australia in 1960.

Men's foil Brian McCowage Ivan Lund Michael Sichel

Men's team foil Brian McCowage, Michael Sichel, Zoltan Okalyi, David McKenzie

Men's épée Richard Stone Keith Hackshall John Simpson

Men's team épée Ivan Lund, Richard Stone, John Humphreys, John Simpson, Keith Hackshall

Men's sabre Michael Sichel Keith Hackshall

Women's foil Kate Baxter Johanna Winter

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Australia in 1960.

Individual Neville Sayers Hugh Doherty Peter Macken

Team Neville Sayers Hugh Doherty Peter Macken

Rowing

Australia had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1960.

Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankIan TuttyKevyn Webb double sculls7:16.41 6 R7:12.37 5 DNQcolspan="2" colspan="2" Terry DaviesJohn Hunt coxless pairs7:51.884 R7:24.222 SF7:50.595 DNQcolspan="2" Paul GuestWalter HowellIan Johnston (cox) coxed pairs7:49.064 R7:47.824 DNQcolspan="2" colspan="2" Peter GillonPeter GuestKim JelbartBrian Vear coxless fours6:49.834 R6:45.254 DNQcolspan="2" colspan="2" Mick AllenMax AnnettJohn HudsonPeter WaddingtonLionel Robberds (cox) coxed fours6:47.232 R6:47.312 SF7:05.042 F6:45.805Alexander CunninghamBerry DurstonMilton FrancisMaxwell GambleGeoffrey HaleJohn LedderRoger NinhamJohn RosserTerrence Scook (cox) eights6:16.942 R6:31.154 DNQcolspan="2" colspan="2"

Sailing

Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Ronald JenynsFinn66DNF6231057584Rolly TaskerIan PalmerFlying Dutchman17 1119982023284518Robert FrenchJack DowneyStar13 212021211020173618Harold BrookeJohn CoonAlan CainDragon8 108615195373311Jock SturrockDavid BinghamErnest Wagstaff5.5 Metre412213141218295910

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Australia in 1960. Men AthleteEventQualifyingFinalScoreRankScoreRankJohn Holt300 m rifle1030 17 Q1030 34Rodney Johnson50 m pistol329 27 Q527 32Michael Papps25 m pistolcolspan="2" 569 31Norman Rule50 m rifle, three positions54914 Q1095 4550 m rifle, prone38224 Q56947Neville Sayers25 m pistolcolspan="2" 552 43Don Tolhurst50 m rifle, three positions54022 Q1113 2750 m rifle, prone38316 Q57438300 m rifle533 14 Q104931John Tremelling50 m pistol34417 Q534 21

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJohn Devitt100 m freestyle 56.0 2 Q 55.8 3 Q 55.2 Jon Henricks 56.9 11 Q 57.2 12 Did not advanceJohn Konrads400 m freestyle 4:24.3 5 Q colspan=2 4:21.8 Murray Rose 4:22.5 4 Q colspan=2 4:18.3 John Konrads1500 m freestyle 17:52.0 3 Q colspan=2 17:19.6 Murray Rose 17:32.8 1 Q colspan=2 17:21.7 John Monckton100 m backstroke 1:04.4 7 Q 1:03.8 4 Q 1:04.1 7David Theile 1:03.1 3 Q 1:03.1 1 Q 1:01.9 William Burton200 m breaststroke 2:43.9 20 Did not advanceTerry Gathercole 2:41.7 12 Q 2:39.1 4 Q 2:40.2 6Kevin Berry200 m butterfly 2:18.9 5 Q 2:23.1 8 Q 2:18.5 6Neville Hayes 2:18.1 3 Q 2:21.6 6 Q 2:14.6 David DicksonJohn DevittMurray RoseJohn KonradsJohn RigbyAllan Wood4 × 200 m freestyle 8:24.2 3 Q colspan=2 8:13.8 David TheileTerry GathercoleNeville HayesGeoff ShiptonJulian CarrollWilliam BurtonKevin Berry4 × 100 m medley 4:14.8 2 Q colspan=2 4:12.0

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDawn Fraser100 m freestyle 1:02.1 2 Q 1:01.4 1 Q 1:01.2 Ilsa Konrads 1:04.2 5 Q 1:04.7 9 Did not advanceDawn Fraser400 m freestyle 4:57.6 =5 Q colspan=2 4:58.5 5Ilsa Konrads 4:59.2 7 Q colspan=2 4:57.9 4Gergaynia Beckett100 m backstroke 1:13.7 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceMarilyn Wilson 1:13.8 =15 colspan=2 Did not advanceJanet Hogan200 m breaststroke 3:00.3 16 colspan=2 Did not advanceRosemary Lassig 2:57.4 11 colspan=2 Did not advanceJan Andrew100 m butterfly 1:10.3 2 Q colspan=2 1:12.2 Dawn Fraser colspan=2 Did not advanceDawn FraserIlsa KonradsLorraine CrappAlva ColquhounSandra MorganRuth Everuss4 × 100 m freestyle 4:17.6 1 Q colspan=2 4:11.3 Jan AndrewDawn FraserGergaynia BeckettIlsa Konrads4 × 100 m medley 4:55.7 8 Q colspan=2 4:45.9

Water polo

Dick Thornett

Weightlifting

Men's featherweight (60 kg) Alan Oshyer AC

Men's lightweight (67.5 kg) Neville Pery AC

Men's middleweight (75 kg) Daryl Cohen 17th Donald Bayley DNF

Men's middle heavyweight (90 kg) Manny Santos AC

Men's Heavyweight (+90 kg) Arthur Shannos 9th Cornel Wilczek (11 January 1935 – 21 October 1988) 11th

Wrestling

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