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The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade), was an 1908 Summer Olympics, but after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was forced to decline and pass the honors to London.
On June 15, 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome beat out Lausanne, Detroit, Budapest (being the first city of the Eastern Bloc to bid for the Olympic Games), Brussels, Mexico City and Tokyo for the rights to host the Games. Tokyo and Mexico City would eventually host the following 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Toronto was initially interest in the bidding, but appears to have been dropped during the final bid process.[2] This is the first of five attempts by Toronto from 1960 to 2001.
¹ New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. ² Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games.
A total of 83 nations participated at the Rome Games. Athletes from Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, and Tunisia competed at the Olympic Games for the first time. Athletes from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would represent the new (British) West Indies Federation, competing as "Antilles", but this nation would only exist for this single Olympiad. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as the United Team of Germany from 1956-1964. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that each country contributed.
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1960 Games:[8]
Renaissance, Middle Ages, Lazio, Roman Forum, Colosseum
Tokyo, 1960 Summer Olympics, Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
European Union, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada
United States, Mexico City, New Spain, North America, Spanish Empire
2012 Summer Olympics, United States, London, United Kingdom, World War II
Australia, United Kingdom, 1960 Summer Olympics, Italy, South Korea
1960 Summer Olympics, Fidel Castro, New York Yankees, Democratic Republic of the Congo, John F. Kennedy
France, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Italy
1960 Summer Olympics, Rome, Serena Williams, Olympic Games, Babe Didrikson Zaharias