The 1960 Summer Olympics, known as the XVII Olympiad, were held in Rome, Italy from August 25th to September 11th. Notable events included it being the first Olympics with an Olympic hymn and televised coverage. Over 5,300 competitors from 83 countries participated, including the first Paralympics held afterwards. Paul Elvstrom of Denmark and Aladar Gerevich of Hungary each won their sixth career gold medals. There was controversy in the 100m sprint final over which athlete won.
3. 1.Introduction
• The Olympic games of Rome,1960, also know such as the
Olympiad XVII. It was the best Olympic games of it epoch in
which rang for first time the Olympic hymn and and also the
first that we can watch in TV.
• The buildings did for the games try to mix the antiquity and the
modernity of the epoch.
• It began the 25th of August and end the 11th of September.
• In this games participated 83 countries with 5.347 competitors
between them 610 women.
• After that the first Paralympics games took place.
2.Important athletes.
• The sailor Paul Elvstrom from Denmark won his fourth gold
medals consecutive in Finn class, he was the first athlete in
get this in an individual competition.
• The shooter Aladar Gerevich from Hungary got his sixth
medals of gold, he is the only athlete in win six times the same
competition in different Olympiad. Gert Fredriksson from
Sweden also won six medals but in canoe.
• Larissa Latynina from Soviet republic got six medals, three
gold medal in individual, team and floor competition, two silver
medals in asimetric competition and in balance beam a bronze
medal in jump.
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4. 3.Curiosities.
• Sante Gaiardoni from Italy become the only cyclist of the
history that have won the trial and the sprint.
• Clement Ike Quartey from Ghana was the first black of Africa
that won a Olympic medal.
• Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia was the first of became in olympic
winner of his country after run 42 kilometres without shoes.
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Wilma Rudolph also know such as the black gazelle was the
first northamerican in win three medals in athletics despite hab
polio when she was young. In the 100, she tied the world
record of 11.3 seconds in the semifinals, then won the final by
three yards in 11.0. In the 200, she broke the Olympic record
in the opening heat in 23.2 seconds and won the final in 24.0
seconds. In baton pass took the gold in 44.5 seconds after
setting a world record of 44.4 seconds in the semifinals.
• Mohamed Ali won the gold medal in lightweights in boxeo and
after threw the medal to a river due to the racial discrimination
in America when he was humiliation in a restaurant.
4,Polemic.
There was polemic in the 100 meters career which was the last with
sensor plaques to mark the times.
In which the half of judge saw winner to larson and the other half to
Devitt. Despiste the image the principal judge give the vistory to
Devitt and change the mark.
5.Spain.
Of the 58 of the Spanish athletes only the Spanish team of hockey
got the bronze medal, and Jose Panizo got the sixth position in fight
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5. and the masculine team of trial got the eighth position, both received
a diploma.
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6. and the masculine team of trial got the eighth position, both received
a diploma.
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