American athletes at the Rome 1960 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Ray Norton | ||
| Frank Budd | |||||
| Dave Sime | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | Stone Johnson | ||
| Lester Carney | |||||
| Ray Norton | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | Jack Yerman | ||
| Otis Davis | |||||
| Earl Young | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | Tom Murphy | ||
| Ernie Cunliffe | |||||
| Jerome Siebert | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Peter Close | ||
| James Grelle | |||||
| Dyrol Burleson | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | William Dellinger | ||
| Robert Soth | |||||
| Jim Beatty | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Max Truex | ||
| Marathon M | | USA | John Kelley | ||
| Gordon McKenzie | |||||
| Alex Breckenridge | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Hayes Jones | ||
| Willie May | |||||
| Lee Calhoun | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Richard Howard | ||
| Clifton Cushman | |||||
| Glenn Davis | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | George Young | ||
| Philip Coleman | |||||
| Charles Jones | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Dave Sime | ||
| Stone Johnson | |||||
| Frank Budd | |||||
| Ray Norton | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Jack Yermann | ||
| Earl Young | |||||
| Glenn Davis | |||||
| Otis Davis | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | USA | Rudolph Haluza | ||
| Ronald Zinn | |||||
| Robert Mimm | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | John Allen | ||
| Bruce MacDonald | |||||
| Ronald Laird | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Joe Faust | ||
| Charles Dumas | |||||
| John Thomas | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Ron Morris | ||
| Don Bragg | |||||
| Dave Clark | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | Ralph Boston | ||
| Anthony Watson | |||||
| Irving Robertson | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | Herman Stokes | ||
| William Sharpe | |||||
| Ira Davis | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | Bill Nieder | ||
| Parry O'Brien | |||||
| Dallas Long | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Al Oerter | ||
| Richard Cochran | |||||
| Rink Babka | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Ed Bagdonas | ||
| Albert Hall | |||||
| Harold Connolly | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Al Cantello | ||
| Francis William Alley | |||||
| Terence Beucher | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Rafer Johnson | ||
| David Edstrom | |||||
| Philip Mulkey | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Wilma Rudolph | ||
| Barbara Jones | |||||
| Martha Hudson | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Lucinda Williams | ||
| Ernestine Pollards | |||||
| Wilma Rudolph | |||||
| 800 m W | | USA | Patricia Daniels | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | USA | Irene Robertson | ||
| Shirley Crowder | |||||
| Joann Grissom | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Lucinda Williams | ||
| Barbara Jones | |||||
| Martha Hudson | |||||
| Wilma Rudolph | |||||
| High jump W | | USA | Jean Gaertner | ||
| Barbara Brown | |||||
| Neomia Rogers | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Willie White | ||
| Ann Lois Smith | |||||
| Shot put W | | USA | Earlene Brown | ||
| Discus throw W | | USA | Earlene Brown | ||
| Pamela Kurrell | |||||
| Olga Connolly | |||||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Karen Anderson | ||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Oscar Robertson | ||
| Terry Dischinger | |||||
| Walter Bellamy | |||||
| Burdette Haldorson | |||||
| Jerry West | |||||
| Allen Kelley | |||||
| Jerry Lucas | |||||
| Adrian Smith | |||||
| Robert Boozer | |||||
| Jay Arnette | |||||
| Lester Lane | |||||
| Darrall Imhoff | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | USA | Humberto Barrera | ||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Jerry Armstrong | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Nick Spanakos | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Harry Campbell | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | USA | Quincey Daniels | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Phillip Baldwin | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | USA | Wilbert McClure | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Edward Crook | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Cassius Clay | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Percy Price | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | USA | Gloriane Perrier | ||
| K2 500 m W | | USA | Diane Jerome | ||
| Mary Ann Duchai | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | Paul Beachem | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | Ken Wilson | ||
| John Wolter | |||||
| K1 4x500 m M | | USA | John Pagkos | ||
| Robert O'Brien | |||||
| Charles Lundmark | |||||
| Russell Dermond | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Richard Moran | ||
| Arnold Demos | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | USA | Wesley Chowen | ||
| Michael Hiltner | |||||
| Lars Zebroski | |||||
| Robert Tetzlaff | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | Robert Tetzlaff | ||
| Wesley Chowen | |||||
| William Freund | |||||
| Michael Hiltner | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | USA | James Rossi | ||
| Charles Hewett | |||||
| Robert Pfarr | |||||
| Richard Cortright | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | Allen Bell | ||
| Tandem M | | USA | David Sharp | ||
| Jack Hartman | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Sam Hall | ||
| Gary Tobian | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Mary Willard | ||
| Paula Jean Pope | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | Gary Tobian | ||
| Robert Webster | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Juno Irwin | ||
| Paula Jean Pope | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | Anne Jessica Newberry | ||
| Patricia Galvin d'Auvergne | |||||
| Eventing team | | USA | Michael Plumb | ||
| Michael Page | |||||
| David Lurie | |||||
| Jumping individual | | USA | Hugh Wiley | ||
| George Morris | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | George Morris | ||
| Frank Chapot | |||||
| William Steinkraus | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual M | | USA | Albert Axelrod | ||
| Sabre team M | | USA | Tibor Nyilas | ||
| Michael D'Asaro | |||||
| Allan Kwartler | |||||
| Richard Dyer | |||||
| Alfonso Morales | |||||
| George Worth | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | USA | Donald Tonry | ||
| Lawrence Banner | |||||
| John Beckner | |||||
| Team W | | USA | Sharon Richardson | ||
| Muriel Grossfeld | |||||
| Betty Maycock | |||||
| Gail Sontgerath | |||||
| Doris Fuchs | |||||
| Teri Montefusco | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Lawrence Banner | ||
| Fred Orlofsky | |||||
| Donald Tonry | |||||
| John Beckner | |||||
| Garland O'Quinn | |||||
| Abraham Grossfeld | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | Robert Beck | ||
| George Lambert | |||||
| Jack Daniels | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Jack Daniels | ||
| George Lambert | |||||
| Robert Beck | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | Harry Parker | ||
| Double sculls M | | USA | William Knecht | ||
| John Kelly Jr. | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | USA | Ted Frost | ||
| Robert Rogers | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | USA | Richard Draeger | ||
| Conn Findlay | |||||
| Kent Mitchell | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | USA | Ted Nash | ||
| John Sayre | |||||
| Arthur Ayrault | |||||
| Richard Wailes | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | USA | Michael Yonker | ||
| Roy Rubin | |||||
| Kurt Seiffert | |||||
| Monte Stocker | |||||
| Charles Alm | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | Howard Winfree | ||
| Skip Sweetser | |||||
| Mark Moore | |||||
| Joe Baldwin | |||||
| Robert Wilson | |||||
| Gayle Thompson | |||||
| Lyman Perry | |||||
| Peter Bos | |||||
| William Long | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | USA | James Hunt | ||
| David Smith | |||||
| George O'Day | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | Gene Walet | ||
| Claude Kohler | |||||
| Allen McClure | |||||
| Star | | USA | Robert Halperin | ||
| William Parks | |||||
| Finn M | | USA | Peter Barrett | ||
| Flying Dutchman | | USA | Harry Sindle | ||
| Robert Wood | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | USA | James Hill | ||
| Daniel Puckel | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | USA | James Hill | ||
| Daniel Puckel | |||||
| Free rifle M | | USA | John Foster | ||
| Daniel Puckel | |||||
| Free pistol M | | USA | Nelson Lincoln | ||
| John Hurst | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | USA | William McMillan | ||
| Laurence Mosely | |||||
| Trap M | | USA | James Clark | ||
| Arnold Riegger | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Carolyn Wood | ||
| Chris Von Saltza | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | Lance Larson | ||
| Bruce Hunter | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Carolyn House | ||
| Chris Von Saltza | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | Eugene Lenz | ||
| Alan Somers | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | George Breen | ||
| Alan Somers | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Nina Harmer | ||
| Lynn Burke | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Frank McKinney | ||
| Robert Bennett | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Patty Kempner | ||
| Anne Warner | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Paul Hait | ||
| William Mulliken | |||||
| 100 m butterfly W | | USA | Carolyn Schuler | ||
| Carolyn Wood | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | USA | David Gillanders | ||
| Michael Troy | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Carolyn Woods | ||
| Susan Doerr | |||||
| Joan Spillane | |||||
| Donna De Varona | |||||
| Sylvia Ruuska | |||||
| Molly Botkin | |||||
| Shirley Stobs | |||||
| Chris Von Saltza | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | Thomas Winters | ||
| Stephen Clark | |||||
| Richard Blick | |||||
| Michael Troy | |||||
| George Harrison | |||||
| William Darnton | |||||
| Jeffrey Farrell | |||||
| 4x100 m medley W | | USA | Anne Warner | ||
| Carolyn Schuler | |||||
| Carolyn Wood | |||||
| Patty Kempner | |||||
| Joan Spillane | |||||
| Lynn Burke | |||||
| Chris Von Saltza | |||||
| 4x100 m medley M | | USA | Robert Bennett | ||
| Lance Larson | |||||
| Paul Hait | |||||
| Jeffrey Farrell | |||||
| Frank McKinney | |||||
| Stephen Clark | |||||
| David Gillanders | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Charles Vinci | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Isaac Berger | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Tommy Kono | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | James George | ||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | USA | John Pulskamp | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Norbert Schemansky | ||
| James Bradford | |||||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | USA | Elliot Gray Simons | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | USA | Terrence McCann | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | Shelby Wilson | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | USA | Douglas Blubaugh | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | Edward DeWitt | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Daniel Brand | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | USA | William Kerslake | ||
| Greco-Roman flyweight M | | USA | John Richard Wilson | ||
| Greco-Roman featherweight M | | USA | Lee Allen | ||
| Greco-Roman middleweight M | | USA | Russell Camilleri | ||
| Greco-Roman heavyweight M | | USA | Dale Lewis | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1960 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Rome 1960 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
