Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain 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.

Medallists

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,......
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