[[File:1960 Summer Olympics medal map.svg|thumb|right|360px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1960 Summer Olympics<br /> Legend:<br />
represents countries that won at least one gold medal.<br />
represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.<br />
represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver).<br />
represents participating countries that did not win medals.<br />
represents entities that did not participate at the 1960 Summer Olympics.]]
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, from August 25 to September 11, 1960. A total of 5,338 athletes representing 83 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included five teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: the British West Indies, Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, and Tunisia. The games featured 150 events in 17 sports across 23 disciplines.
Athletes representing 44 NOCs received at least one medal, with 23 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Morocco, with Ethiopia and Pakistan winning their first gold medals.
Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won the most gold medals, with four, and the most total medals, with seven (four gold, two silver, and one bronze). Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti secured two medals at the 1960 games (one gold, one silver) and became the record holder for the most Olympic medals won, with 13 medals in total (six gold, five silver, two bronze). Mangiarotti had won medals at the 1936 (one gold), 1948 (two silver, one bronze), 1952 (two gold, two silver), and 1956 games (two gold, one bronze) prior to 1960.
Medal table
thumb|right|alt=Edoardo Mangiarotti in a fencing pose with a rapier and no mask on.|Italian fencer [[Edoardo Mangiarotti became the Olympian with the most total medals ever when he won his twelfth and thirteenth medals at the 1960 games. He had won 11 medals at Olympic Games prior to these games. If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.
Events in boxing resulted in bronze medals being awarded to each of the competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to them taking part in a third place tiebreaker.
In women's high jump, a two-way tie for second resulted in two silvers and no bronze medals being awarded. In the men's pommel horse and men's vault, two-way ties for first resulted in two gold and no silver medals being awarded in each event. Lastly, in the men's ring event, there was a two-way tie for third which resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.
See also
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
- List of 1960 Summer Olympics medal winners
- 1960 Winter Olympics medal table
- 1960 Summer Paralympics medal table