1960 Summer Olympics

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Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1960 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, notable for memorable performances by athletes like Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) and Abebe Bikila.

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Label	Occurrences
1960 Summer Olympics canonical	34
1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games ⓘ Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesOathBy	Adolfo Consolini ⓘ
boxingLightHeavyweightGoldMedalist	Muhammad Ali ⓘ surface form: Cassius Clay
cauldronLighter	Giancarlo Peris ⓘ
city	Rome ⓘ
closingDate	1960-09-11 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
featuredAthlete	Abebe Bikila ⓘ Muhammad Ali ⓘ surface form: Cassius Clay Muhammad Ali ⓘ
headOfOrganizingCommittee	Avery Brundage ⓘ
hostCity	Rome ⓘ
hostedEvent	athletics competitions ⓘ basketball tournament ⓘ boxing competitions ⓘ canoeing competitions ⓘ cycling competitions ⓘ equestrian competitions ⓘ fencing competitions ⓘ field hockey tournament ⓘ football tournament ⓘ gymnastics competitions ⓘ modern pentathlon competitions ⓘ rowing competitions ⓘ sailing competitions ⓘ shooting competitions ⓘ swimming competitions ⓘ water polo tournament ⓘ weightlifting competitions ⓘ wrestling competitions ⓘ
involvedPoliticalContext	Cold War rivalry between United States and Soviet Union ⓘ
judgesOathBy	Maurice Bailloud ⓘ
logoFeature	Capitoline Hill ⓘ Olympic rings ⓘ stylized Roman she-wolf with Romulus and Remus ⓘ
mainStadium	Stadio Olimpico ⓘ
marathonWinner	Abebe Bikila ⓘ
marathonWinnerNationality	Ethiopia ⓘ
motto	Città Eterna ⓘ
nextGames	1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
notableFor	Abebe Bikila winning the marathon barefoot ⓘ Cassius Clay winning light heavyweight boxing gold medal ⓘ first live television coverage of the Olympic Games in Europe ⓘ introduction of electronic timing and photo finish in athletics ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	5338 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	150 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	600 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	4738 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	83 ⓘ
numberOfSports	17 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the XVII Olympiad ⓘ
openedByTitle	President of Italy ⓘ
openingBy	Giovanni Gronchi ⓘ
openingDate	1960-08-25 ⓘ
organizer	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
partOf	modern Olympic Games ⓘ
previousGames	1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
secondRankedNationByGoldMedals	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
timePeriod	1960 ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	1959 Mediterranean Games ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Lazio ⓘ
topRankedNationByGoldMedals	Soviet Union ⓘ
topRankedNationByTotalMedals	Soviet Union ⓘ
torchLighter	Giancarlo Peris ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rome → hostedEvent → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

1956 Summer Olympics → nextGames → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

1964 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Jerry West → OlympicGames → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Terry Dischinger → participantIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Betty Cuthbert → competedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Murray Rose → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Larisa Latynina → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Dawn Fraser → competedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Walt Bellamy → OlympicGames → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Rafer Johnson → competedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Muhammad Ali → event → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Games of the XVII Olympiad → commonName → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Abebe Bikila → competedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Constantine II of Greece → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Giancarlo Peris → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

Giancarlo Peris → OlympicGames → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Wilma Rudolph → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics → partOf → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Ralph Boston → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Jerry Lucas → OlympicGames → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Maurice Bailloud → gaveOathAtEvent → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Betty → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Betty Cuthbert

The Golden Girl → hasNotableEvent → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Iain Murray Rose → competedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Iain Murray Rose → wonGoldMedalIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games → hostSelectionOccasion → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Walter Jones Bellamy → participantIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Yugoslavia national football team → wonOlympicGoldYear → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Czechoslovakia national athletics team → representedAtEvent → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Dana Zátopková → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Shakhlin → participantIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Boris Shakhlin

The Big O → OlympicGoldMedalist → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Oscar Robertson

United Team of Germany → participatedIn → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Bill Dellinger → representedAt → 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ