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.

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games → Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
athletesOathBy	Adolfo Consolini →
boxingLightHeavyweightGoldMedalist	Cassius Clay →
cauldronLighter	Giancarlo Peris →
city	Rome →
closingDate	1960-09-11 →
continent	Europe →
country	Italy →
featuredAthlete	Abebe Bikila → 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 →
timePeriod	1960 →
tookPlaceAfter	1959 Mediterranean Games →
tookPlaceIn	Lazio →
topRankedNationByGoldMedals	Soviet Union →
topRankedNationByTotalMedals	Soviet Union →
torchLighter	Giancarlo Peris →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Betty Cuthbert → Dawn Fraser → Rafer Johnson →	competedIn
Jerry West → Walt Bellamy →	OlympicGames
Larisa Latynina → Murray Rose →	participatedIn
Muhammad Ali →	event
Rome →	hostedEvent
1956 Summer Olympics →	nextGames
Terry Dischinger →	participantIn
1964 Summer Olympics →	precededBy