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.
Don Thompson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
Anita Lonsbrough — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
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
Peter Radford — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, and Neville Whitehead — Athletics, 4 × 100 m Relay
Stan Vickers — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Dorothy Hyman — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Richard McTaggart — Boxing, Lightweight
Jimmy Lloyd — Boxing, Welterweight
William Fisher — Boxing, Light Middleweight
Brian Phelps — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
Elizabeth Ferris — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
David Broome and Sunsalve — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Natalie Steward — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Louis Martin — Weightlifting, Middle-heavyweight
Men's Hammer Throw
Mike Ellis
Qualifying Round — 63.21 m
Final Round — 54.22 m (→ 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Suzanne Allday
Qualifying Round — 41.12 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Shot Put
Suzanne Allday
Qualifying Round — 13.10 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
12 male cyclists represented Great Britain in 1960.
Individual road race
Jim Hinds
Bill Bradley
William Holmes
Ken Laidlaw
Team time trial
Bill Bradley
William Holmes
Jim Hinds
Ken Laidlaw
Sprint
Lloyd Binch
Karl Barton
1000m time trial
Karl Barton
Tandem
David Handley
Eric Thompson
Team pursuit
Barry Hoban
Mike Gambrill
Charlie McCoy
Joseph McClean
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1960.
Men's foil
Bill Hoskyns
Allan Jay
Ralph Cooperman
Men's team foil
Bill Hoskyns, Allan Jay, Ralph Cooperman, Angus McKenzie, René Paul
Men's épée
Allan Jay
Bill Hoskyns
John Pelling
Men's team épée
Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Bill Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, Michael Alexander
Men's sabre
Alexander Leckie
Ralph Cooperman
Michael Amberg
Men's team sabre
Ralph Cooperman, Michael Amberg, Alexander Leckie, Michael Strauss, Donald Stringer
Women's foil
Gillian Sheen
Margaret Stafford
Mary Glen-Haig
Women's team foil
Gillian Sheen, Jeannette Bailey, Shirley Netherway, Mary Glen-Haig
The National Coach to the British Gymnastics team was Frank Turner, who had competed as a gymnast in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1960.
Individual
Patrick Harvey
Donald Cobley
Peter Little
Team
Patrick Harvey
Donald Cobley
Peter Little
Single scull - Sidney Rand - unplaced
Double scull - Nicholas Birkmyre, George Justicz - unplaced
Coxless pair - R J Nicholson, C L Marshall - unplaced
Coxed pair - S Farquharson, J R Reeves, K Lester
Coxless four - C G V Davidge, J M Beresford, J P C Vigurs, C F Porter - Fifth
Coxed four - S C Crosse, Richard Knight, J M Russell, J Tilbury, T H Rosslyn-Smith - unplaced
Eight - R C I Bate, R L S Fishlock, J R Chester, A T Lindsay, I L Elliott, G V Cooper, D W Shaw, C M Davis, P J Reynolds (cox)
Ten shooters represented Great Britain in 1960.
25 m pistol
Tony Clark
Robert Hassell
50 m pistol
John Tomlinson
Frank Dobson
50 m rifle, three positions
Derek Robinson
Steffen Cranmer
50 m rifle, prone
Arthur Skinner
William Godwin
Trap
Joe Wheater
Victor Huthart
