Italian athlete Giancarlo Peris brings the Olympic flame to the Olympic Stadium in Rome for the opening ceremony of the games, 26th August 1960.
Italian miss pauses to admire the gold medal Worn by Cassius Clay after winning the Olympic Light Heavyweight Crown.
American Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line in a women's sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. September 3, 1960.
The winners of the 1960 Olympic medals for light heavyweight boxing on the winners' podium at Rome: Cassius Clay , gold; Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of...
Sport/Boxing, 1960 Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, September 1960, America's Cassius Clay, in action during the Games, he won the Gold medal in the...
British boxer Dick McTaggart carrying the Union Jack and leading the Great Britain Olympic team at the opening ceremony, watched by 90,000...
The completed Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto , an aquatics centre at the Foro Italico constructed for the 1960 Summer Olympics, hosted by Rome, Italy, 1st...
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia running during the marathon at the Olympics, Rome, Italy, 10th September 1960.
Rome Olympics: Portrait of USA Wilbert McClure , USA Cassius Clay , and USA Eddie Crook Jr. Victorious with gold medals at Piazza XVII Olimpiade....
Boxing: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Cassius Clay in action during light heavyweight fight, Rome, Italy 8/25/1960--9/11/1960
Judges watch John Devitt of Australia and Lance Larson as they touch the wall at the finish of the 100m freestyle final swimming event at the Rome...
Marathon Runners Heading Towards The Colosseum During The Olympic Games September 11, 1960. The Three Finalists Are: Gold Medalist Abebe Bikila ,...
Track & Field: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Wilma Rudolph victorious with gold medal on stand after winning 200M race, Rome, ITA 8/25/1960--9/11/1960
Sport, Athletics, 1960 Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, 10th September 1960, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, front, on his way to winning the Gold medal in the...
Takashi Ono of Japan competes in the Horizontal Bar of the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team during the Rome Summer Olympic Games at Baths of Caracalla...
Rome, Italy- Ingrid Kramer of Germany soars through the air during the high diving elimination contest. Miss Kramer was first in the competition and...
Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila waves to the cheering crowd and photographers after he won the Olympic Marathon in a time of about 2 hours, 15 minutes...
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Basketball, The USA team that won the gold medal line up with silver medallists USSR and bronze medallists Brazil
Giuseppe Delfino of Italy scores a winning hit on Allen Jay of Great Britain to take the gold in the Men's Individual Epee at the Rome Olympics, 1960
New Zealand runner Murray Halberg lays exhausted after winning the 5,000 metres gold medal in the Rome Olympics, September 1960.
Summer Olympics: USA Cassius Clay in his corner with team coach Julius Menendez during Men's Light-Heavyweight Gold Medal bout vs Poland Zbigniew...
Rafer Johnson of the United States competes against Yang Chuan-kwang of China in the 1500 Metres portion of the Decathlon competition during the 1960...
Boxing: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Cassius Clay victorious on podium after winning light heavyweight gold medal, View of Palazzo dello Sport, stadium,...
Track & Field: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Wilma Rudolph in action, winning race, Rome, ITA 8/25/1960--9/11/1960
Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila runs barefoot for victory in the Rome 1960 Olympic Games marathon, after passing Moroccan Abdeslam Radi, on September...
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Boxing, Cassius Clay of the USA punches Gennadiy Shatov of the Soviet Union whom he beat on a unanimous points victory to...
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Womens Long Jump, USSR's Gold Medal winner Vyera Krepkina who also set an Olympic Record of 20 feet 10 inches
Soviet athlete Tamara Press wins the gold medal in the shot put and sets a new Olympic record for the event, during the Rome Olympics, 3rd September...
Summer Olympics: USA Cassius Clay in action during Men's Light-Heavyweight Gold Medal bout vs Poland Zbigniew Pietrzykowski at Palazzo dello Sport....
British athlete Don Thompson leading in the 50km walk at the Rome Olympics, where he won the gold medal. Having collapsed in the heat at the previous...
Boxing: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Cassius Clay victorious on stand after winning Light Heavyweight gold medal vs Poland Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, View...
Track & Field: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Wilma Rudolph victorious with on medal stand after winning 100M race, Rome, ITA 8/25/1960--9/11/1960
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Swimming, Australia's Dawn Fraser, who won the Gold Medal for the 100 metres Freestyle, and a Silver Team Medal for the...
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Gymnastics, USSR's Larisa Latynina who won 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, and 1 Bronze Medal at the Games
Olympic Games, Rome, Italy, Swimming, Women's 100 Metres Freestyle, Australian gold medal winner Dawn Fraser is hugged by USA's silver medallist...
Summer Olympics: USA Jerry Lucas , Terry Dischinger , and Oscar Robertson in action vs Soviet Union Aleksandr Petrov at Palazzo dello Sport. Rome,...
Takashi Ono of Japan competes in the Horse Vault of the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team during the Rome Summer Olympic Games at Baths of Caracalla on...
Yukio Endo of Japan competes in the Horizontal Bar of the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team during the Rome Summer Olympic Games at Baths of Caracalla...
Takashi Ono of Japan poses with his medals in the Artistic Gymnastics during the Rome Summer Olympic Games at Baths of Caracalla on September 1, 1960...
Nicknamed "the black gazelle", U.S champion Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line of the Olympic 100m event, that she wins, establishing a new world...
Rome, Italy- OLYMPICS. Australian Herb Elliot hits the tape far ahead of the field to win the 1,500-meter run here, Sept. 6th. The fleet Aussie...
Rome, Italy: America's Wilma Rudolph breasts the tape to win the women's 100-meter dash here, Sept. 2nd. Wilma's winning time was 11seconds flat, a...
The Australian middle distance runner, Herb Elliot setting a new world record in the final of the 1500 metres at the Olympic games in Rome.
American athlete Otis Davis and German athlete Carl Kaufmann in the final of the men's 400-metres event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, at the Stadio...
Three gold-medal winning American boxers pose in the Olympic Village, Rome, Italy, September 9, 1960. From left, Eddie Crook, Cassius Clay , and...
Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila , Moroccan athlete Allal Saoudi, Belgian athlete Aurele Vandendriessche, Moroccan athlete Rhadi Ben Abdesselam ,...
Track & Field: 1960 Summer Olympics, Scenic view of ETH Abebe Bikila in barefoot action, breaking world record and winning marathon at Arch of...
The Italian cycling team, consisting of Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Luigi Arienti and Mario Vigna, in action during the Rome Olympics, 28th August...
Olympic Games, Rome. A hockey match in progress between Australia and Pakistan at the Stadia del Marmi. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive
Indian athlete Milkha Singh , South African athlete Malcolm Spence , American athlete Otis Davis, American athlete Earl Young, and German athlete...
American decathlete Rafer Johnson is the flag bearer leading the United States Olympic team as they leave the Stadium of the Marbles on their way to...
Boxing: 1960 Summer Olympics, USA Cassius Clay in action during light heavyweight fight, Rome, Italy 8/25/1960--9/11/1960
