Rome Olympics 1960

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:athleteOathBy gptkb:Edoardo_Mangiarotti
gptkbp:closed 1960-09-11
gptkbp:firstOlympicsInItaly true
gptkbp:firstTelevisedLiveInEurope true
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Tokyo_Olympics_1964
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:Italy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rome Olympics 1960
gptkbp:IOC_President gptkb:Avery_Brundage
gptkbp:judgeOathBy none
gptkbp:logo Rome 1960 Olympic emblem
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Stadio_Olimpico
gptkbp:mascot nan
gptkbp:memberState 83
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Cassius_Clay
gptkb:Wilma_Rudolph
gptkb:Larisa_Latynina
gptkb:Livio_Berruti
gptkb:Rafer_Johnson
Abebe Bikila
gptkbp:notableEvent Abebe Bikila won marathon barefoot
Cassius Clay won light heavyweight boxing gold
Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals
gptkbp:notableFor First Olympics with doping tests
First Olympics to feature the Olympic torch relay through Italy
First Olympics with gender verification tests
First Olympics with official Olympic anthem
First Paralympic Games held in Rome in 1960
South Africa was barred due to apartheid
First Olympics with athletes' village in Rome's EUR district
First Olympics with electronic timing for track events
First Olympics to use a computer (IBM 1620) for data processing
First Olympics to be fully covered by television in Europe
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 610
4738
5348
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 150
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XVII_Olympiad
gptkbp:OlympicFlameLitBy gptkb:Giancarlo_Peris
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Giovanni_Gronchi
1960-08-25
gptkbp:precededBy Melbourne Olympics 1956
gptkbp:sport 17
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate gptkb:Rome,_Italy
gptkb:Olympia,_Greece
gptkbp:year 1960
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tokyo_Olympics_1964
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6