Soviet Union at the 1960 Summer Olympics


The Soviet Union competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 43 gold and 103 total medals.

Gold

Basketball

Boxing

Men's flyweight

Cycling

13 male cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1960.
; Individual road race
; Team time trial
; Sprint
; 1000 m time trial
; Tandem
; Team pursuit

Equestrian

Fencing

21 fencers, 15 men and 6 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1960.
; Men's foil
; Men's team foil
; Men's épée
; Men's team épée
; Men's sabre
; Men's team sabre
; Women's foil
; Women's team foil

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1960. In the team event, they won the silver medal.
; Individual
; Team
The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1960.
; Men's single sculls – 1st place
; Men's double sculls – 2nd place
; Men's coxless pair – 1st place
; Men's coxed pair – 2nd place
; Men's coxless four – 3rd place
; Men's coxed four – 4th place
; Men's eight

Shooting

Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1960. Between them, they won three bronze medals, two silvers and two golds.
;25 m pistol
;50 m pistol
;300 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, prone
;Trap

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.