歷屆奧運會回顧：1960年羅馬奧運會

2600年前，羅馬帝國以征服者的姿態，將古奧運會從希臘奧林匹亞強行移到羅馬舉行。1960年，羅馬作為意大利首都，燃起了象征和平與友誼的奧林匹克火焰。古今兩屆，其意義是不可同日而語的。

KEY FACTS

Opening date:25 August 1960

Closing date: 11 September 1960

The Host City: Rome (Italy)

Sports: 17

ROME  1960 Games of the XVII Olympiad

Fifty-four years after Italy had to give up hosting the Olympics, Rome finally got its chance. They made the most of their dramatic history, holding the wrestling competition in the Basilica of Maxentius. Among the other ancient sites that were used were the Caracalla Baths (gymnastics) and the Arch of Constantine (finish of the marathon). Paul Elvstrom of Denmark won the gold medal in the single-handed dinghy class yachting - for the fourth consecutive time.

Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich earned his sixth consecutive gold medal in the team sabre event. In canoeing, Sweden's Gert Fredriksson won his sixth gold medal. Yugoslavia, which qualified for the final by winning a coin toss, won the football tournament after losing in the final three times in a row. Sante Gaiardoni of Italy became the only cyclist in Olympic history to win both the time trial and the match sprint events. By winning the silver medal in light-welterweight boxing, Clement "Ike" Quartey of Ghana became the first black African Olympic medalist.

Five days later in the marathon, Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, outlasted Rhadi Ben Abdesselem of Morocco to become the first black African Olympic champion. Rafer Johnson and C.K. Yang were decathlon training partners at UCLA, but in Rome Johnson represented the United States and Yang represented Chinese Taipei. In a dramatic finish, they took first and second places and then, exhausted, fell against each other for support. Suffering from concussion and a broken collarbone after a fall in the endurance test of the three-day equestrian event, Bill Roycroft left his hospital bed to compete in t

【歷屆奧運會回顧：1960年羅馬奧運會】相關文章：

歷屆奧運會回顧1996年美國奧運會08-11

奧運會作文02-07

奧運會作文12-22

柏林奧運會01-09

奧運會的作文11-30

奧運會作文06-26

奧運會的作文03-14

東京奧運會作文02-12

奧運會的優秀作文07-14

倫敦奧運會作文03-06