THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD Rome 1960 VOLUME TWO THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD ROME 1960 The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Copyright — 1960 by the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad SUMMARY 11 OPENING CEREMONY 56 INITIALS OF NATIONS AND SPORTS 57 ATHLETICS 60 Juries and judges 65 Men's events: — results and classifications 179 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 181 Women's events: — results and classifications 213 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 215 FOOTBALL 217 Committees and referees 219 Qualification tournament: — results and classifications 226 Olympic tournament: — results and classifications 243 CANOEING 245 Regatta directorate 248 Men's events: — results and classifications 266 Women's events: — results and classifications 271 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 273 ROWING 275 Regatta directorate 277 Results and classifications 307 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 309 CYCLING 311 Commissaires and judges 313 Results and classifications 344 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 345 GYMNASTICS 348 Juries and judges 352 Men's events: — results and classifications 398 Women's events: — results and classifications 437 HOCKEY 439 Juries and referees 443 Results and classifications 9 461 WRESTLING 463 Juries and referee judges 465 Greco-Roman:— results and classifications 501 Free Style:— results and classifications 539 SWIMMING AND WATERPOLO 541 Juries, judges and referees 547 Men's events:— results and classifications 583 Women's events:— results and classifications 606 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 608 Waterpolo:— results and classifications 627 BASKETBALL 629 Juries and referees 630 Pre-Olympic tournament:— results and classifications 632 Olympic tournament:— results and classifications 661 MODERN PENTATHLON 663 Juries and commissaires 666 Results and classifications 673 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 675 BOXING 678 Referees and judges 682 Results and classifications 761 FENCING 763 Technical Directorate and presidents of juries 765 Men's events:— results and classifications 841 Women's events:— results and classifications 859 WEIGHTLIFTING 862 Juries and referees 864 Results and classifications 892 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 895 EQUESTRIAN SPORTS 897 Juries and technical delegates 901 Results and classifications 927 SHOOTING 930 Juries and referee judges 933 Target shooting:— results and classifications 957 Comparison of results of Helsinki, Melbourne and Rome 958 Trap shooting:— results and classifications 963 YACHTING 965 Juries, committees and commissions 969 Results and classifications 1025 TITLES, MEDALS AND STATISTICS 1041 CLOSING CEREMONY 10 THE OPENING CEREMONY The Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XVII Olympiad was celebrated in the Olympic Stadium at 16.30 hrs. during the afternoon of 25th August. The gates of the Stadium were opened promptly at 15.00 hrs. whilst the military bands of the Carabinieri police, the Italian Air Force, Finance Guards and Public Security police played the first marches to ease the spiritual tension of the gathering crowds. At 16.26 hrs, the « Olympic Fanfare », repeated three times, greeted the arrival of the Hon. Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic, who was received by all the Olympic and National Authorities. In the meantime, the teams from 84 Countries present at the Games were assembled in the Olympic Village in their order of march. Immediately after this, the parade started along the Viale Tiziano, Ponte Milvio, Lungotevere Diaz up to the Stadio dei Marmi (a distance of 1.65 km). Divided up into teams, and preceded by a student from the Higher Institute of Physical Education car- rying the placard indicating the nationality of the group, the athletes started the parade towards the Stadio dei Marmi punctually at the established time. At 16.29 hrs, the Head of the Italian State took his place in the Presidential Stand whilst the Band of the Carabinieri played the Italian National Anthem A fanfare of trumpets played by the "Faithful Followers of Vitorchiano" announced the commencement of the parade of the athletes who marched to the accompaniment of military marches. The flagbearers of the teams salu- ted the Head of the Italian State and the other Government Authorities in ac- cordance with the custom of each respective Country. The Greek team led the parade by virtue of a privilege accorded to them in each Olympiad. The teams marched in ranks of four along the track of the Stadium and subsequently turned off to take up their positions in the centre of the grass field. After the Greeks, the other teams marched in parade order in accordance with Italian alphabetical order. The Italian team closed the parade. Each team took up its position in the space allotted to it, thus creat- ing a final picture of brilliant but harmonious colour. 13 At the end of the parade, all the teams made their way to the oval space at the centre of the field and, maintaining their formation, took up their stand in the space behind a front line marked with the initials of each Nation. The name-board bearers and the flagbearers reached the marshalling points indi- cated in positions opposite their own teams. The President of the I. O. C., Mr. Avery Brundage, invites the Head of the Italian State to proclaim the opening of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. At the end of the marshalling, the President of the Organising Com- mittee, Hon. Andreotti, accompanied by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Brundage, made his way to the podium situated at the centre of the field to pronounce his opening speech, underlining the ever- growing progress of the Olympic Games: "The five Olympic rings - stated the Hon. Andreotti in the course of his speech - which were initially the symbol of a generous and almost romantic intercontinental Unitarian aspiration, have already 14 become a living sports reality which richly reward the efforts, the disappointments and sacrifices of all the pioneers of this modern crusade, strengthening the ties between men. There have been, are, and unfortunately will remain, all too many causes of contrast which hold the spirits of hundreds of millions of families in alarm, and all too often violence has got, and still gets, the better of reason and the exact vision of the interests of the peoples, which must necessarily be the interests of peace. Thus, all that which really contributes to directing the exuberant energies of indi- viduals and of Nations towards peaceful, physical, and intellectual contest, should be appreciated, recognised, and upheld ". Immediately afterwards, the President of the I. O. C., Mr. Avery Brun- dage, addressed the following invitation to the Head of the Italian State: " I have the honour of inviting the President of the Italian Republic to declare open the Games of the XVII Olympiad of the Modern Era, revived by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 ". Solemn Proclamation In the solemn expectant silence of the Olympic Stadium, the Head of the State pronounced the ritual formula: " I proclaim open the Rome Olympic Games celebrating the XVII Olympiad of the Modern Era ". The four bands then sounded the Olympic fanfare three times and eight athletes, escorted by a small group of sailors, marched on to the field carrying the Olympic flag, held horizontally. The flag was handed over to the sailors who slowly hoisted it on to the flagstaff. The band of the Carabinieri began to play the Olympic Hymn which was sung by the Choir of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. All the athletes present, limited in number to ensure the regularity of the parade, stood to attention upon the playing of the «leit-motif» of the Games and remained in that position until the flag had reached the top of the flag- staff and the choir finished their singing of the Hymn. With the last notes of the Hymn still echoing through the air, the Mayor of Rome - followed by two uniformed valets - made his way up to the podium to receive the Olympic Flag, in embroidered satin, given in 1920 by the Bel- gian Olympic Committee, from the Mayor of Melbourne and the President of the I. O. C. The Olympic Flag will be kept in the Town Hall until the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. At 17.50 hrs., Giancarlo Peris, the last torchbearer in the Olympic Relay, made his entrance into the Stadium, preceded by three salvoes of artillery and by the symbolic release of pigeons, whilst all the bells of Rome sounded joyfully. Having circled right round the track, the athlete quickly ran up the 92 steps of the stairway, brought the Flame of the Torch up to the great green tripod located between the Olympic Flag, the Italian flag and the flag of Rome, and ignited the flame in the brazier. 15 The athlete, Giancarlo Peris, well aware of the solemnity of the moment, ignites the tripod in the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. After the ceremony of lighting of the Olympic flame, all the athletes once again stood to attention and the flag-bearers moved from their positions and stood in a semi-circle around the podium. The Italian flagbearer took up his position on the left of the podium. The Oath-taking by the Athletes Immediately after, the Italian athlete, Consolini, came out of the ranks, mounted the podium and, grasping the Italian flag with his left hand, pronounc- ed the formula of the Olympic oath: " In the name of all the competitors, I swear that we will take part in these Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and honour of our Country ". The Choir of Santa Cecilia, accompanied by the Band of the Carabinieri, then sang the National Anthem.