| Opening date | 25.08.1960 |
| Closing date | 11.09.1960 |
| Candidate cities | Lausanne, Detroit, Budapest, Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo |
| Participating countries | 83 - First time in Olympics (Marocco, West India, San Marino, Sudan, Tunisia, The West Indies Federation) |
| Athletes | 5346 - (610 women, 4736 men) |
| Spectators | 1.436 000 |
| Chairman of Olympic Management Committee | Giulio Andreotti |
| Games secretary-general | Marcello Garroni |
| The Patron of the Games | President Giovanni Gronchi (1887-1978) |
| Official opening of the Games by | President Giovanni Gronchi |
| Lighting the Olympic Flame by | Giancarlo Peris (athletics) |
| Olympic Oath by | Adolfo Consolini (athletics) |
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Discus throw
Date - 07.09.1960
Countries - 22
Competitors - 35
World record - 59.91 Edmund Piatkowski (POL) 1959, Richard "Rink" Babka (USA) 1960
| Pos | Athlete |  | Nat | Mark | | | |
| 1 | Alfred | Oerter | USA | 59.18 | | | |
| 2 | Rink | Babka | USA | 58.02 | | | |
| 3 | Richard | Cochran | USA | 57.16 | | | |
| 4 | József | Szécsényi | HUN | 55.79 | | | |
| 5 | Edmund | Piatkowski | POL | 55.12 | | | |
| 6 | Viktor | Kompaneyets | URS | 55.06 | | | |
| 7 | Kim | Bukhantsev | URS | 54.78 | | | |
| 8 | Carmelo | Rado | ITA | 54.00 | | | |
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