Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Dates	September 10
Competitors	75 from 38 nations
Winning time	2:15:16.2
Medalists
Abebe Bikila 23x15px Ethiopia Rhadi Ben Abdesselam  Morocco Barry Magee  New Zealand

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, held on Saturday September 10, 1960. There were a total number of 75 participants from 38 nations.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	22x20px Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:15:16.2 OR
2	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (MAR)	2:15:41.6
3	Barry Magee (NZL)	2:17:18.2
4	Konstantin Vorobyov (URS)	2:19:09.6
5	Sergey Popov (URS)	2:19:18.8
6	Thyge Thøgersen (DEN)	2:21:03.4
7	22x20px Abebe Wakgira (ETH)	2:21:09.4
8	Bakir Ben Aissa (MAR)	2:21:21.4
9	Osvaldo Suárez (ARG)	2:21:26.6
10	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:21:40.2
11	Nikolay Rumyantsev (URS)	2:21:49.4
12	Franjo Mihalić (YUG)	2:21:52.6
13	22x20px Keith James (RSA)	2:22:58.6
14	Pavel Kantorek (TCH)	2:22:59.8
15	Gumersindo Gómez (ARG)	2:23:00.0
16	Denis O'Gorman (GBR)	2:24:16.2
17	22x20px Miguel Navarro (ESP)	2:24:17.4
18	Jeff Julian (NZL)	2:24:50.6
19	Johnny J. Kelley (USA)	2:24:58.0
20	22x20px Lee Chung-Hun (KOR)	2:25:02.2
21	Arnold Vaide (SWE)	2:25:40.2
22	Gerry McIntyre (IRL)	2:26:03.0
23	Olavi Manninen (FIN)	2:26:33.0
24	Eino Oksanen (FIN)	2:26:38.0
25	Arthur Keily (GBR)	2:27:00.0
26	Tor Torgersen (NOR)	2:27:30.0
27	22x20px Myitung Naw (BIR)	2:28:17.0
28	Bruno Bartholome (EUA)	2:28:39.0
29	Brian Kilby (GBR)	2:28:55.0
30	Alex Breckenridge (USA)	2:29:38.0
31	Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)	2:29:40.0
32	Kazumi Watanabe (JPN)	2:29:45.0
33	Juan Silva (CHI)	2:31:18.0
34	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	2:31:20.0
35	Paul Genève (FRA)	2:31:20.0
36	Frans Künen (NED)	2:31:25.0
37	Francesco Perrone (ITA)	2:31:32.0
38	Silvio De Florentis (ITA)	2:31:54.0
39	Linus Diaz (CEY)	2:32:12.0
40	Lal Chand (IND)	2:32:13.0
41	Johannes Lauridsen (DEN)	2:32:32.0
42	Willie Dunne (IRL)	2:33:08.0
43	Ian Sinfield (AUS)	2:34:16.0
44	Arthur Wittwer (SUI)	2:34:42.2
45	Jagmal Singh (IND)	2:35:01.0
46	Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)	2:35:11.0
47	22x20px Lee Sang-Cheol (KOR)	2:35:14.0
48	Gordon McKenzie (USA)	2:35:16.0
49	22x20px Ahmed Labidi (TUN)	2:35:43.0
50	Walter Lemos (ARG)	2:36:55.0
51	Ray Puckett (NZL)	2:37:36.0
52	Dolfi Gruber (AUT)	2:37:40.0
53	Antti Viskari (FIN)	2:38:06.0
54	Allan Lawrence (AUS)	2:38:46.0
55	22x20px Gordon Dickson (CAN)	2:38:46.0
56	Lothar Beckert (EUA)	2:40:10.0
57	Günther Havenstein (EUA)	2:41:14.0
58	Evert Nyberg (SWE)	2:42:59.0
59	Arap Sum Kanuti (KEN)	2:46:55.2
60	Ranjit Bhatia (IND)	2:57:06.0
61	Allah Saoudi (MAR)	2:59:41.0
62	Alifu Massaquoi (LBR)	3:43:18.0
—	22x20px Hedi Dhaoui (TUN)	DNF
—	Vito Di Terlizzi (ITA)	DNF
—	22x20px Mouldi Essalhi (TUN)	DNF
—	Gerhart Hecker (HUN)	DNF
—	22x20px Kim Yeon-Beom (KOR)	DNF
—	Bertie Messitt (IRL)	DNF
—	Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)	DNF

References

• Official report
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