Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.

• Istituto Luce Cinecittà
• CONI
• Jesse Owens
• Bing Crosby
• Rafer Johnson
• Pope John XXIII
• Ralph Boston
• Wilma Rudolph
• King Constantine II