Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Left-right: Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Abebe Bikila, Barry Magee
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Dates	September 10
Competitors	69 from 35 nations
Winning time	2:15:16.2
Medalists
Abebe Bikila   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 69 participants from 35 nations.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	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	Abebe Wakgira (ETH)	2:21:09.4
8	Bakir Benaïssa (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	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	Miguel Navarro (ESP)	2:24:17.4
18	Jeff Julian (NZL)	2:24:50.6
19	John J. Kelley (USA)	2:24:58.0
20	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	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	Lee Sang-Cheol (KOR)	2:35:14.0
48	Gordon McKenzie (USA)	2:35:16.0
49	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	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
—	Hedi Dhaoui (TUN)	DNF
—	Vito Di Terlizzi (ITA)	DNF
—	Mouldi Essalhi (TUN)	DNF
—	Gerhart Hecker (HUN)	DNF
—	Kim Yeon-Beom (KOR)	DNF
—	Bertie Messitt (IRL)	DNF
—	Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)	DNF

References

• Official report