Australia at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Australia, the previous host of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 189 competitors, 160 men and 29 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Medalists
Gold
- Herb Elliott — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
- Lawrence Morgan — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Lawrence Morgan, Neale Lavis and Bill Roycroft — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- John Devitt — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- David Theile — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
Silver
- Noel Freeman — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Brenda Jones — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Neale Lavis — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Neville Hayes — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Janice Andrew, Dawn Fraser, Rosemary Lassig, and Marilyn Wilson — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Alva Colquhoun, Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp, and Ilsa Konrads — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, Geoffrey Shipton, and David Theile — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Bronze
- David Power — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
- Oliver Taylor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Tony Madigan — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- John Konrads — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Janice Andrew — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- John Devitt, David Dickson, John Konrads, and Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Athletics
Women's 800 metres- Dixie Willis
- * Heat — 2:05.9
- * Final — did not finish
Cycling
Len Williams from Coffs Harbour was nominated for the team but declined due to work commitmentsNine male cyclists represented Australia in 1960.
;Individual road race
;Team time trial
;Sprint
;1000m time trial
;Tandem
;Team pursuit
Diving
;Men;Women
Fencing
11 fencers, 9 men and 2 women, represented Australia in 1960.;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Women's foil
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented Australia in 1960.;Individual
;Team
Rowing
Australia had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1960.;Men
Sailing
;OpenShooting
Seven shooters represented Australia in 1960.;Men
Swimming
;Men;Women
Water polo
Weightlifting
;Men's featherweight- Alan Oshyer AC
- Neville Pery AC
- Daryl Cohen 17th
- Donald Bayley DNF
- Manny Santos AC
- Arthur Shannos 9th
- Cornel Wilczek 11th