Tags: Olympic Result, Results Of A Sport Competition.
The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Italy. 253 competitors 206 men and 47 women took part in 130 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.The Rome Games continued Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s disappointing run in the Olympics with British athletes picking up only two gold medals (down from six in 1956). Overall they won twenty medals finishing twelfth.