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Athletics at the I Paralympic Games
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Competitors	31 from 10 nations
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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 13 for men and 12 for women.

Participating nations

•  Australia (3)
•  Austria (5)
•  France (1)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Italy (9)
•  Malta (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  United States (2)
•  West Germany (4)

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	12	12	8	32
2	West Germany (FRG)	5	3	5	13
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	0	4	8
4	United States (USA)	3	0	1	4
5	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
6	Australia (AUS)	0	4	1	5
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	5	6
10	Malta (MLT)	0	1	1	2
Totals (10 entries)		25	25	25	75

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Club throw A details	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Walter Prossl  West Germany	Domenico Avitabile  Italy
Club throw B details	Marcel Barbier  France	Carmelo Russo  Italy	Walter Prossl  West Germany
Club throw C details	Ron Stein  United States	Dik Kruidenier  Netherlands	Russ Scott  Great Britain
Javelin throw A details	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Felice Lenardon  Italy	Walter Prossl  West Germany
Javelin throw B details	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Carmelo Russo  Italy	Felice Lenardon  Italy
Javelin throw C details	Enzo Santini  Italy	Denis Favre  Switzerland	Carl Hepple  Great Britain
Precision javelin throw A details	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Frank Ponta  Australia	Jacob  West Germany
Precision javelin throw B details	Grimaldi  Italy	Gary Hooper  Australia	Castelli  Italy
Precision javelin throw C details	Felice Lenardon  Italy	Walter Telsnig  Austria	Engelbert Rangger  Austria
Shot put A details	Walter Prossl  West Germany	Felice Lenardon  Italy	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Shot put B details	Walter Prossl  West Germany	Felice Lenardon  Italy	Claude Markham  Malta
Shot put C details	Ron Stein  United States	Denis Favre  Switzerland	Saul Welger  United States
Pentathlon open details	Ron Stein  United States	Dik Kruidenier  Netherlands	Russ Scott  Great Britain

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Club throw A details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy	Manette Berger-Waldenegg  Austria
Club throw B details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Marlene Muhlendyck  West Germany	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy
Club throw C details	Christa Zander  West Germany	Timothy Manning  Australia	Maria Scutti  Italy
Javelin throw A details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy	Manette Berger-Waldenegg  Austria
Javelin throw B details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Marlene Muhlendyck  West Germany	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy
Javelin throw C details	Christa Zander  West Germany	Daphne Ceeney  Australia	Maria Scutti  Italy
Precision javelin throw A details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Ilse Driessler  Austria
Precision javelin throw B details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Marlene Muhlendyck  West Germany
Precision javelin throw C details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Rosi Kohlmannhuber  Austria
Shot put A details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy	Anna Maria Toso  Italy
Shot put B details	Maria Scutti  Italy	Anna Maria Galimberti  Italy	Marlene Muhlendyck  West Germany
Shot put C details	Christa Zander  West Germany	Angela Scicluna  Malta	Daphne Ceeney  Australia

References

• Athletics at the 1960 Summer Paralympics (Rome) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

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