Share | Olympics Art  Olympic Years Athens 1896 London 1908 Stockholm 1912 Antwerp 1920 Paris 1924 Amsterdam 1928 Los Angeles 1932 Berlin 1936 London 1948 Helsinki 1952 Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Mexico City 1968 Munich 1972 Sydney 2000 Beijing 2008  Olympic Sports Baseball Basketball Bicycling Boxing Diving Fencing Gymnastics Soccer Swimming Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling More Olympics Posters  Features The Ancient Olympic Games Olympic Mythology The Athletes The Sports Events Did You Know?	Rome Olympics, 1960
	Olympic Bicycling, 1960 Art Print 12.5 in. x 18 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Olympic Soccer, 1960 Art Print 18 in. x 12.5 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Olympic Tennis, 1960 Art Print 12.5 in. x 18 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, in 1960. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was forced to decline and pass the honors to London. A total of 84 nations participated at the Rome Games. Athletes from Morocco, San Marino, Sudan, and Tunisia competed at the Olympic Games for the first time. Suriname also made its first Olympic appearance, but its lone athlete withdrew from competition, leaving a total of 83 nations that actually competed. Athletes from Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would represent the new (British) West Indies Federation, but this nation would only exist for this single Olympiad. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as the United Team of Germany from 1956-1964.