New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code
NZL
NOC
New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website
www.olympic.org.nz
in Rome
Competitors
37 in 9 sports
Flag bearer
Les Mills
Officials
11
Medals Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 37 competitors, 33 men and four women, who took part in 28 events across nine sports.[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Rome, Italy, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Les Mills. Harold Austad was the team's Chef de Mission.[2] The New Zealand team finished 14th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, two of which were gold.
^"New Zealand at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^Sell, Bronwyn; Sheehy, Christine (2014). Long Shots: The greatest underdog stories in New Zealand sport. Allen & Unwin. p. 33. ISBN 978 1 877505 41 6.
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