The Games Of The Xvii Olympiad

THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD ROME 1960 The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Copyright — 1960 by the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad THE OFFICIAL REPORT EDITED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD AND PRINTED BY THE COLOMBO PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT AND THE ROTOGRAFICA ROMANA. IT WAS PREPARED BY ROMOLO GIACOMINI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARCELLO GARRONI, TOGETHER WITH THE COLLABORATION OF ENRICO VIGNOLINI AND ARTISTIC ADVICE BY ELENA BAGGIO. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY EDWIN BYATT. NEWS AND TECHNICAL DATA WAS SUPPLIED BY THE HEADS OF SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BY VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS WHICH GRACIOUSLY CO-OPERATED WITH IT DURING THE QUADRIENNIAL PREPARATION OF THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD. THE SIX AGENCIES FORMING THE OLYMPIA PHOTOGRAPHIC POOL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ANGELO GOZZI, MARIO DE BIASI AND SERGIO DEL GRANDE OF EPOCA MAGAZINE KINDLY OFFERED PART OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. THE GAMES OF THE XVII OLYMPIAD ROME 1960 VOLUME ONE PREFACE Well aware of the responsibilities imposed by a work of extreme accuracy such as the preparation of the Official Report, and in an effort to attain a clear, comprehensive, and precise documentation, we have not failed to refer to all possible sources of technical and statistical information. The overall pattern of the Games of the XVII Olympiad, as described in the various reports and commentaries, will be shown by the collection of data and details, figures and graphs which record and analyse works and results and will serve to give us an unforgetable memory of the protagonists as well as to provide evidence of the efforts undertaken in organizing the Rome Olympic Games. This documentation attempts to illustrate events and general aspects of the work undertaken during the four-year period of preparation. In this way, the de