AOC Media Centre - 1960 Rome

Athletics: 1500m Rome 1960 Herb ElliotHerb Elliot wins Gold in the men's 1500m in Olympic and World Record time. Footage includes highlights of the race and the medal ceremony. Copyright IOC.

Athletics: Men's Marathon Rome 1960 Ian SinfieldNo Australians featured, but Ian Sinfield can be seen on the start line before the race talking to fellow competitors from New Zealand. The Australian can also be seen briefly running past the camera just after the start. The marathon is run through the streets of Rome, taking in many of the Ancient sites and is completed during the dark. Copyright IOC.

Athletics: 1500m Rome 1960 Herb ElliotHerb Elliot wins Gold in the men's 1500 metres in Olympic and World Record time at the Rome 1960 Olympics. Footage includes highlights of the race, interview with Elliot and the medalists shaking hands on the podium. Copyright IOC.

Walking Redemption in RomeRome 1960: British athlete Don Thompson leads in the 50km walk, where he won the gold medal. Having collapsed in the heat at the previous games in Melbourne, Australia, he had trained for Rome by creating a steam-room effect in his bathroom and walking up and down on the bathmat.

200m Podium FinishRome 1960: The medal winners of the women's 200m sprint accept their medals. In the centre is Wilma Rudolph of the United States with her gold medal, and competitors Dorothy Hyman (left) and G Leone (right) .

Elliott's Photo FinishRome 1960: Photographers capture Australian athlete Herb Elliot winning the final of the men's 1500m, and setting a new world record of 3 minutes 35.6 seconds.

Herb Elliott in ActionRome 1960: Australia's athletics hero Herb Elliott runs in the 1500m race and takes home the gold medal.

In Pool CelebrationsRome 1960: Australia's Dawn Fraser (right) is congratulated in the water by G. Von Saltza (USA) after equalling the world record when she won the 100m freestyle final. Frasers's winning time was 61.2 seconds.