Burma at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Burma participated in the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome, Italy, with a delegation of ten athletes (all men) in nine competitions in five sports part. There were no medals are won. The youngest athlete was the Boxer Than Tun (19 years and 109 days), the oldest athlete was the sailors Gyi Khin Pe (44 years and 52 days). It was the fourth participation in the Olympic Summer Games for the country.

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Hla Nyunt flyweight
  • Than Tun feather-weight
  • Thein Myint bantamweight

Weightlifting

  • Nile Tun Maung Lightweight
  • Tun Maung Kywe feather-weight

Athletics

  • Myitung Naw marathon

Swimming

  • Tin Maung Ni 1,500 -meter freestyle

Sailing

Flying Dutchman

  • Results Final: 985 points, rank 29 Race one: 161 points, 2:45:53 hours, rank 27 Race two: 161 points, 2:46:05 hours, rank 27 Three races: 145 points, 2:25:23 hours, rank 28 Four races: 161 points, 2:59:11 hours, rank 27 Five races: 212 points, 2:24:02 hours, rank 24 Six races: Race not started Seven races: 145 points, 2:27:04 hours, rank 28
  • Team Park Chow Wing Gyi Khin Pe

Singles

  • Maung Maung Lwin U Finn - Dinghy
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