Rome 1960

Birchfield Harriers at the Olympics

1960 – XVII Olympic Games
Rome, Italy

Athlete: Carole Quinton
Event: 4 x 100m Relay


Athlete: Carole Quinton
Event: 80m Hurdles

FINAL: 2nd

  SILVER MEDAL


Athlete: Peter Radford
Event: 200 metres


Athlete: Peter Radford
Event: 100 metres

FINAL: 3rd

  BRONZE MEDAL


Athlete: Peter Radford
Event: 4 x 100m Relay

FINAL: 3rd (Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, Nick Whitehead)
Harriers ran both the first and last legs on this Olympic medal winning team.

  BRONZE MEDAL


Athlete: Nick Whitehead

Event: 4 x 100m Relay

FINAL: 3rd (Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, Nick Whitehead)
Nick Whitehead ran the anchor leg, securing the Bronze for Great Britain.

  BRONZE MEDAL


Athlete: Harold Malcolm Yardley
Event: 400 metres


Athlete: Harold Malcolm Yardley
Event: 4 x 400m Relay


Athlete: Robbie Ian Brightwell MBE
Event: 400 metres


Athlete: Robbie Ian Brightwell MBE
Event: 4 x 400m Relay


Athlete: Diane Leather-Charles
Event: 800 metres