Tunisia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 42 competitors, all men, took part in 22 events in 7 sports.[2]

Tunisia at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Rome
Competitors42 (all men) in 7 sports
Flag bearerHoucine Cherif Hammouda[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Khalifa Bahroumi 20 km walk 1:47:09.6 27
Mouldi Ben Amor Essalhi Marathon DNF
Ahmed Ben Dali Labidi Marathon 2:35:43.2 49
Mohamed Ben Lazhar 20 km walk DSQ
50 km walk 5:07:57.4 26
Abdeslem Dargouth 800 m 1:54.87 6 did not advance
Hédi Dhaoui Marathon DNF
Mohamed Gouider 1500 m 3:58.52 12 did not advance
Brahim Karabi 400 m 52.0 7 did not advance
Mongi Soussi Zarrouki 400 m hurdles 54.34 6 did not advance
Naoui Zlassi 20 km walk 1:55:21.0 28
50 km walk DSQ
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Sylvain Bitan High jump NM did not advance

Boxing

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Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tahar Ben Hassen Bantamaweight BYE   Nicolae Puiu (ROU)
L 1-4
did not advance
Noureddine Dziri Lightweight BYE   Harry Lempio (GER)
L TKO-3
did not advance
Azouz Bechir Light welterweight BYE   György Pal (HUN)
L RSC-1
did not advance
Omrane Sadok Welterweight BYE   Tomislav Kelava (YUG)
W RSC-1
  Shishman Mitsev (BUL)
L 2-3
did not advance
Mohamed Ben Gandoubi Middleweight   Eamonn McKeon (IRL)
L 0-5
did not advance

Cycling

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Four male cyclists represented Tunisia in 1960

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ali Ben Ali Men's road race DNF
Mohamed El-Kemissi DNF
Bechir Mardassi DNF
Mohamed Touati DNF
Ali Ben Ali
Mohamed El-Kemissi
Bechir Mardassi
Mohamed Touati
Team time trial 2:36:05.54 27

Fencing

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Four fencers represented Tunisia in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Football

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First round

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Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 6
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
  Poland 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 2
  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Poland  6–1  Tunisia
Pohl   7', 40', 42', 84', 89'
Hachorek   67'
Report Kerrit   3'
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)

Argentina  2–1  Tunisia
Oleniak   15', 82' Report Kerrit   25'
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

Denmark  3–1  Tunisia
F. Nielsen   24'
H. Nielsen   27', 88'
Report Cherif   48'
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Campanati (ITA)

Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Tunisia in 1960.

Athlete Event Riding
(show jumping)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Lakdar Bouzid Men's 0 218 620 680 838 2356 56
Habib Ben Azzabi DQ 356 340 450 532 1678 57
Ahmed Ennachi DQ 287 380 130 388 1185 58
Lakdar Bouzid
Habib Ben Azzabi
Ahmed Ennachi
Team 0 861 1340 1260 1758 5219 17

Shooting

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Two shooters represented Tunisia in 1960.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Moustafa Chellouf Men's 50 metre rifle prone 350 41 did not advance
Habib Dallagi 353 41 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Tunisia". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Tunisia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
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