# 1960 Ibero-American Games

The 1960 Ibero-American Games (Spanish: I Juegos Iberoamericanos) were held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, between October 11–16, 1960.
A total of 31 events were contested, 22 by men and 9 by women.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Rafael Romero (VEN) | 10.3 | Horacio Esteves (VEN) | 10.3 | Luis Vienna (ARG) | 10.4 |
| 200 metres | Rafael Romero (VEN) | 20.8 | José Telles da Conceição (BRA) | 21.5 | Lloyd Murad (VEN) | 21.5 |
| 400 metres | Humberto Brown (PAN) | 47.4 | Germán Guenard (PUR) | 47.9 | Anubes da Silva (BRA) | 48.5 |
| 800 metres | Ramón Sandoval (CHI) | 1:50.4 | Tomás Barris (ESP) | 1:51.0 | Julio León (CHI) | 1:51.9 |
| 1500 metres | Ramón Sandoval (CHI) | 3:52.4 | Tomás Barris (ESP) | 3:52.6 | Julio Gómez (ESP) | 3:56.0 |
| 5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez (ARG) | 14:29.0 | José Molíns (ESP) | 14:33.6 | Manuel Oliveira (POR) | 14:56.4 |
| 10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez (ARG) | 30:26.0 | José Molíns (ESP) | 30:31.6 | Carlos Pérez (ESP) | 31:02.4 |
| Marathon | Osvaldo Suárez (ARG) | 2:38:23 | Gumersindo Gómez (ARG) | 2:38:33 | Álvaro Conde (POR) | 2:43:20 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Lázaro Betancourt (CUB) | 14.3 | José Telles da Conceição (BRA) | 14.3 | Carlos Mossa (BRA) | 14.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG) | 52.8 | Anubes da Silva (BRA) | 53.0 | Ovidio de Jesús (PUR) | 53.7 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Sebastião Mendes (BRA) | 9:01.8 | Manuel Augusto Alonso (ESP) | 9:04.8 | José Jesús Fernández (ESP) | 9:07.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Venezuela Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Emilio Romero Horacio Esteves | 40.3 | Brazil Affonso Coelho da Silva João Pires Sobrinho Joel Satow José Telles da Conceição | 40.6 | Panama Humberto Brown Luis Carter Sydney Dobbs Percival Jespech | 41.3 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Puerto Rico Juan Montes José Luis Villalongo Ovidio de Jesús Germán Guenard | 3:12.8 | Brazil Joel Carvalho Rocha Anubes da Silva Paulo de Oliveira Ulises Laurindo dos Santos | 3:15.2 | Spain Virgilio González Barbeitos Jesús Rancaño José Luis Martínez Amigo | 3:15.6 |
| High jump | Teodoro Palacios (GUA) | 1.95 | Eugenio Velasco (CHI) | 1.90 | Eleuterio Fassi (ARG) | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Rolando Cruz (PUR) | 4.35 | Fernando Adarraga (ESP) | 4.20 | Luis Meza (CHI) | 4.15 |
| Long jump | Pedro Almeida (POR) | 7.32 | Roberto Procel (MEX) | 7.16 | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 7.07 |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 15.83 | Ramón López (CUB) | 15.06 | Jorge Castillo (ARG) | 15.00 |
| Shot put | Enrique Helf (ARG) | 16.09 | Cosme Di Cursi (ARG) | 15.88 | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo (ESP) | 14.72 |
| Discus throw | Günther Kruse (ARG) | 48.56 | Dieter Gevert (CHI) | 47.98 | Hernán Haddad (CHI) | 47.88 |
| Hammer throw | José María Elorriaga (ESP) | 52.99 | Alejandro Díaz (CHI) | 52.16 | Roberto Chapchap (BRA) | 52.15 |
| Javelin throw | Emilio Navarro (PUR) | 67.38 | José Culleré (ESP) | 67.23 | Alfonso de Andrés (ESP) | 64.62 |
| Decathlon | Héctor Thomas (VEN) | 6928 | Emir Martínez (ARG) | 6633 | Juris Laipenieks (CHI) | 6532 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Carlota Gooden (PAN) | 11.9 | Edith Berg (ARG) | 12.3 | Marisol Massot (CHI) | 12.4 |
| 200 metres | Jean Holmes (PAN) | 24.8 | Lorraine Dunn (PAN) | 25.7 | Marta Buongiorno (ARG) | 26.0 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos (BRA) | 11.5 | Maria José de Lima (BRA) | 11.9 | Eliana Gaete (CHI) | 12.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Panama Silvia Hunte Carlota Gooden Lorraine Dunn Jean Holmes | 47.2 | Argentina Margarita Formeiro Marta Buongiorno Ada Brenner Edith Berg | 48.9 | Chile Eliana Gaete Aurora Bianchi Marisol Massot Nancy Correa | 49.2 |
| High jump | Nelly Gómez (CHI) | 1.55 | Maria José de Lima (BRA) | 1.50 | Deonildes Martins (URU) | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Ada Brener (ARG) | 5.55 | Laura das Chagas (BRA) | 5.43 | Eliette Zenardo (BRA) | 5.30 |
| Shot put | Pradelia Delgado (CHI) | 12.17 | Ingeborg Pfüller (ARG) | 11.52 | Maria Caldeira (BRA) | 11.03 |
| Discus throw | Ingeborg Mello (ARG) | 39.34 | Pradelia Delgado (CHI) | 39.15 | Ingeborg Pfüller (ARG) | 38.85 |
| Javelin throw | Maria Ventura (BRA) | 40.72 | Marlene Silva (CHI) | 40.22 | Sumiko Yamakawa (BRA) | 29.22 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

Medal tables for both male and female competitions were published.
* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI)* | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Panama (PAN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |

## Team trophies

The placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (men and women) was published. Overall winner and winner at the men's competition was Argentina. Brazil won the title in the women's category.

### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| | Argentina | 173 |
| 2 | Brazil | 167 |
| 3 | Chile | 154 |
| 4 | Spain | 109 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 90 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 59 |
| 7 | Panama | 56 |
| 8 | Portugal | 33 |
| 9 | Cuba | 23 |
| 10 | Mexico | 18 |
| 11 | Guatemala | 10 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 5 |
| 13 | Peru | 3 |

## Participation

A total number of 325 athletes (278 men and 47 women) from 15 countries was reported to participate in the event.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Cuba
* Chile
* Ecuador
* Guatemala
* Mexico
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Spain
* Uruguay
* Venezuela