The 1960 Olympics, held beneath the blazing summer sun of Rome, went off without major incident.

Like London in 1948, the Romans were fairly blase at first, but got caught up in the excitement once the Games got going.

Even the Pope became a spectator, as he watched the canoeing semi-finals from a window of his summer residence.

The Rome Olympics were the last in which South Africa was allowed to take part for 32 years, as the IOC bowed to international pressure to punish the South African government for its racist policies.