Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Land Rover Arena at Bologna. 64 games of basketball were played in the Olympic tournament that was held at the Palazzetto dello Sport and PalaLottomatica, both in Rome. The 16 teams were split up into four groups for the preliminary round. Each team played every other team in
Fire fighting at the 1900 Summer Olympics to the competition, which was won by Kansas City and "its famous engine and hook and ladder company No.1".' Fire fighting at the 1900 Summer Olympics Fire fighting was a contested event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Competitions were held for both professional and volunteer firefighters. Like all events held at the 1900 Games, the fire fighting event was considered part of the 1900 World's Fair. In later years the IOC deemed each event of the 1900 Olympics to be either official or unofficial. Fire fighting was regarded as unofficial. There was no such designation at the