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 code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Rome
Competitors	42 (all men) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Houcine Cherif Hammouda[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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	Bantamweight	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

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Four fencers represented Tunisia in 1960.

Men's foil

• Norbert Brami
• Jean Khayat
• Raoul Barouch

Men's épée

• Ali Annabi
• Raoul Barouch
• Norbert Brami

Men's sabre

• Raoul Barouch
• Jean Khayat
• Ali Annabi

Football

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

First round

Group C

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'

August 26, 1960
13:00

Rome

Attendance: 3.000

Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)

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Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Oleniak 15', 82'	Report	Kerrit 25'

August 29, 1960
12:00

Pescara

Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

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Denmark	3–1	Tunisia
F. Nielsen 24' H. Nielsen 27', 88'	Report	Cherif 48'

September 1, 1960
12:00

L'Aquila

Attendance: 2.000

Referee: Campanati (ITA)

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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