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The Grand Olympics

The most colorful pageant of sports in film!

1961 · 2h 22m · 6.0 on TMDB

NR

Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.

Cast

Jesse Owens
Himself
Bing Crosby
Himself
Rafer Johnson
Himself
John XXIII.
Himself

Ralph Boston

Himself

Wilma Rudolph

Self (uncredited)

Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II of Greece

Self (uncredited)

Production

Istituto Luce Cinecittà CONI

Directed by

Romolo Marcellini

Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Details›

Released: May 26, 1961

Part of the 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

51 films, in story order

5.4
The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games
1924
5.1
The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece
1924
5.7
The Olympic Games in Paris 1924
1925
5.4
The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928
1928
5.2
The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam
1928
7.4
The White Stadium
1928
5.9
Youth of the World
1936
6.6
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
1948
6.3
Fight Without Hate
1948
5.8
The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952
1952
6.0
Where the World Meets
1952
6.0
Gold and Glory
1953
6.5
Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952
1954
5.4
The Horse in Focus
1956
6.4
Olympic Games 1956
1956
6.5
White Vertigo
1956
5.7
The Melbourne Rendezvous
1957
6.3
Alain Mimoun
1959
4.6
People, Hopes, Medals
1960
5.7
IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964
1964
7.7
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
5.0
Sensation of the Century
1966
6.9
13 Days in France
1968
5.6
Snows of Grenoble
1968
6.1
The Olympics in Mexico
1969
6.9
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
7.1
Visions of Eight
1973
5.4
White Rock
1977
5.1
Games of the XXI Olympiad
1977
5.6
Olympic Spirit
1980
6.5
O Sport, You Are Peace!
1981
5.3
A Turning Point
1984
7.2
16 Days of Glory
1985
5.0
Beyond All Barriers
1989
6.0
Hand in Hand
1989
6.0
Seoul 1988
1989
6.3
Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory
1989
5.3
One Light, One World
1992
4.9
Marathon
1993
5.4
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
5.3
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997
6.3
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998
7.3
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
2001
6.5
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
2003
6.0
Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory
2005
6.0
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007
9.0
The Everlasting Flame
2009
5.2
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2011
5.9
First
2012
5.6
The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912
2017

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