Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Americas Qualifiers

The Americas section of the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers acted as qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, held in Italy, for national teams that are members of North America and South America.

Entrants
Ten national teams entered qualification.


 * 🇦🇷 argentina
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 🇨🇴 colombia
 * 🇲🇽 mexico
 * 🇲🇽 mexico


 * 🇵🇪 peru
 * 🇺🇸 united states
 * 🇺🇸 united states
 * 🇺🇸 united states
 * 🇺🇸 united states

Format

 * First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
 * Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

First round
Mexico win 3–1 on aggregate.

Suriname win 6–3 on aggregate.

Brazil win 7–3 on aggregate.

Argentina win 11–1 on aggregate.

Peru win 9–2 on aggregate.

Qualified teams
The following three teams from the Americas qualified for the final tournament.

Goalscorers
