During the 1960 Rome Olympiad, the Italian organizers built the Olympic Village according to political ideology; The Russians and their Eastern Bloc comrades lived in the Eastern sector of the Olympic Village. The Western Bloc nations lives in the Western half of the village and athletes from the political neutral nation of Switzerland were housed between the two "Blocs".

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This statement is true. The Olympic Village was divided according to political ideology during the 1960 Rome Olympiad, with Eastern Bloc nations in the Eastern sector, Western Bloc nations in the Western sector, and Switzerland located in between.

During the 1960 Rome Olympiad, the Italian Organizers Built the Olympic