The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956.
Athletics
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Men's events 100 metres 10.5 10.5 10.6 200 metres 20.6(OR) 20.7 20.9 400 metres 46.7 46.8 47.0 47.0 800 metres 1:47.7(OR) 1:47.8 1:48.1 1500 metres 3:41.2(OR) 3:42.0 3:42.0 5000 metres 13:39.6(OR) 13:50.6 13:54.4 10,000 metres 28:45.6(OR) 28:52.4 28:53.6 110 metres hurdles 13.5(OR) 13.5(OR) 14.1 400 metres hurdles 50.1(=OR) 50.8 51.6 3000 metres steeplechase 8:41.2(OR) 8:43.6 8:44.0 4 × 100 metres relay Ira MurchisonLeamon KingThane BakerBobby Morrow39.5(WR) Leonid BartenyevBoris TokarevYuriy KonovalovVladimir Sukharev39.8 Lothar KnörzerLeonhard PohlHeinz FüttererManfred Germar40.3 4 × 400 metres relay Lou JonesJesse MashburnCharles JenkinsTom Courtney3:04.8 Leon GregoryDavid LeanGraham GipsonKevan Gosper3:06.2 John SalisburyMichael WheelerPeter HigginsDerek Johnson3:07.2 Marathon 2:25:00 2:26:32 2:27:47 20 kilometres walk 1:31:27.4(OR) 1:32:03.0 1:32:12.0 50 kilometres walk 4:30:42.8 4:32:57.0 4:35:02.0 High jump 2.12 m(OR) 2.10 m 2.08 m Pole vault 4.56 m(OR) 4.53 m 4.50 m Long jump 7.83 m(OR) 7.68 m 7.48 m Triple jump 16.35 m(OR) 16.26 m 16.02 m Shot put 18.57 m(OR) 18.18 m 17.65 m Discus throw 56.36 m(OR) 54.81 m 54.40 m Hammer throw 63.19 m(OR) 63.03 m 62.56 m Javelin throw 85.71 m(WR) 79.98 m 79.50 m Decathlon 7937(OR) 7587 7465
Women's events 100 metres 11.5 11.7 11.7 200 metres 23.4(=OR) 23.7 23.8 80 metres hurdles 10.7(OR) 10.9 11.0 4 × 100 metres relay Shirley Strickland de la HuntyNorma CrokerFleur MellorBetty Cuthbert44.5(WR) Anne PashleyJean ScrivensJune PaulHeather Armitage44.7 Mae FaggsMargaret MatthewsWilma RudolphIsabelle Daniels44.9 High jump 1.76 m(WR) 1.67 mnone awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Long jump 6.35 m(=WR) 6.09 m 6.07 m Shot put 16.59 m(OR) 16.53 m 15.61 m Discus throw 53.69 m(OR) 52.54 m 52.02 m Javelin throw 53.86 m(OR) 50.38 m 50.28 m
Basketball
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Medalists Men'sCarl CainBill HouglandK.C. JonesBill RussellJames WalshWilliam EvansBurdette HaldorssonRonald TomsicDick BoushkaGilbert FordRobert JeangerardCharles DarlingValdis MuižnieksMaigonis ValdmanisVladimir TorbanStasys StonkusKazys PetkevičiusArkadi BochkarevJānis KrūmiņšMikhail SemyonovAlgirdas LauritenasYuri OzerovViktor ZubkovMikhail StudenetskyCarlos BlixenRamiro CortesHéctor CostaNelson ChelleNelson DemarcoHéctor García OteroCarlos GonzálesSergio MattoOscar MogliaRaúl MeraAriel OlascoagaMilton Scaron
Boxing
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Medalists Flyweight(−51 kg)Bantamweight(−54 kg)Featherweight(−57 kg)Lightweight(−60 kg)Light welterweight(−63.5 kg)Welterweight(−67 kg)Light middleweight(−71 kg)Middleweight(−75 kg)Light heavyweight(−81 kg)Heavyweight(+81 kg)
Canoeing
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Men's events C-1 1000 metresC-1 10000 metresC-2 1000 metresAlexe DumitruSimion IsmailciucPavel KharinGratsian BotevKároly WielandFerenc MohácsiC-2 10000 metresPavel KharinGratsian BotevGeorges DransartMarcel RenaudImre FarkasJózsef HunicsK-1 1000 metresK-1 10000 metresK-2 1000 metresMichel ScheuerMeinrad MiltenbergerMikhail KaalesteAnatoli DemitkovMaximilian RaubHerbert WiedermannK-2 10000 metresJános UrányiLászló FábiánFritz BrielTheodor KleineDennis GreenWalter Brown
Women's events K-1 500 metres
Cycling
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Road cycling Individual road race Team road race Arnaud GeyreMaurice MoucheraudMichel Vermeulin Arthur BrittainWilliam HolmesAlan Jackson Reinhold PommerGustav-Adolf SchurHorst Tüller
Track cycling Pursuit team Valentino GasparellaAntonio DomenicaliLeandro FagginFranco GandiniVirginio Pizzali Michel VermeulinRené BianchiJean GraczykJean-Claude Lecante Tom SimpsonDonald BurgessMike GambrillJohn Geddes Sprint Tandem Ian BrowneTony Marchant Ladislav FoučekVáclav Machek Giuseppe OgnaCesare Pinarello Time trial
Diving
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Men's events 3 m springboard10 m platform
Women's events 3 m springboard10 m platform
Equestrian events
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Note: the 1956 equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service regulations, which required a six-month quarantine for horses.
Medalists Individual dressage Team dressageHenri Saint Cyr and Juli Gehnäll Persson and Knaust Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and KrestLiselott Linsenhoff and Adular Hannelore Weygand and Perkunos Anneliese Küppers and AfrikaGottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and Vasello Individual eventing Team eventing Francis Weldon and Kilbarry Arthur Rook and Wild Venture Bertie Hill and Countryman III August Lütke-Westhues and Trux von Kamax Otto Rothe and Sissi Klaus Wagner and Prinzeß John Rumble and Cilroy Jim Elder and Colleen Brian Herbinson and Tara Individual jumping Team jumping Hans Günter Winkler and Halla Fritz Thiedemann and Meteor Alfons Lütke-Westhues and Ala Raimondo D'Inzeo and Merano Piero D'Inzeo and Uruguay Salvatore Oppes and Pagoro Wilfred White and Nizefela Pat Smythe and Flanagan Peter Robeson and Scorchin
Fencing
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Men's events Individual épée Team épéeGiuseppe DelfinoFranco BertinettiAlberto PellegrinoGiorgio AnglesioCarlo PavesiEdoardo MangiarottiBela RerrichAmbrus NagyBarnabas BerzsenyiJozsef MarosiJozsef SakovicsLajos BalthazárYves DreyfusRene QueyrouxDaniel DagallierClaude NigonArmand Mouyal Individual foil Team foilVittorio LucarelliLuigi Arturo CarpanedaManlio Di RosaGiancarlo BergaminiAntonio SpallinoEdoardo MangiarottiBernard BaudouxRene CoicaudClaude NetterRoger ClossetChristian d'OriolaJacques LatasteLajos SomodiJozsef GyuriczaEndre TilliJozsef MarosiMihaly FülöpJozsef Sakovics Individual sabre Team sabreAttila KeresztesAladár GerevichRudolf KárpátiJenö HamoriPál KovácsDaniel MagayZygmunt PawlasJerzy PawłowskiWojciech ZabłockiAndrzej Ryszard PiątkowskiMarian Zygmunt KuszewskiRyszard ZubYakov RylskyDavid TyshlerLev KuznetsovYevgeni CherepovskyLeonid Bogdanov
Women's events Individual foil
Field hockey
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Medalists
Men's Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO. P. MalhotraGovind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles Stephen Zakir HussainMunir Ahmed DarGhulam RasoolAnwar Ahmed KhanQazi Massarrat HussainNoor AlamAbdul HamidHabibur RehmanAhmed Naseer BundaMotiullahLatif-ur RehmanAkhtar HussainHabib Ali KiddieManzoor Hussain Atif Günther BrenneckeHugo BudingerWerner DelmesHugo DollheiserEberhard FerstlAlfred LückerHelmut NonnWolfgang NonnHeinz RadzikowskiWerner RosenbaumGünther Ullerich
Football
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Medalists Men's Lev YashinNikolai TishchenkoMikhail OgonkovAleksei ParamonovAnatoli BashashkinIgor NettoBoris TatushinAnatoli IsayevEduard StreltsovValentin IvanovVladimir RyzhkinBoris KuznetsovIosif BetsaSergei SalnikovBoris RazinskyAnatoli MaslenkinAnatoli IlyinNikita SimonyanYury BelyayevAnatoli Porkhunov Sava AntićIbrahim BiogradlićMladen KoščakDobroslav KrstićLuka LiposinovićMuhamed MujićZlatko PapecPetar RadenkovićNikola RadovićIvan SantekDragoslav ŠekularacLjubiša SpajićTodor VeselinovićBlagoja Vidinić Stefan BozhkovTodor DievGeorgi DimitrovMilcho GoranovIvan Petkov KolevNikola KovachevManol ManolovDimitar MilanovGeorgi NaydenovPanayot PanayotovKiril RakarovGavril StoyanovKrum YanevYordan YosifovPavel VladimirovIliya Kirchev
Gymnastics
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Men’s events Individual all-around Team all-around Albert AzaryanViktor ChukarinValentin MuratovBoris ShakhlinPavel StolbovYuri Titov Nobuyuki AiharaAkira KonoMasami KubotaTakashi OnoMasao TakemotoShinsaku Tsukawaki Raimo HeinonenOlavi LaimuvirtaOnni LappalainenBerndt LindforsMartti MansikkaKalevi SuoniemiFloor exercisenone awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Horizontal barParallel barsPommel horseRingsVault none awarded(as there was a tie for gold)
Women's events Individual all-around Team all-around Polina AstakhovaLyudmila YegorovaLidia KalininaLarisa LatyninaTamara ManinaSofia Muratova Andrea Molnár-BodóErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesÁgnes KeletiAlice KertészMargit KorondiOlga Lemhényi-Tass Georgeta HurmuzachiSonia IovanElena LeușteanuElena MărgăritElena SăcăliciEmilia VătășoiuBalance beam none awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Floor exercisenone awarded(as there was a tie for gold) Uneven barsVaultTeam, portable apparatus Andrea Molnár-BodóErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesÁgnes KeletiAlice KertészMargit KorondiOlga Lemhényi-TassKarin LindbergAnn-Sofi PetterssonEva RönströmEvy BerggrenDoris HedbergMaud Karlén Polina AstakhovaLyudmila YegorovaLidia KalininaLarisa LatyninaTamara ManinaSofia Muratova Helena RakoczyNatalia Kot-WalaDanuta StachowDorota Horzonek-JokielBarbara ŚlizowskaLidia Szczerbińska
Modern pentathlon
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Medalists IndividualTeamIgor NovikovIvan DeryuginAleksandr TarasovWilliam AndreJack DanielsGeorge LambertOlavi MannonenVäinö KorhonenBerndt Katter
Rowing
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Medalists Single sculls Double scullsAleksandr BerkutovYuriy TyukalovPat CostelloJim GardinerMurray RileyMervyn Wood Coxless pairJames FiferDuvall HechtIgor BuldakovViktor IvanovJosef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder Coxed pairArthur AyraultConn FindlayKurt SeiffertKarl-Heinrich von GroddeckHorst ArndtRainer BorkowskyIhor YemchukHeorhiy ZhylinVladimir Petrov Coxless fourArchibald MacKinnonLorne LoomerWalter D'HondtDonald ArnoldJohn WelchliJohn McKinlayArt McKinlayJames McIntoshRené GuissartYves DelacourGaston MercierGuy Guillabert Coxed fourAlberto WinklerRomano SgheizAngelo VanzinFranco TrincavelliIvo StefanoniOlle LarssonGösta ErikssonIvar AronssonEvert GunnarssonBertil GöranssonKauko HänninenReino PoutanenVeli LehteläToimi PitkänenMatti Niemi EightThomas CharltonDavid WightJohn CookeDonald BeerCaldwell EsselstynCharles GrimesRusty WailesRobert MoreyWilliam BeckleanPhilip KueberRichard McClureRobert WilsonDavid HelliwellWayne PrettyBill McKerlichDouglas McDonaldLawrence WestCarlton OgawaMichael AikmanDavid BoykettFred BenfieldJim HowdenGarth MantonWalter HowellAdrian MongerBrian DoyleHarold Hewitt
Sailing
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Medalists
FinnStarHerbert WilliamsLawrence LowAgostino StraulinoNicolò RodeDurward KnowlesSloane Farrington12 m2 sharpiePeter ManderJack CroppRolland TaskerJohn ScottJasper BlackallTerence SmithDragonFolke BohlinBengt PalmquistLeif WikströmOle BerntsenCyril AndresenChristian von BülowGraham MannRonald BackusJonathan Janson5.5 metreLars ThörnHjalmar KarlssonSture StorkRobert PerryDavid BowkerJohn DillonNeil Kennedy-Cochran-PatrickJock SturrockDouglas BuxtonDevereaux Mytton
Shooting
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50 m pistol 25 m rapid fire pistol 50 m rifle prone 50 m rifle three positions 300 m free rifle three positions 100 m running deer Trap
Swimming
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Men's events 100 m freestyle 55.4 (WR) 55.8 56.7 400 m freestyle 4:27.3 (WR) 4:30.4 4:32.5 1500 m freestyle 17:58.9 18:00.3 18:08.2 100 m backstroke 1:02.2 (WR) 1:03.2 1:04.5 200 m breaststroke 2:34.7 2:36.7 2:36.8 200 m butterfly 2:19.3 2:23.8 2:23.9 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Kevin O'HalloranJohn DevittMurray RoseJon Henricks 8:23.6 (WR) Dick HanleyGeorge BreenBill WoolseyFord Konno 8:31.5 Vitaly SorokinVladimir StruzhanovGennady NikolayevBoris Nikitin 8:34.7
Women's events 100 m freestyle 1:02.0 (WR) 1:02.3 1:05.1 400 m freestyle 4:54.6 (OR) 5:02.5 5:07.1 100 m backstroke 1:12.9 (WR) 1:12.9 (WR) 1:13.1 200 m breaststroke 2:53.1 (OR) 2:54.8 2:55.1 100 m butterfly 1:11.0 (OR) 1:11.9 1:14.4 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Dawn FraserFaith LeechSandra MorganLorraine Crapp 4:17.1 (WR) Sylvia RuuskaShelley MannNancy SimonsJoan Rosazza 4:19.2 Natalie MyburghSusan RobertsMoira AbernethyJeanette Myburgh 4:25.7
Water polo
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