List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners
The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956.
Athletics
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[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
3 | Australia* | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
4 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
13 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 33 | 34 | 33 | 100 |
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Basketball
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[edit]Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Boxing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Medalists
[edit]Canoeing
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[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Men's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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C-1 1000 metres | Leon Rotman Romania | István Hernek Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
C-1 10000 metres | Leon Rotman Romania | János Parti Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
C-2 1000 metres | Romania Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc | Soviet Union Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev | Hungary Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi |
C-2 10000 metres | Soviet Union Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev | France Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud | Hungary Imre Farkas József Hunics |
K-1 1000 metres | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Igor Pissarov Soviet Union | Lajos Kiss Hungary |
K-1 10000 metres | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Ferenc Hatlaczky Hungary | Michel Scheuer United Team of Germany |
K-2 1000 metres | United Team of Germany Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoli Demitkov | Austria Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
K-2 10000 metres | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | United Team of Germany Fritz Briel Theodor Kleine | Australia Dennis Green Walter Brown |
Women's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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K-1 500 metres | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union | Therese Zenz United Team of Germany | Tove Søby Denmark |
Cycling
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Australia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Road cycling
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual road race | Ercole Baldini Italy | Arnaud Geyre France | Alan Jackson Great Britain |
Team road race | France (FRA) Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin | Great Britain (GBR) Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson | United Team of Germany (EUA) Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |
Track cycling
[edit]Diving
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[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Bob Clotworthy United States | Donald Harper United States | Joaquín Capilla Mexico |
10 m platform | Joaquín Capilla Mexico | Gary Tobian United States | Richard Connor United States |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Pat McCormick United States | Jeanne Stunyo United States | Irene MacDonald Canada |
10 m platform | Pat McCormick United States | Juno Stover-Irwin United States | Paula Jean Myers-Pope United States |
Equestrian events
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[edit]* Host nation (Sweden)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE)* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Fencing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual foil | Gillian Sheen Great Britain | Olga Orban Romania | Renée Garilhe France |
Field hockey
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[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Football
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[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Gymnastics
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[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
4 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 |
Men’s events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Modern pentathlon
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Väinö Korhonen Finland |
Team | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov | United States (USA) William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Rowing
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[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
[edit]Sailing
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[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Medalists
[edit]Shooting
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 m pistol | Pentti Linnosvuo Finland | Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union | Offutt Pinion United States |
25 m rapid fire pistol | Ștefan Petrescu Romania | Yevgeny Cherkasov Soviet Union | Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania |
50 m rifle prone | Gerald Ouellette Canada | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Stuart Boa Canada |
50 m rifle three positions | Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union | Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia | John Sundberg Sweden |
300 m free rifle three positions | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Allan Erdman Soviet Union | Vilho Ylönen Finland |
100 m running deer | Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union | Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden | Vladimir Sevryugin Soviet Union |
Trap | Galliano Rossini Italy | Adam Smelczyński Poland | Alessandro Ciceri Italy |
Swimming
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[edit]* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS)* | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Men's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | Jon Henricks Australia | 55.4 (WR) | John Devitt Australia | 55.8 | Gary Chapman Australia | 56.7 |
400 m freestyle | Murray Rose Australia | 4:27.3 (WR) | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | 4:30.4 | George Breen United |