List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners
Appearance
The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956.
Athletics
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 33 | 34 | 33 | 100 |
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Basketball
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Boxing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Medalists
[edit]Canoeing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Men's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
C-1 1000 metres |
Leon Rotman![]() |
István Hernek![]() |
Gennady Bukharin![]() |
C-1 10000 metres |
Leon Rotman![]() |
János Parti![]() |
Gennady Bukharin![]() |
C-2 1000 metres |
![]() Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc |
![]() Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev |
![]() Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi |
C-2 10000 metres |
![]() Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev |
![]() Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud |
![]() Imre Farkas József Hunics |
K-1 1000 metres |
Gert Fredriksson![]() |
Igor Pissarov![]() |
Lajos Kiss![]() |
K-1 10000 metres |
Gert Fredriksson![]() |
Ferenc Hatlaczky![]() |
Michel Scheuer![]() |
K-2 1000 metres |
![]() Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger |
![]() Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoli Demitkov |
![]() Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
K-2 10000 metres |
![]() János Urányi László Fábián |
![]() Fritz Briel Theodor Kleine |
![]() Dennis Green Walter Brown |
Women's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
K-1 500 metres |
Yelizaveta Dementyeva![]() |
Therese Zenz![]() |
Tove Søby![]() |
Cycling
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Road cycling
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual road race |
Ercole Baldini![]() |
Arnaud Geyre![]() |
Alan Jackson![]() |
Team road race |
![]() Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin |
![]() Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson |
![]() Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |
Track cycling
[edit]Diving
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 m springboard |
Bob Clotworthy![]() |
Donald Harper![]() |
Joaquín Capilla![]() |
10 m platform |
Joaquín Capilla![]() |
Gary Tobian![]() |
Richard Connor![]() |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 m springboard |
Pat McCormick![]() |
Jeanne Stunyo![]() |
Irene MacDonald![]() |
10 m platform |
Pat McCormick![]() |
Juno Stover-Irwin![]() |
Paula Jean Myers-Pope![]() |
Equestrian events
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Schweden)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual foil |
Gillian Sheen![]() |
Olga Orban![]() |
Renée Garilhe![]() |
Field hockey
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Football
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Gymnastics
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual |
Lars Hall![]() |
Olavi Mannonen![]() |
Väinö Korhonen![]() |
Team |
![]() Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov |
![]() William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert |
![]() Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Rowing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
[edit]Sailing
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Medalists
[edit]Shooting
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
50 m pistol |
Pentti Linnosvuo![]() |
Makhmud Umarov![]() |
Offutt Pinion![]() |
25 m rapid fire pistol |
Ștefan Petrescu![]() |
Yevgeny Cherkasov![]() |
Gheorghe Lichiardopol![]() |
50 m rifle prone |
Gerald Ouellette![]() |
Vasily Borisov![]() |
Stuart Boa![]() |
50 m rifle three positions |
Anatoli Bogdanov![]() |
Otakar Hořínek![]() |
John Sundberg![]() |
300 m free rifle three positions |
Vasily Borisov![]() |
Allan Erdman![]() |
Vilho Ylönen![]() |
100 m running deer |
Vitali Romanenko![]() |
Per Olof Sköldberg![]() |
Vladimir Sevryugin![]() |
Trap |
Galliano Rossini![]() |
Adam Smelczyński![]() |
Alessandro Ciceri![]() |
Swimming
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Australien)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 m freestyle |
Dawn Fraser![]() |
1:02.0 (WR) | Lorraine Crapp![]() |
1:02.3 | Faith Leech![]() |
1:05.1 |
400 m freestyle |
Lorraine Crapp![]() |
4:54.6 (OR) | Dawn Fraser![]() |
5:02.5 | Sylvia Ruuska![]() |
5:07.1 |
100 m backstroke |
Judy Grinham![]() |
1:12.9 (WR) | Carin Cone![]() |
1:12.9 (WR) | Margaret Edwards![]() |
1:13.1 |
200 m breaststroke |
Ursula Happe![]() |
2:53.1 (OR) | Éva Székely![]() |
2:54.8 | Eva-Maria Elsen![]() |
2:55.1 |
100 m butterfly |
Shelley Mann![]() |
1:11.0 (OR) | Nancy Ramey![]() |
1:11.9 | Mary Sears![]() |
1:14.4 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
![]() Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp |
4:17.1 (WR) | ![]() Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza |
4:19.2 | ![]() Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh |
4:25.7 |
Water polo
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
[edit]Weightlifting
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Freestyle
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze![]() |
M. Ali Khojastehpour![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş![]() |
Bantamweight |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı![]() |
Mehdi Yaghoubi![]() |
Mikhail Shakhov![]() |
Featherweight |
Shozo Sasahara![]() |
Joseph Mewis![]() |
Erkki Penttilä![]() |
Lightweight |
Emam-Ali Habibi![]() |
Shigeru Kasahara![]() |
Alimbeg Bestayev![]() |
Welterweight |
Mitsuo Ikeda![]() |
Ibrahim Zengin![]() |
Vakhtang Balavadze![]() |
Middleweight |
Nikola Stanchev![]() |
Danny Hodge![]() |
Georgi Skhirtladze![]() |
Light heavyweight |
Gholamreza Takhti![]() |
Boris Kulayev![]() |
Peter Blair![]() |
Heavyweight |
Hamit Kaplan![]() |
Hussein Mehmedov![]() |
Taisto Kangasniemi![]() |
Greco-Roman
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight |
Nikolai Solovyov![]() |
Ignazio Fabra![]() |
Dursun Ali Egribas![]() |
Bantamweight |
Konstantin Vyrupayev![]() |
Edvin Vesterby![]() |
Francisc Horvat![]() |
Featherweight |
Rauno Mäkinen![]() |
Imre Polyák![]() |
Roman Dzeneladze![]() |
Lightweight |
Kyösti Lehtonen![]() |
Riza Dogan![]() |
Gyula Tóth![]() |
Welterweight |
Mithat Bayrak![]() |
Vladimir Maneyev![]() |
Per Gunnar Berlin![]() |
Middleweight |
Givi Kartozia![]() |
Dimitar Dobrev![]() |
Rune Jansson![]() |
Light Heavyweight |
Valentin Nikolayev![]() |
Petko Sirakov![]() |
Karl-Erik Nilsson![]() |
Heavyweight |
Anatoli Parfenov![]() |
Wilfried Dietrich![]() |
Adelmo Bulgarelli![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- "Melbourne - Stockholm 1956". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.