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Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
AUS

Flag bearer
  
Mervyn Wood (rower)

Website
  
www.olympics.com.au

Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Australian Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
294 (250 men, 44 women)

Medals Ranked 3rd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 13 8 14 35

Australia was the host nation for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. However, due to Australian quarantine restrictions the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden. 294 competitors, 250 men and 44 women, took part in 140 events in 18 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Betty Cuthbert — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Betty Cuthbert — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • Shirley Strickland — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
  • Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Wenham, and Shirley Strickland — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Joey Browne and Anthony Marchant — Cycling, Men's 2000 m Tandem
  • Jon Henricks — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • David Theile — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • John Devitt, Jon Henricks, Kevin O'Halloran, and Murray Rose — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Lorraine Crapp — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, and Sandra Morgan — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Silver

  • Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper, Leon Gregory, and David Lean — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Chilla Porter — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Stuart MacKenzie — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
  • John Devitt — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • John Monckton — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Lorraine Crapp — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • John Scott and Roland Tasker — Sailing, Men's Sharpie 12 m²
  • Bronze

  • Hector Hogan — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • John Landy — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
  • Allan Lawrence — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
  • Norma Thrower — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
  • Marlene Mathews — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Marlene Mathews — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • Kevin Hogarth — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
  • Walter Brown and Dennis Green — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs
  • Dick Ploog — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
  • Michael Aikman, Angus Benfield, David Boykett, Bryan Doyle, Harold Hewitt, Jim Howden, Walter Howell, Garth Manton, and Adrian Monger — Rowing, Men's Eights
  • Gary Chapman — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Faith Leech — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Douglas Buxton, Devereaux Mytton and Jock Sturrock — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
  • Athletics

    Men's 110m Hurdles

  • James Joyce
  • Heat — 14.7s (→ did not advance)
  • Kenneth Doubleday
  • Heat — 14.8s (→ did not advance)
  • John Chittick
  • Heat — 14.9s (→ did not advance)
  • Men's Marathon

  • John Russell — 2:41:44 (→ 18th place)
  • Keith Ollerenshaw — 2:48:12 (→ 25th place)
  • Les Perry — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round:
  • Lost to Brazil (66-89)
  • Lost to Chile (56-78)
  • Defeated Thailand (87-48)
  • Lost to Formosa (73-86)
  • Defeated Singapore (98-74)
  • Classification Matches:

  • 9th/12th place: Lost to Canada (83-38)
  • 11th/12th place: Lost to Formosa (87-70) → 12th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Peter Demos
  • Geoff Heskett
  • Peter Bumbers
  • Stan Dargis
  • Inga Freidenfelds
  • Colin Burdett
  • George Dancis
  • Peter Sutton
  • Algis Ignatavicius
  • Merv Moy
  • Ken Finch
  • Bruce Flick
  • Head Coach: Ken Watson
  • Cycling

    Sprint
  • Dick Ploog — Bronze Medal
  • Time trial
  • Warren Scarfe — 1:12.1 (→ 4th place)
  • Team pursuit
  • Cliff Burvill
    Frank Brazier
    Roy Moore
    Warren Scarfe — 9th place
  • Tandem
  • Anthony Marchant
    Joey Browne — Gold Medal
  • Individual road race
  • John O'Sullivan — 5:36:58 (→ 41st place)
  • Jim Nevin — 5:47:02 (→ 44th place)
  • Ed Nestor — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Jack Trickey — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Diving

    Men's 3m Springboard

  • Arthur Winther
  • Preliminary Round — 71.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Joseph McCann
  • Preliminary Round — 69.18 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Ronald Faulds
  • Preliminary Round — 68.84 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Men's 10m Platform

  • Francis Murphy
  • Preliminary Round — 66.29 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • William Tully
  • Preliminary Round — 65.49 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Barry Holmes
  • Preliminary Round — 58.01 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Women's 3m Springboard

  • Barbara McAulay
  • Preliminary Round — 60.19 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
  • Roslyn Barton
  • Preliminary Round — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
  • Pat Howard
  • Preliminary Round — 53.89 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Women's 10m Platform

  • Barbara McAulay
  • Preliminary Round — 45.67 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Roslyn Barton
  • Preliminary Round — 41.96 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
  • Adele Price
  • Preliminary Round — 35.28 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Fencing

    21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Australia in 1956.

    Men's foil
  • Brian McCowage
  • Michael Sichel
  • David McKenzie
  • Men's team foil
  • Ray Buckingham, Brian McCowage, Rod Steele, David McKenzie, Michael Sichel, Tom Cross
  • Men's épée
  • Ivan Lund
  • Richard Stone
  • Laurence Harding-Smith
  • Men's team épée
  • James Wolfensohn, Ivan Lund, Keith Hackshall, Hilbert Van Dijk
  • Men's sabre
  • Graham McKenzie
  • Leslie Fadgyas
  • Sandor Szoke
  • Men's team sabre
  • Leslie Fadgyas, Alexander Martonffy, Emeric Santo, Leslie Kovacs, Sandor Szoke
  • Women's foil
  • Denise O'Brien
  • Lois Joseph
  • Joy Hardon
  • Hockey

    Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Alan Barblett
  • Geoffrey Bennett
  • Brian Booth
  • Kevin Carton
  • Kenneth Clarke
  • Ian Dick
  • John Dwyer
  • Maurice Foley
  • Louis Hailey
  • Glen Jobson
  • Dennis Kemp
  • Keith Leeson
  • Donald Mecklem
  • Eric Pearce
  • Gordon Pearce
  • Melville Pearce
  • Kenneth Reid
  • Raymond Whiteside
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1956.

    Individual
  • Neville Sayers
  • Sven Coomer
  • George Nicoll
  • Team
  • Neville Sayers
  • Sven Coomer
  • George Nicoll
  • Shooting

    Twelve shooters represented Australia in 1956.

    25 m pistol
  • Johnnie Maitland
  • Peter Papps
  • 50 m pistol
  • Len Tolhurst
  • Rodney Johnson
  • 300 m rifle, three positions
  • Ian Wrigley
  • Norman Goff
  • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Don Tolhurst
  • Norman Rule
  • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Don Tolhurst
  • Norman Rule
  • 100m running deer
  • Colin Anderson
  • Noel Hall
  • Trap
  • John Bryant
  • Clement Mudford
  • References

    Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia