Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a.new,#quickbar a.new{color:#ba0000} /* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:4:f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace": "", "wgCanonicalSpecialPageName": false, "wgNamespaceNumber": 0, "wgPageName": "Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics", "wgTitle": "Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics", "wgCurRevisionId": 454894409, "wgArticleId": 3245135, "wgIsArticle": true, "wgAction": "view", "wgUserName": null, "wgUserGroups": ["*"], "wgCategories": ["Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics", "Australia at the Olympics", "1956 in Australian sport"], "wgBreakFrames": false, "wgRestrictionEdit": [], "wgRestrictionMove": [], "wgSearchNamespaces": [0], "wgFlaggedRevsParams": {"tags": {"status": {"levels": 1, "quality": 2, "pristine": 3}}}, "wgStableRevisionId": null, "wgVectorEnabledModules": {"collapsiblenav": true, "collapsibletabs": true, "editwarning": true, "expandablesearch": false, "footercleanup": false, "sectioneditlinks": false, "simplesearch": true, "experiments": true}, "wgWikiEditorEnabledModules": {"toolbar": true, "dialogs": true, "hidesig": true, "templateEditor": false, "templates": false, "preview": false, "previewDialog": false, "publish": false, "toc": false}, "wgTrackingToken": "64305aec59314d983606bfdd6a9255bd", "wikilove-recipient": "", "wikilove-edittoken": "+\\", "wikilove-anon": 0, "mbEditToken": "+\\", "Geo": {"city": "", "country": ""}, "wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia"}); } if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup"]); } Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Australia at the Olympic Games Flag of Australia IOC code  AUS NOC Australian Olympic Committee Website www.olympics.com.au At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm Competitors 294 (250 men, 44 women) Flag bearer Mervyn Wood (rower) Medals Rank: 3 Gold 13 Silver 8 Bronze 19 Total 40 Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 *with New Zealand as Australasia Winter Games 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 Australia was the host nation for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. 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.1 Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Athletics 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Canoeing 6 Cycling 7 Diving 8 Fencing 9 Football 10 Gymnastics 11 Hockey 12 Modern pentathlon 13 Rowing 14 Sailing 15 Shooting 16 Swimming 17 Water polo 18 Weightlifting 19 Wrestling 20 References Medalists 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 4x100 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 4x200 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 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Silver Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper, Leon Gregory, and David Lean — Athletics, Men's 4x400 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, James 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 Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 Boxing Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Canoeing Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cycling Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint Dick Ploog — Bronze Medal Men's 1.000m Time Trial Warren Scarfe — 1:12.1 (→ 4th place) Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit Cliff Burvill Frank Brazier Roy Moore Warren Scarfe — 9th place Men's 2.000m Tandem Anthony Marchant Joey Browne — Gold Medal Men's 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 Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 Football Main article: Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics Gymnastics Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Hockey Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 Modern pentathlon Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowing Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sailing Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Shooting Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimming Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifting Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wrestling Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics References ^ "Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1956/. 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