Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics - wikipedia Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics IOC code AUS NOC Australian Olympic Committee Website www.olympics.com.au in Melbourne / Stockholm Competitors 294 ( 250 men, 44 women ) Flag bearer Mervyn Wood ( rower ) Medals Ranked 3rd Gold 13 Silver 8 Bronze 14 Total 35 Summer Olympics appearances ( overview ) 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Other related appearances 1906 Intercalated Games Australasia ( 1908 -- 1912 ) 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 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 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 51⁄2 Meter Class Athletics Main article : Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men 's 110m Hurdles James Joyce Heat -- 14.7 s ( → did not advance ) Kenneth Doubleday Heat -- 14.8 s ( → did not advance ) John Chittick Heat -- 14.9 s ( → 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 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 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 : Association 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 Melville Pearce Kenneth Reid Raymond Whiteside Modern pentathlon Main article : Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1956. Individual Neville Sayers Sven Coomer George Nicoll Team Neville Sayers Sven Coomer George Nicoll Rowing Main article : Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australia had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956. Men 's single sculls Stuart MacKenzie Men 's double sculls Murray Riley Mervyn Wood Men 's coxless pair Peter Raper Maurice Grace Men 's coxed pair Robert Duncan Bruce Dickson John Cockbill ( cox ) Men 's coxless four John Harrison Peter Evatt Geoff Williamson Dave Anderson Men 's coxed four Gordon Cowey Kevin McMahon Reg Libbis Mick Allen John Jenkinson ( cox ) Men 's eight Michael Aikman David Boykett Angus Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Bryan Doyle Harold Hewitt ( cox ) Sailing Main article : Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Shooting Main article : Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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 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 Jump up ^ `` Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 12. Jump up ^ Evans, Hilary ; Gjerde, Arild ; Heijmans, Jeroen ; Mallon, Bill. `` Australia Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games ''. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 February 2018. Australia at the Olympics Summer Olympic Games 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Winter Olympic Games 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Intercalated Games 1906 Australia and New Zealand participated together as Australasia during the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. 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Question: how many medals did australia win in the 1956 olympics
Answer: 35