Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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.
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, Ernest Wagstaff and Jock Sturrock — Sailing, men's 5½ Meter Class
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round
Group D
Classification 9–15
Group 1
Classification matches
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
Men
Canoeing
Sprint
Men
Women
Cycling
Road
Track
1000m time trial
Sprint
Tandem
Pursuit
Diving
Men
Women
Fencing
21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Australia in 1956.
Men
Ranks given are within the pool.
Women
Ranks given are within the pool.
Football
First round
Quarter-finals
Men's team squads
Head coach: Richard Telfer
Gymnastics
Hockey
Preliminary round
Pool B
Play–off match
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
Rowing
Australia had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956.
Men
Sailing
Open
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented Australia in 1956.
Men
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
Preliminary round
The preliminary round consisted of a round-robin tournament held in three groups. Each team played the other teams in its group once.
Group A
28 November
14:00 - Romania def. Australia, 4-2
29 November
22:15 - Yugoslavia def. Australia, 9-1
30 November
16:00 - Soviet Union def. Australia, 3-0
Consolation
Great Britain def. Australia, 5-2
Australia def. Singapore, 3-2
Romania def. Australia, 4-2
Weightlifting
Men
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Olympics