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Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
- Melbourne 1956 Athletics - Olympic Results by Discipline
Official Athletics results from the Melbourne 1956 Olympics....
- Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1956...
- Melbourne 1956 Athletics - Olympic Results by Discipline
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1956 summer Olympics in Melbourne. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes. ... Events 151. Results Highlights. Originals 57:43. Exclusive. Melbourne 1956 Official Film | Olympic Games 1956 ...
Official Athletics results from the Melbourne 1956 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
It was decided, bypassing the Olympic Charter, to contest separate Olympic Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden. These were held in June without incident. Between June and the Melbourne Olympics, the world was thrown into turmoil. On 29 October, Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956.. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and ...
Bobby Joe Morrow won the 100, 200, and anchored the 4x100 relay for the United States. But receiving most of the acclaim was his female counterpart, Betty Cuthbert, of the host nation, who duplicated his feat in winning three gold medals.
This is the full table of the medal table of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze.
