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Between June and the Melbourne Olympics, the world was thrown into turmoil. On 29 October, Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Then on 4 November 1956, 200,000 Soviet troops invaded Budapest, Hungary, to quell political uprisings in that country.
- Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Dates. 23 November – 1 December 1956. Medal Events. 33. The...
- Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cortina d’Ampezzo was awarded the 1956 Olympic Winter Games in 1949, with the bid led by the Italian IOC member Count Alberto Bonacossa. Unfortunately, Count Bonacossa never saw the fruits of his efforts, dying in January 1953. But his plans were carried out, and Cortina held a marvelous Olympics.
Dates. 23 November – 1 December 1956. Medal Events. 33. The Melbourne Olympics were the first Games held in the Southern Hemisphere and were held at the end of November, and finished in December. Athletics was conducted at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. The stars of the Games were both sprinters.
W 1956 roku pierwsze medale zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich zdobyli reprezentanci trzech państw – ZSRR, Japonii i Polski. Pierwszy medal dla ZSRR zdobył biegacz narciarski Pawieł Kołczin (brąz na 30 km), a pierwszy złoty medal dla tego kraju – biegaczka Lubow Kozyriewa (na 10 km).
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.
Melbourne won the right to host the 1956 Olympic Games by one vote over Buenos Aires. Great Rivalry. French long-distance runner Alain Mimoun had tasted Olympic defeat on the track three times at the hands of Czech Emil Zátopek. However, in the marathon, it was Mimoun who pulled away to record a comfortable victory. He waited at the finish ...
Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1956 Melbourne: Chorąży Tadeusz Rut. Liczba zawodników 64 w 49 konkurencjach w 9 dyscyplinach
