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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.
Games. 1956 Summer Olympics Overview. Facts. Overview. For the only time in history the Games of the Olympiad were contested in two different countries (there was a slight exception to this in 1920). In 1949, the IOC awarded the Olympics to Australia by a single vote.
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.
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 1956's finest athletes.
Medals by athlete; Medal tables; Participations; Olympic Records; Age records; Lists; Today; Statistics; Feedback; Home; Games; Medals; Melbourne 1956; Medal winners Melbourne 1956 Sport/Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Artistic Gymnastics: Individual All-Around, Men: Viktor Chukarin ... The Barcelona Olympics in 1992 were the first Games without ...
Vladimir Kuts of the USSR won the first gold medal for a male athlete from that nation, doubling in the 5 and 10K. On the field Al Oerter won the first of four consecutive gold medals in the discus throw.
Olympic Games, medal table, 1956 Stockholm. Sports: 1 Events: 6 National Teams: 29 Participants: 158
