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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
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.
Three of the forerunners of the Vancouver 2010 men’s Super G competed in alpine skiing events in Sochi: Ben Thomsen, Morgan Pridy and Trevor Philip.
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1956 summer Olympics in Melbourne. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
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.
XVI Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie (oficjalnie Igrzyska XVI Olimpiady) odbyły się w 1956 roku w Melbourne (Australia), zaś konkurencje hippiczne w Sztokholmie (Szwecja). Po raz pierwszy igrzyska olimpijskie odbyły się na kontynencie australijskim.
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries.
