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Prior to 1956, the athletes in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies marched in alphabetical order by National Olympic Committees. However, in Melbourne, following a suggestion by a young Chinese apprentice carpenter living in Australia named John Ian Wing, the athletes entered the stadium together during the Closing Ceremony as a symbol of global ...
- Melbourne 1956 Olympic Results - Gold, Silver, Bronze Medallists
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the...
- Melbourne 1956 Olympic Results - Gold, Silver, Bronze Medallists
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.
Javelin: Egil Danielsen win’s Norway’s first summer Olympics gold medal (17:55). Men’s and Women’s shot put: Parry O'Brien, Russians Galina Zybina and Tamara Tyshkevich battle for gold (18:20).
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.
100 metres, Men. Early in 1956 the favorite for both sprints at Melbourne appeared to be American Dave Sime of Duke University. In April and May he ran 9.3 twice and 9.4 six times for 100 yards, and broke the world record for the 220 yard on the straight.
Shot Put, Men. By 1956 defending champion Parry O’Brien had established himself as the greatest putter in the world. Between Olympics he had broken the world record 15 times, though not all were ratified. In May 1964 he had become the first putter over 60 feet when he threw 18.42 (60-5¼) in a UCLA-USC dual meet.
Games of the 16 Olympiad,1956 in Melbourne. Common information, bid history, medal count table, sports and the most medal winners of the Summer Olympics 1956.
