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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
Live Music Archive Librivox Free Audio. Featured. All Audio; This Just In; Grateful Dead; ... HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1956 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA GAMES OF XVI OLYMPIAD XD8307 ... 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 ...
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. IOC; Paris 2024; Milano Cortina 2026; LA 2028; Brisbane 2032; Museum; Shop; Olympic Refuge Foundation; English. Olympic Games; Athletes; Sports;
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. Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq withdrew in protest of Israel’s action.
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. At the NCAA Championships, Sime came against Bobby Joe Morrow of Abilene Christian College ...
The Melbourne 1956 Games was the first time Australia hosted the Olympics. In many ways, it was the Games that took the Olympics to the world. It was the first Games held outside of Europe or the United States, the first Games held in the southern hemisphere, the first Games where live television broadcasts captured the public’s imagination, and the first Games in which all the athletes ...
30 November – 7 December 1956. Medal Events. 4. The 1956 diving events were held at the Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium in Melbourne, which was also the site of the swimming events, the water polo tournament, and the swimming section of the modern pentathlon. There were four diving events – 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform ...
