United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 297 in 18 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Norman Armitage | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 32 |
Silver 25 |
Bronze 17 |
Total 74 |
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The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
- Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, Bill Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
- Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
- William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
- Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star
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Silver
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
- Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
- Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- James McIntosh, Arthur McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and William Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
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Bronze
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
- Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
- John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
- George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
- Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
- Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
- John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's Marathon
- Nick Costes — 2:42:20 (→ 20th place)
- John J. Kelley — 2:43:40 (→ 21st place)
- Dean Thackwray — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
- Jack Disney — 5th place
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Allen Bell — 1:12.8 (→ 10th place)
Men's 2.000m Tandem
- Donald Ferguson
James Rossi — 8th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Allen Bell
Art Longsjo
David Rhoads
Richard Cortright — 15th place
Men's Individual Road Race
- Joseph Becker — 5:38:16 (→ 43rd place)
- David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Erhard Neumann — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- George Van Meter — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 76.77
- Final — 152.41 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Preliminary Round — 80.24
- Final — 149.79 (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Preliminary Round — 75.07
- Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place)
Women's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 51.28
- Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal)
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- Preliminary Round — 50.81
- Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Preliminary Round — 52.96
- Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal)
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented the United States in 1956.
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
- Team Roster
Head Coach: Jimmy Mills
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ "United States at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1956/. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
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