Medal table of the 1956 Summer Olympics

This table shows the medal table of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne . The placements are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank. This corresponds to the system used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) .

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	37	29	32	98
2	United States	32	25th	17th	74
3	Australia	13	8th	14th	35
4th	Hungary	9	10	7th	26th
5	Italy	8th	8th	9	25th
6th	Sweden	8th	5	6th	19th
7th	Germany	6th	13	7th	26th
8th	Great Britain	6th	7th	11	24
9	Romania	5	3	5	13
10	Japan	4th	10	5	19th
11	France	4th	4th	6th	14th
12	Turkey	3	2	2	7th
13	Finland	3	1	11	15th
14th	Iran	2	2	1	5
15th	Canada	2	1	3	6th
16	New Zealand	2	-	-	2
17th	Poland	1	4th	4th	9
18th	Czechoslovakia	1	4th	1	6th
19th	Bulgaria	1	3	1	5
20th	Denmark	1	2	1	4th
21st	Ireland	1	1	3	5
22nd	Norway	1	-	2	3
23	Mexico	1	-	1	2
24	India	1	-	-	1
	Brazil	1	-	-	1
26th	Yugoslavia	-	3	-	3
27	Chile	-	2	2	4th
28	Belgium	-	2	-	2
29	Argentina	-	1	1	2
	South Korea	-	1	1	2
31	Iceland	-	1	-	1
	Pakistan	-	1	-	1
33	South African Union	-	-	4th	4th
34	Austria	-	-	2	2
35	Bahamas	-	-	1	1
	Greece	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Uruguay	-	-	1	1
Total		153	153	163	469

A total of 151 competitions were held. The additional medals were as follows:

• Boxing: Traditionally, two bronze medals were awarded in each of the ten weight classes.
• Athletics: In the women's high jump, silver and no bronze were awarded twice, in the men's 400 meters, bronze was awarded twice.
• Gymnastics: In the men's horse vault and in the women's floor exercise, gold was awarded twice, but no silver, in the men's floor exercise, silver and no bronze were awarded three times, silver and no bronze were awarded twice on the balance beam, on the bars, on the rings, Bronze was awarded twice on the balance beam and in the group gymnastics.