1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , 13 swimming competitions were held, seven for men and six for women.

Men

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	John Henricks	55.4 s
2	OUT	John Devitt	55.8 s
3	OUT	Gary Chapman	56.7 s

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11th place went to the then 26-year-old Italian Carlo Pedersoli, who a few years later started an extremely successful career as a film actor and became known to a wide audience under his stage name Bud Spencer .

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Murray Rose	4: 27.3 min
2	JPN	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	4: 30.4 min
3	United States	George Breen	4: 32.5 min

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1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Murray Rose	17: 58.9 min
2	JPN	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	18: 00.3 min
3	United States	George Breen	18: 08.2 min

→ Main article : 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500 m freestyle (men)

After world record holder Murray Rose had set a new Olympic record in the first run with 18: 04.1 min, George Breen undercut this performance in the third and penultimate run, while at the same time setting the Australian 's world record by 6.6 s to 17: 52.9 min improved.

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	David Theile	1: 02.2 min
2	OUT	John Monckton	1: 03.2 min
3	United States	Frank McKinney	1: 04.5 min

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200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	JPN	Masaru Furukawa	2: 34.7 min
2	JPN	Masahiro Yoshimura	2: 36.7 min
3	URS	Charis Junichev	2: 36.8 min

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200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	William Yorzyk	2: 19.3 min
2	JPN	Takashi Ishimoto	2: 23.8 min
3	HUN	György Tumpek	2: 23.9 min

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The 200 m butterfly was part of the program of the Olympic swimming competitions for the first time in 1956.

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	OUT	Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose John Henricks	8: 23.6 min
2	United States	Richard Hanley George Breen William Woolsey Ford Konno	8: 31.5 min
3	URS	Vitali Sorokin Vladimir Struschanow Gennadi Nikolajew Boris Nikitin	8: 34.7 min

→ Main article : 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	OUT	Dawn Fraser	1: 02.0 min
2	OUT	Lorraine Crapp	1: 02.3 min
3	OUT	Faith Leech	1: 05.1 min

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400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	OUT	Lorraine Crapp	4: 54.6 min
2	OUT	Dawn Fraser	5: 02.5 min
3	United States	Sylvia Ruuska	5: 07.1 min

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100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GBR	Judy Grinham	1: 12.9 min
2	United States	Carin Cone	1: 12.9 min
3	GBR	Margaret Edwards	1: 13.1 min

→ Main article : 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (women)

The Briton Judy Grinham set a new world record and Olympic record over 100 m back for women with 1: 12.9 minutes.

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	EUA	Ursula Happe	2: 53.1 min
2	HUN	Éva Székely	2: 54.8 min
3	EUA	Eva-Maria ten Elsen	2: 55.1 min

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100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Shelley man	1: 11.0 min
2	United States	Nancy Ramey	1.11.9 min
3	United States	Mary Sears	1: 14.4 min

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The 100 m butterfly was part of the program of the Olympic swimming competitions for the first time in 1956.

4 × 100 m freestyle

The winners from left to right: Morgan, Fraser, Crapp, Leech

space	country	Athletes	time
1	OUT	Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp	4: 17.1 min
2	United States	Sylvia Ruuska Shelley husband Nancy Simons Joan Alderson-Rosazza	4: 19.2 min
3	RSA	Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh	4: 25.7 min

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Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	8th	4th	2	14th
2	United States	2	4th	5	11
3	Japan	1	4th	0	5
4th	United Kingdom	1	0	1	2
4th	Germany	1	0	1	2
6th	Hungary	0	1	1	2
7th	Soviet Union	0	0	2	2
8th	South African Union	0	0	1	1