1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne .

294 Australian athletes, 44 women and 250 men, also participated in the Melbourne and due to strict quarantine conditions Australia's equestrian competitions in the Swedish Stockholm part.

It was the thirteenth time an Australian team had participated in the Summer Olympics since 1896 . This made Australia, along with Greece , France , Switzerland , the United Kingdom and the USA, one of the six nations that had previously participated in all the Summer Olympics.

Flag bearer

The rower Mervyn Wood carried the flag of Australia during the opening ceremony.

See also → List of flag bearers of the Australian teams at the Olympic Games

Medals

13 won gold, 8 silver and 19 bronze medals, the Australian team took 3rd place in the medals table .
The most successful athletes were the athlete Betty Cuthbert and the swimmer Murray Rose , both of whom won three gold medals.

Gold medal.svg gold

Betty Cuthbert (468)
Name / s sport competition
Betty Cuthbert athletics Women 100 meters and women 200 meters
Shirley Strickland athletics Women 80 meter hurdles
Norma Croker , Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland athletics Women 4 × 100 meters
Ian Browne and Anthony Marchant Cycling tandem
Jon Henricks swim 100 meters freestyle
Murray Rose swim 400 meters freestyle and 1500 meters freestyle
David Theile swim 100 meters back
John Devitt , Jon Henricks , Kevin O'Halloran and Murray Rose swim 4 × 200 meter freestyle
Dawn Fraser swim Women's 100 meter freestyle
Lorraine Crapp swim Women's 400 meter freestyle
Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech and Sandra Morgan swim Women 4 × 100 meter relay

Silver medal.svg silver

Name / s sport competition
Graham Gipson , Kevan Gosper , Leon Gregory and David Lean athletics 4 × 400 meters
Chilla Porter athletics high jump
Stuart MacKenzie rowing One
John Scott and Rolly Tasker sailing Sharpie
John Devitt swim 100 meters freestyle
John Monckton swim 100 meters back
Lorraine Crapp swim Women's 100 meter freestyle
Dawn Fraser swim Women's 400 meter freestyle

Bronze medal.svg bronze

Name / s sport competition
Kevin Hogarth Boxing Welterweight
Dennis Green and Walter Brown canoe 10,000 meters
Hector Hogan athletics 100 meters
John Landy athletics 1500 meters
Allan Lawrence athletics 10,000 meters
Norma Thrower athletics 80 meter hurdles
Marlene Mathews athletics Women 100 meters and women 200 meters
Dick Ploog Cycling sprint
Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood rowing Double scull
Michael Aikman , Angus Benfield , David Boykett , Bryan Doyle , Harold Hewitt , James Howden , Walter Howell , Garth Manton and Adrian Monger rowing Eighth
Gary Chapman swim 100 meters freestyle
Faith Leech Swimming Women's 100 meter freestyle
Douglas Buxton , Devereaux Mytton and Jock Sturrock sailing 5.5 mR class

Participants by sport

basketball basketball

Boxing Boxing

fencing fencing

Men

Foil single

Foil team

  • Raymond Buckingham , Tom Cross , Brian McCowage, David McKenzie, Michael Sichel and Rod Steele
    Preliminary round, group C: with two defeats (3rd place) not qualified for the semi-finals
    3-13 defeat against the team from the USAUnited States 48United States
    Points: Ray Buckingham (1), Brian McCowage (1), David McKenzie (1)
    8: 8 (57:65) defeat against the team from HungaryHungary 1949Hungary 
    Points: Brian McCowage (3), Michael Sichel (3), Tom Cross (2)

Epee single

Epee team

  • Keith Hackshall , Ivan Lund, Hilbert Van Dijk and James Wolfensohn
    Preliminary round, Group A: with two defeats (4th place) not qualified for the semi-finals
    5-11 defeat against the team from ItalyItalyItaly 
    Points: James Wolfensohn (2), Ivan Lund (1), Keith Hackshall (1), Hilbert Van Dijk (1)
    3-9 defeat against the team from Great BritainUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
    Points: Hilbert Van Dijk (1), Ivan Lund (2)

Saber single

  • Leslie Fadgyas
    Preliminary round, group C: qualified for the intermediate round with three wins (3rd place)
    Intermediate round, group C: not qualified for the semi-finals with six defeats (rank 7)
  • Graham McKenzie
    Preliminary round, group B: qualified for the intermediate round with one win (4th place)
    Intermediate round, group C: not qualified for the semi-finals with six defeats (rank 7)
  • Sandor Szoke
    Preliminary round, group A: with a win (6th place) not qualified for the intermediate round

Saber crew

Women

Foil single

Soccer Soccer

Weightlifting Weightlifting

  • Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg)
    John Powell (81.8 kg)
    Pressing: 110.0 kg / 115.0 kg / 120.0 kg
    Tear: 107.5kg / 112.5kg / 117.5kg
    Push: 145.0kg / 145.0kg / 155.0kg
    Total: 382.5 kg (-65.0 kg), rank 8
  • Medium weight (up to 90 kg)
    Manoel Santos (88.2 kg)
    Pressing: 120.0 kg / 125.0 kg / 130.0 kg
    Tear: 110.0 kg / 115.0 kg / 115.0 kg
    Pushing: 150.0kg / 150.0kg / 160.0kg
    Total: 385.0 kg (-77.5 kg), rank 9
    Leonard Treganowan (89.7 kg)
    Pressing: 117.5 kg / 117.5 kg / 122.5 kg
    Tear: 117.5kg / 122.5kg / 122.5kg
    Push: 150.0kg / 150.0kg / 155.0kg
    Total: 390.0 kg (-72.5 kg), rank 8

hockey hockey

canoe canoe

Men

Women

athletics athletics

Men

100 m

  • Hector Hogan
    Preliminary runs, run 8 : qualified for the quarter-finals with 10.5 s (hand-stopped; 1st place) or 10.72 s (electronic)
    Quarter-finals , run 3 : qualified for the semi-finals with 11.0 s (hand-stopped; 1st place) or 11.15 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 2 : qualified for the final with 10.5 s (hand-stopped; 3rd place) or 10.62 s (electronic)
    Final : 10.6 s (hand-stopped) or 10.77 s (electronic), 3rd placeBronze medal
  • Raymond Land
    Preliminary runs, run 6 : qualified for the quarter-finals with 10.8 s (hand-stopped; 2nd place) or 11.05 s (electronic)
    Quarter-finals, run 1 : with 11.0 s (hand-stopped; 6th place) or 11.15 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m

  • Graham Gipson
    Prelims , run 9 : with 22.0 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 22.06 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
  • Hector Hogan
    Preliminary runs, run 8 : qualified for the quarter-finals with 21.8 s (hand-stopped, rank 2) or 21.97 s (electronic)
    Quarter-finals , run 3 : with 21.7 s (hand-stopped, 4th place) or 21.90 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals
  • Douglas Winston
    Preliminary runs, run 2 : with 22.0 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 22.20 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

400 m

  • Graham Gipson
    Preliminary runs , run 5 : qualified for the quarter-finals with 47.7 s (hand-stopped, 2nd place) or 47.87 s (electronic)
    Quarter-finals , run 2 : with 47.4 s (hand-stopped, 4th place) or 47.45 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals
  • John Goodman
    Preliminary runs, run 8 : with 48.5 s (hand-stopped, 4th place) or 48.73 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
  • Kevan Gosper
    Preliminary runs, run 7 : qualified for the quarter-finals with 48.0 s (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 48.07 s (electronic)
    Quarter-finals, run 4 : qualified for the semi-finals with 46.7 s (hand-stopped, 1st place) or 46.83 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , Run 2 (electronically) not 46.2 s (handgestoppt, rank 4) and 46.45 s for: Final qualifies

800 m

  • Jim Bailey
    Preliminary runs , run 3 : qualified for the semi-finals with 1: 51.1 min (hand-stopped, 1st place) or 1: 51.13 min (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 2 : with 1: 51.4 min (hand-stopped, rank 7) or 1: 51.40 min (electronic) not qualified for the final
  • Bill Butchart
    Preliminary runs, run 4 : qualified for the semi-finals with 1: 51.6 min (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 1: 51.67 min (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 1 : qualified for the final with 1: 53.8 min (hand-stopped, 4th place) or 1: 53.81 min (electronic)
    Final : 1: 52.0 min (hand-stopped), rank 8
  • Don MacMillan
    Prelims, run 2 : with 1: 53.4 min (hand-stopped, 4th place) or 1: 53.50 min (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

1500 m

  • John Landy
    Prelims , run 3 : qualified for the final with 3: 48.6 min (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 3: 48.67 min (electronic)
    Final : 3: 42.0 min (hand-stopped) or 3: 42.03 min (electronic), 3rd placebronze
  • Merv Lincoln
    Prelims, run 2 : qualified for the final with 3: 45.4 min (hand-stopped, 1st place) or 3: 45.63 min (electronic)
    Final: 3: 51.9 min (hand-stopped), rank 12

5000 m

  • Allan Lawrence
    Prelims , run 2 : qualified for the finals with 14: 14.6 min (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 14: 14.67 min (electronic)
    Final : did not start the race
  • Albie Thomas
    Prelims, run 3 : qualified for the final with 14: 14.2 min (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 14: 14.41 min (electronic)
    Final: 14: 04.6 min (hand-stopped) or 14: 05.03 min (electronic), 5th place

10,000 m

  • Allan Lawrence
    28: 53.6 min (hand-stopped) or 28: 53.59 min (electronic), rank 3 bronze
  • Dave Power
    29: 49.2 min (hand-stopped), 7th place
  • Dave Stephens
    no time available, rank 20

marathon

110 m hurdles

  • Ken Doubleday
    Preliminary runs, run 1 : with 14.8 s (hand-stopped, 5th place) or 14.98 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals
  • James Joyce
    Prelims, run 3 : with 14.7 s (hand-stopped, rank 6) or 15.02 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m hurdles

  • David Lean
    Preliminary runs, run 1 : qualified for the semi-finals with 51.4 s (hand-stopped, rank 2) or 51.55 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 2 : qualified for the final with 51.4 s (hand-stopped, rank 2) or 51.45 s (electronic)
    Final : 51.8 s (hand-stopped) or 51.93 s (electronic), 5th place
  • Ross Parker
    Prelims, run 4 : qualified for the semi-finals with 53.5 s (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 53.51 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 1 : with 52.6 s (hand-stopped, rank 6) or 52.72 s (electronic) not qualified for the final

3000 m obstacle

  • Neil Robbins
    Prelims, run 2: qualified for the final with 8: 55.4 min (hand-stopped, 5th place) or 8: 55.62 min (electronic)
    Final : 8: 50.0 min (hand-stopped) or 8: 50.36 min (electronic), rank 7
  • Graham Thomas
    Prelims, run 1 : with 9: 09.8 min (hand-stopped, rank 10) not qualified for the final

4 × 100 m relay

4 × 400 m relay

20 km walking

50 km of walking

  • Ted Allsopp
    disqualified
  • Ronald Crawford
    5: 22: 36.0 h, rank 13
  • Ray Smith
    4: 56: 08.0 h, rank 6

high jump

  • Chilla Porter
    Qualification : qualified for the final with a skipped 1.92 m (rank 4)
    1.70 m: o
    1.78 m: left out
    1.82 m: left out
    1.88 m: o
    1.92 m: o
    Final : 2.10 m skipped, 2nd placesilver
    1.80 m: o
    1.86 m: left out
    1.92 m: o
    1.96 m: o
    2.00 m: o
    2.03 m: o
    2.06 m: o
    2.08 m: xo
    2.10 m: xxo
    2.12 m: xxx
  • Colin Ridgeway
    Qualification: qualified for the final with a skipped 1.92 m (rank 16)
    1.70 m: o
    1.78 m: left out
    1.82 m: xo
    1.88 m: left out
    1.92 m: o
    Final: 2.00 m skipped, 7th place
    1.80 m: o
    1.86 m: left out
    1.92 m: o
    1.96 m: o
    2.00 m: o
    2.03 m: xxx
  • John Vernon
    Qualification: with skipped 1.82 m (rank 24) not qualified for the final
    1.70 m: o
    1.78 m: o
    1.82 m: o
    1.88 m: x - -
    1.92 m: o

Pole vault

  • Bruce Peever
    Qualification: 3.85 m (rank 17), not qualified for the final
    3.70 m: o
    3.85 m: o
    4.00 m: xxx

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

Decathlon

Women

100 m

Crossing the finish line of the 100-meter final (from left to right): Isabelle Daniels, Giuseppina Leone, Betty Cuthbert , Marlene Mathews , Heather Armitage, Christa Stubnick
  • Betty Cuthbert
    Preliminaries , run 3 : qualified for the semi-finals with 11.4 s (hand-stopped, new Olympic record , 1st place) or 11.72 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 1 : qualified for the final with 12.0 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 12.08 s (electronic)
    Final : 11.5 s (hand-stopped) or 11.82 s (electronic), 1st placegold
  • Marlene Mathews
    Preliminary runs, run 2 : qualified for the semi-finals with 11.5 s (hand- stopped , Olympic record set, 1st place) or 11.81 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 2 : qualified for the final with 11.6 s (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 11.80 s (electronic)
    Final: 11.7 s (hand-stopped) or 11.94 s (electronic), 3rd place bronze
  • Shirley Strickland
    Preliminary runs, run 4 : with 11.7 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 11.86 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m

  • Norma Croker
    Preliminary runs , run 3 : qualified for the semi-finals with 24.9 s (hand-stopped, rank 2) or 25.10 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 1 : qualified for the final with 24.3 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 24.41 s (electronic)
    Final : 24.0 s (hand-stopped) or 24.22 s (electronic), 4th place
  • Betty Cuthbert
    Prelims, run 1 : qualified for the semi-finals with 23.5 s (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 23.60 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 1: qualified for the final with 23.6 s (hand-stopped, 1st place) or 23.75 s (electronic)
    Final: 23.4 s (hand- stopped , Olympic record set) or 23.55 s (electronic), 1st placegold
  • Marlene Mathews
    Prelims, run 6 : qualified for the semi-finals with 24.0 s (hand-stopped, rank 1) or 24.16 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 2 : qualified for the final with 24.3 s (hand-stopped, rank 2) or 24.42 s (electronic)
    Final: 23.8 s (hand-stopped) or 24.10 s (electronic), 3rd place bronze

80 m hurdles

  • Gloria Cooke
    Prelims , run 3 : qualified for the semi-finals with 11.4 s (hand-stopped, 3rd place) or 11.45 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals , run 2 : qualified for the final with 11.1 s (hand-stopped) or 11.25 s (electronically)
    Final : 11.4 s (hand-stopped) or 11.60 s (electronic), 6th place
  • Shirley Strickland went into the competition as the defending champion ( Olympic champion in the Finnish capital Helsinki on July 24, 1952)
    Preliminaries, run 2 : qualified for the semi-finals with 10.8 s (hand-stopped, 1st place, new Olympic record ) or 11.02 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 1 : qualified for the finals with 10.8 s (hand-stopped, rank 1, setting the Olympic record) or 10.89 s (electronic)
    Final: 10.7 s (hand-stopped, new Olympic record) or 10.96 s (electronic), 1st place gold
  • Norma Thrower
    Preliminary runs, run 4 : qualified for the semi-finals with 10.8 s (hand-stopped, rank 1, setting the Olympic record) or 10.94 s (electronic)
    Semi-finals, run 2: qualified for the final with 11.0 s (hand-stopped, 2nd place) or 11.20 s (electronic)
    Final: 11.0 s (hand-stopped) or 11.25 s (electronic), 3rd place bronze

4 × 100 m relay

  • Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland
    Prelims , run 1 : qualified for the finals with 44.9 s (hand-stopped, 1st place, new world record ) or 45.00 s (electronic)
    Final : 44.5 s (hand-stopped, new world record) or 44.65 s (electronic), 1st placegold

high jump

Long jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Javelin throw

  • June Heath
    Qualification : with 38.10 m (19th place) not qualified for the final
    35.76 m / 38.10 m / x
  • Heather Innes
    Qualification: with 38.72 m (18th place) not qualified for the final
    38.72 m / 35.57 m / x
  • Maureen Wright
    Qualification: with 38.81 m (17th place) not qualified for the final
    36.75 m / 38.81 m / 36.91 m

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

Cycling Cycling

Street

  • John O'Sullivan
    187.73 km road race, individual: 41st place
    187.73 km road race, team: ??
  • Jim Nevin
    187.73 km road race, individual: 44th place
    187.73 km road race, team: ??
  • Edward Nestor
    187.73 km road race, individual: ??
    187.73 km road race, team: ??
  • Jack Trickey
    187.73 km road race, individual: ??
    187.73 km road race, team: ??

train

  • Warren Scarfe
    1000 meter time trial: 4th place
    4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
  • Roy Moore
    4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round

Wrestling Wrestling

rowing rowing

shoot shoot

  • Ian Wrigley
    Free rifle three-position fight: 16th place
  • Norman Goff
    Free rifle three-position fight: 17th place
  • Don Tolhurst
    Small caliber three-position fight: 27th place
    Small caliber lying: 10th place
  • Norman Rule
    Small caliber three-position fight: 34th place
    Small caliber lying: 22nd place
  • Noel Hall
    Running stag single and double shot: 11th place

swim swim

Men

  • Jon Henricks
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • John Devitt
    100 meter freestyle: silver silver
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Murray Rose
    400 meters freestyle: gold gold
    1500 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Kevin O'Halloran
    400 meters freestyle: 4th place
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Gary Winram
    400 meters freestyle: 6th place
    1500 meters freestyle: 8th place

Women

  • Dawn Fraser
    100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    400 meters freestyle: silver Silver
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Lorraine Crapp
    100 meter freestyle: silver Silver
    400 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Faith Leech
    100 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Sandra Morgan
    400 meters freestyle: 6th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold

sailing sailing

do gymnastics do gymnastics

Men

  • Graham Bond
    Individual all-around: 54th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 58th place
    Horse jump: 56th place
    Bars: 53rd place
    Horizontal bar: 50th place
    Rings: 58th place
    Pommel horse: 56th place
  • David Gourlay
    Individual all-around: 55th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 56th place
    Horse jump: 43rd place
    Bars: 57th place
    Horizontal bar: 54th place
    Rings: 56th place
    Pommel horse: 55th place
  • John Lees
    Individual all-around: 56th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 60th place
    Horse jump: 61st place
    Bars: 55th place
    Horizontal bar: 57th place
    Rings: 49th place
    Pommel horse: 54th place
  • Bruce Sharp
    Individual all-around: 57th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 48th place
    Horse jump: 28th place
    Bars: 53rd place
    Horizontal bar: 56th place
    Rings: 51st place
    Pommel horse: 59th place
  • Brian Blackburn
    Individual all-around: 58th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 41st place
    Horse jump: 47th place
    Bars: 56th place
    Horizontal bar: 58th place
    Rings: 59th place
    Pommel horse: 58th place
  • Noel Punton
    Individual all-around: 59th place
    Team all-around competition: 7th place
    Floor exercise: 51st place
    Horse jump: 50th place
    Bars: 58th place
    Horizontal bar: 63rd place
    Rings: 60th place
    Pommel horse: 57th place

Women

  • Ingeborg Fraser
    Individual all-around: 62nd place
    Floor exercise: 61st place
    Horse jump: 62nd place
    Uneven bars: 63rd place
    Balance beam: 62nd place
  • Barbara Cunningham
    Individual all-around: 63rd place
    Floor exercise: 62nd place
    Horse jump: 61st place
    Uneven bars: 60th place
    Balance beam: 64th place
  • Wendy Nicholls
    Individual all-around: 64th place
    Floor exercise: 64th place
    Horse jump: 63rd place
    Uneven bars: 64th place
    Balance beam: 57th place

Water polo Water polo

Diving Diving

Men

Women

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1 = Participation together with New Zealand as Australasia.
Participants in the 1956 Olympic Games
Africa

Egypt 1  • Ethiopia  • Kenya  • Liberia  • Nigeria  • South African Union  • Uganda

America

Argentina  • Bahamas  • Bermuda  • Brazil  • British Guyana  • Chile  • Jamaica  • Canada  • Colombia  • Cuba  • Mexico  • Peru  • Puerto Rico  • Trinidad and Tobago  • Uruguay  • Venezuela  • United States

Asia

Afghanistan  • Burma  • Ceylon  • Hong Kong  • India  • Indonesia  • Iran  • Israel  • Japan  • Cambodia 1  • Malaya  • North Borneo  • Pakistan  • Philippines  • Republic of China  • Singapore  • South Korea  • Thailand  • Vietnam

Europe

Belgium  • Bulgaria  • Denmark  • Finland  • France  • All-German team  • Greece  • Great Britain  • Ireland  • Iceland  • Italy  • Yugoslavia  • Luxembourg  • Netherlands 1  • Norway  • Austria  • Poland  • Portugal  • Romania  • Sweden  • Switzerland 1  • Soviet Union  • Spain 1  • Turkey  • Czechoslovakia  • Hungary

Oceania

Australia  • Fiji  • New Zealand

1 = These nations only took part in the equestrian games that were held in Stockholm five months earlier .