1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

GBR

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Great Britain took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a delegation of 189 athletes (163 men and 26 women) in 108 competitions in 17 sports. Eight athletes, five men and three women, took partin the equestrian games that had been held in Stockholm five months earlier. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler George MacKenzie . The nation was most successful in athletics with seven and in boxing with five medals.

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Nicholas Gargano

  Bronze welterweight

• John McCormack

  Bronze light middleweight

• Richard McTaggart

  Gold lightweight

• Thomas Nicholls

  Silver featherweight

• Ron Redrup
• Owen Reilly
• Terry Spinks

  Gold flyweight

fencing

Men Ralph Cooperman Bill Hoskyns Michael Howard Allan Jay Raymond Paul René Paul Olgierd Porebski

Women Mary Glen-Haig Gillian Sheen Gold foil single

Soccer

Men

• Quarter finals

• Dexter Adams
• George Bromilov
• Jimmy Coates
• Henry Dodkins
• Leslie Farrer
• John Hardisty
• Jack Laybourne
• Derek Lewin
• James Lewis
• Mike Pinner
• Stanley Prince
• Harold Sharratt
• Terry Robinson
• Donald Stoker
• Lawrence Topp
• Charles Twissell

Weightlifting

Men

• Phil Caira
• Julian Creus
• Sydney Harrington
• Ben Helfgott
• Maurice Megennis

hockey

Men

• 4th Place

• David Archer
• Denys Carnill
• John Cockett
• John Conroy
• Geoffrey Cutter
• Colin Dale
• Howard Davis
• Michael Doughty
• Neil Forster
• Steven Johnson
• Anthony Robinson
• Frederick Scott
• John Strover
• David Thomas

canoe

Men Raymond look Brian Bullivant

Women Patricia Moody

athletics

Men Peter Allday Don Anthony Kenneth Box Ian Boyd Chris Brasher Gold 3000 m obstacle Gerry Carr Chris Chataway Ron Clark George Coleman Roy Cruttenden Peter Cullen John Disley Michael Farrell Tom Farrell Eric Hall Roland Hardy Brian Hewson Harry Hicks Peter Higgins Bronze 4 x 400 m Peter Hildreth Derek Ibbotson Bronze 5000 m Albert Johnson Derek Johnson Silver 800 m Bronze 4 x 400 m Harry Kane Fred Norris Ken Norris Barclay Palmer Jack Parker Mark Pharaoh Gordon Pirie Silver 5000 m Mike Rawson John Salisbury Bronze 4 x 400 m Frank Sando Roy Sandstrom David Segal Bob Shaw Brian Shenton Eric Shirley Don Thompson Stan Vickers Peter Wells Mike Wheeler Bronze 4 x 400 m Ken Wilmshurst Ken Wood

Women Heather Armitage Silver 4 x 100 m Audrey Bennett Suzanne Allday June Foulds-Paul Silver 4 x 100 m Thelma Hopkins Silver high jump Sheila Hoskin Dorothy Odam-Tyler Anne Pashley Silver 4 x 100 m Carole Quinton Jean Scrivens Silver 4 x 100 m Pauline Threapleton-Wainwright

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Donald Cobley
• Thomas Hudson
• George Norman

Cycling

Men

• Stan Brittain

  Silver road racing team

• Peter Brotherton
• Don Burgess

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Alan Danson
• Mike Gambrill

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• John Geddes

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Keith Harrison
• Bill Holmes

  Silver road racing team

• Alan Jackson

  Bronze Road Race Individual

  Silver road racing team

• Harry Reynolds

  Silver road racing team

• Tom Simpson

  Bronze team pursuit 4000 m

• Eric Thompson

horse riding

• Albert Hill

  Gold eventing team

• Lorna Johnstone
• Peter Robeson

  Bronze jumping team

• Arthur Rook

  Gold eventing team

• Pat Smythe

  Bronze jumping team

• Frank Weldon

  Bronze Eventing Individual

  Gold eventing team

• Wilfred White

  Bronze jumping team

• Lilian Williams

Wrestling

Men

• George Farquhar
• Herbie Hall
• Ken Richmond
• Jack Taylor

rowing

Men

• Chris Davidge
• Michael Delahooke
• Tony Fox
• John Hinde
• Kenneth Masser
• Bill Rand
• Sidney Rand
• John A. Russell
• Simon Tozer
• Alan Watson
• Ian Welsh
• Richard Wheadon

shoot

• Frederick Cooper
• Steffen Cranmer
• Ernest Fear
• Frederick Hopkinson
• Henry Steele
• Joe Wheater

swim

Men John Brockway Neil McKechnie Haydn Rigby Ronald Roberts Graham Sykes Graham Symonds Christopher Walkden Jack Wardrop Kenneth Williams

Women Margaret Edwards Bronze 100 meter back Fearne Ewart Margaret Girvan Elenor Gordon Christine Gosden Judith Grinham Gold 100 meter back Frances Hogben Julie Hoyle Anne Morton

sailing

• Ronald Backus

  Bronze dragon

• Bruce Banks
• Jasper Blackall

  Bronze sharpie

• David Bowker

  Silver 5.5 mR class

• Richard Creagh-Osborne
• John Dillon

  Silver 5.5 mR class

• Jonathan Janson

  Bronze dragon

• Neil Kennedy-Cochrane-Patrick

  Silver 5.5 mR class

• Graham Mann

  Bronze dragon

• Robert Perry

  Silver 5.5 mR class

• Stanley Potter
• Terence Smith

  Bronze sharpie

do gymnastics

Men Nik Stuart Frank Turner

Women Pat Hirst

Water polo

Men

• 7th place

• Jack Fergusson
• Arthur Grady
• Jack Jones
• Bob Knights
• Terry Miller
• Peter Pass
• Cliff Spooner
• Ron Turner
• Gerry Worsell

Diving

Men Raymond Cann David Tarsey Roy Walsh

Women Ann Long Charmain Welsh

Web links

• British Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• British team at the equestrian games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )