1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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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 |
Women
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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
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 |
Women |
athletics
Men
|
Women
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Modern pentathlon
Men
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
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
swim
Men |
Women
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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 |
Women |
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 |
Women |
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 )