1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

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New Zealand participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Australian city ​​of Melbourne with 53 athletes and 12 officials.

Since 1920 , it was New Zealand's eighth participation in the Summer Olympics .

Medals

With two gold medals won by the New Zealand team finished 16th in the medals table .

gold

• Norman Read - 50 km walk
• Jack Cropp and Peter Mander - sailing, Sharpie 12 m² crew

Participants by sport

athletics

Men

• Albert Richards

  Marathon: 17th place

• Neville Scott
• Murray Halberg
• Maurice Rae
• Norman Read

  50 km of walking gold

Women

• Mary Donaghy
• Valerie Sloper
• Margaret Stuart
• Beverly Weigel

Boxing

• Paddy Donovan

• Graham Finlay

Cycling

Men

• Warren Johnston

  1000 m sprint: 4th place

• Warwick Dalton

  1000 m time trial: 8th place

2000 m tandem

• Richard Johnston
  Warren Johnston - 6th place

4000 m team pursuit

• Donald Eagle
  Leonard Kent
  Neil Ritchie
  Warwick Dalton - 6th place

Road racing

• Alan Larkins

hockey

Men

• John Abrams , Ivan Armstrong , Phillip Bygrave , Keith Cumberpatch , Archie Currie , David Goldsmith , Noel Hobson , Reginald Johansson , Brian Johnston , Murray Loudon , Guy McGregor , Bill Schaefer , Bruce Turner , John Tynan : 6th place

rowing

Men

• Reginald Douglas
• Donald Gemmell
• James Hill
• Colin Johnstone
• Ray Laurent
• Peter Lucas
• Bob Parker
• Don Rowlands
• Allan Tong

sailing

Men

• Peter Mander

  Sailing, Sharpie 12 m² crew gold

• Jack Cropp

  Sailing, Sharpie 12 m² crew gold

• Albert Cuthbertson
• Robert Stewart
• William Swinnerton

swim

Men

• Winifred Griffin
• Lincoln Hurring

Women

• Philippa Gould
• Marion Roe
• Jean Stewart

Weightlifting

Men

• Richard Jones

Wrestling

• John Silva

  Freestyle

Web links

• New Zealand Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 . (PDF (34.1 MB))LA84 Foundation,accessed on September 2, 2014(English).