Jump to content

United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

United States at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors297 (251 men and 46 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerNorman Armitage
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
32
Silver
25
Bronze
17
Total
74
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

[edit]

Gold

[edit]

Silver

[edit]

Bronze

[edit]

Athletics

[edit]

Men's Marathon

Basketball

[edit]

Boxing

[edit]

Canoeing

[edit]

Cycling

[edit]
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
Individual road race

Diving

[edit]

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 76.77
  • Final — 152.41 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Round — 80.24
  • Final — 149.79 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Preliminary Round — 75.07
  • Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 51.28
  • Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Preliminary Round — 50.81
  • Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Round — 52.96
  • Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal)

Fencing

[edit]

18 fencers represented the United States in 1956.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football (soccer)

[edit]
  • Preliminary round
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
  • Team roster

Head coach: Jimmy Mills [citation needed]

Gymnastics

[edit]

Hockey

[edit]
  • Team roster

Modern pentathlon

[edit]

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event.

Individual
Team
  • George Lambert
  • Bill Andre
  • Jack Daniels

Rowing

[edit]

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956.[3]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing

[edit]

Shooting

[edit]

Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956. Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

[edit]

Water polo

[edit]

Weightlifting

[edit]

Wrestling

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "United States at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Football at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "US Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2018.