Australian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
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Event |
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Athletes |
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Athletics | |||||
100 m M | AUS | Hector Hogan | |||
Gavin Carragher | |||||
Raymond Charles Land | |||||
200 m M | AUS | Douglas Winston | |||
Graham Gipson | |||||
Hector Hogan | |||||
400 m M | AUS | Kevan Gosper | |||
Graham Gipson | |||||
John Goodman | |||||
800 m M | AUS | Bill Butchart | |||
Donald McMillan | |||||
Jim Bailey | |||||
1500 m M | AUS | Mervyn Lincoln | |||
John Landy | |||||
5000 m M | AUS | Albert Thomas | |||
Allan Lawrence | |||||
10000 m M | AUS | David Power | |||
Allan Lawrence | |||||
David Stephens | |||||
Marathon M | AUS | Keith Ollerenshaw | |||
Leslie Perry | |||||
John Russell | |||||
110 m hurdles M | AUS | John Chittick | |||
Kenneth Doubleday | |||||
James Robert Joyce | |||||
400 m hurdles M | AUS | Ross Parker | |||
David Lean | |||||
Geoffrey Goodacre | |||||
3000 m steeplechase M | AUS | Neil Robbins | |||
Ronald Blackney | |||||
Graham Thomas | |||||
4x100 m M | AUS | Raymond Charles Land | |||
Edward McGlynn | |||||
Hector Hogan | |||||
Gavin Carragher | |||||
4x400 m M | AUS | David Lean | |||
Graham Gipson | |||||
Leon Gregory | |||||
Kevan Gosper | |||||
20 km walk M | AUS | Edward Allsopp | |||
Donald Keane | |||||
Ronald Crawford | |||||
50 km walk M | AUS | Raymond Smith | |||
Ronald Crawford | |||||
Edward Allsopp | |||||
High jump M | AUS | John Vernon | |||
Colin Ridgeway | |||||
Charles Porter | |||||
Pole vault M | AUS | Bruce Peever | |||
Peter Denton | |||||
Long jump M | AUS | Michael Moroney | |||
Ian Bruce | |||||
Hugh Jack | |||||
Triple jump M | AUS | Ronald Gray | |||
Brian Oliver | |||||
Maurice Rich | |||||
Shot put M | AUS | Robert Hanlin | |||
Berry Donath | |||||
Discus throw M | AUS | Vesmonis Balodis | |||
Hammer throw M | AUS | Martin Crowe | |||
Neville Gadsden | |||||
Charles Morris | |||||
Javelin throw M | AUS | James Achurch | |||
Robert Grant | |||||
Decathlon M | AUS | Ian Bruce | |||
John Cann | |||||
Patrick Leane | |||||
100 m W | AUS | Shirley Strickland | |||
Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
Marlene Matthews | |||||
200 m W | AUS | Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||
Marlene Matthews | |||||
Norma Croker | |||||
80 m hurdles W | AUS | Shirley Strickland | |||
Norma Thrower | |||||
Gloria Cooke | |||||
4x100 m W | AUS | Shirley Strickland | |||
Fleur Mellor | |||||
Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
Norma Croker | |||||
High jump W | AUS | Janice Cooper | |||
Carole Bernoth | |||||
Michelle Mason | |||||
Long jump W | AUS | Nancy Borwick | |||
Margaret Johnson | |||||
Erica Willis | |||||
Shot put W | AUS | Valerie Lawrence | |||
Mary Breen | |||||
Margaret Wioodlock | |||||
Discus throw W | AUS | Shirley Cotton | |||
Lois Jackman | |||||
Valerie Lawrence | |||||
Javelin throw W | AUS | Maureen Wright | |||
June Heath | |||||
Heather Innes | |||||
Boxing | |||||
Flyweight M | AUS | Warner Batchelor | |||
Bantamweight M | AUS | Robert Bath | |||
Featherweight M | AUS | Noel Hazard | |||
Lightweight M | AUS | William Griffiths | |||
Light-welterweight M | AUS | Max Carlos | |||
Welterweight M | AUS | Kevin Hogarth | |||
Light-middleweight M | AUS | Peter Read | |||
Middleweight M | AUS | Howard Richter | |||
Light-heavyweight M | AUS | Anthony Madigan | |||
Canoe & Kayak | |||||
K1 500 m W | AUS | Edith Cochrane | |||
K1 1000 m M | AUS | Barry Stuart | |||
K2 1000 m M | AUS | Dennis Green | |||
Walter Brown | |||||
K1 10000 m M | AUS | Maxwell Blandwin | |||
K2 10000 m M | AUS | Dennis Green | |||
Walter Brown | |||||
C1 1000 m M | AUS | Bryan Harper | |||
C2 1000 m M | AUS | Thomas Ohman | |||
William Jones | |||||
C1 10000 m M | AUS | Bryan Harper | |||
C2 10000 m M | AUS | William Jones | |||
Thomas Ohman | |||||
Cycling | |||||
Road race team M | AUS | Jim Nestor | |||
Jim Nevin | |||||
John O'Sullivan | |||||
1000 m time trial M | AUS | Warren Scarfe | |||
Sprint M | AUS | Richard Ploog | |||
Tandem M | AUS | Anthony Marchant | |||
Ian Browne | |||||
Diving | |||||
Springboard M | AUS | Arthur Winther | |||
Ronald Faulds | |||||
Joseph McCann | |||||
Springboard W | AUS | Rosalyn Barton | |||
Barbara MacAulay | |||||
Patricia Howard | |||||
Platform M | AUS | Barry Holmes | |||
William Tully | |||||
Francis Murphy | |||||
Platform W | AUS | Adele Price | |||
Rosalyn Barton | |||||
Barbara MacAulay | |||||
Equestrian | |||||
Eventing team | AUS | Wyatt Thompson | |||
Brian Crago | |||||
Ernest Barker | |||||
Fencing | |||||
Foil individual W | AUS | Denise O'Brien | |||
Joy Hardon | |||||
Lois Joseph | |||||
Foil individual M | AUS | Brian McCowage | |||
Michael Sichel | |||||
David McKenzie | |||||
Epee individual M | AUS | Ivan Lund | |||
Laurence Harding-Snith | |||||
Richard Stone | |||||
Sabre individual M | AUS | Leslie Fadgyas | |||
Graham McKenzie | |||||
Sandor Szoke | |||||
Gymnastics | |||||
Individual all-round W | AUS | Ing Fraser | |||
Wendy Nicholls | |||||
Barbara Cunningham | |||||
Team M | AUS | Graham Bond | |||
Alexander Punton | |||||
John Lees | |||||
David Gourlay | |||||
Brian Blackburn | |||||
Bruce Sharp | |||||
Modern Pentathlon | |||||
Individual M | AUS | George Nicoll | |||
Sven Coomer | |||||
Neville Sayers | |||||
Team M | AUS | George Nicoll | |||
Sven Coomer | |||||
Neville Sayers | |||||
Rowing | |||||
Single sculls M | AUS | Stuart McKenzie | |||
Double sculls M | AUS | Mervyn Wood | |||
Murray Riley | |||||
Pair without coxswain M | AUS | Maurice Grace | |||
Peter Adrian Raper | |||||
Four with coxswain M | AUS | Gordon Cowey | |||
Reginald Libbis | |||||
John Jenkinson | |||||
Kevin McMahon | |||||
Ian Allen | |||||
Eight with coxswain M | AUS | Garth Manton | |||
Michael Aikman | |||||
David Boykett | |||||
Walter Howell | |||||
Adrian Monger | |||||
Angus Benfield | |||||
James Howden | |||||
Bryan Doyle | |||||
Harold Hewitt | |||||
Sailing | |||||
5,5 m | AUS | Alexander Sturrock | |||
Douglas Buxton | |||||
Devereaux Mytton | |||||
Dragon | AUS | Brian Carolane | |||
Graham Drane | |||||
James Carolane | |||||
Star | AUS | Robert French | |||
John Downey | |||||
Finn M | AUS | Colin Ryrie | |||
Sharpie | AUS | Roland Tasker | |||
John Scott | |||||
Shooting | |||||
Rifle three positions M | AUS | Norman Rule | |||
Don Tolhurst | |||||
Rifle prone M | AUS | Don Tolhurst | |||
Norman Rule | |||||
Free rifle M | AUS | Ian Wrigley | |||
Norman Goff | |||||
Moving target M | AUS | Noel Hall | |||
Colin Anderson | |||||
Free pistol M | AUS | Leonard Tolhurst | |||
Rodney Johnson | |||||
Rapid fire pistol M | AUS | Johnnie Maitland | |||
Peter Papps | |||||
Trap M | AUS | Clement Mudford | |||
John Bryant | |||||
Swimming | |||||
100 m freestyle W | AUS | Lorraine Crapp | |||
Dawn Fraser | |||||
Faith Leech | |||||
100 m freestyle M | AUS | Jon Henricks | |||
Gary Chapman | |||||
John Devitt | |||||
400 m freestyle W | AUS | Sandra Morgan | |||
Lorraine Crapp | |||||
Dawn Fraser | |||||
400 m freestyle M | AUS | Garry Winram | |||
Kevin O'Halloran | |||||
Murray Rose | |||||
1500 m freestyle M | AUS | Murray Garretty | |||
Garry Winram | |||||
Murray Rose | |||||
100 m backstroke W | AUS | Pamela Singleton | |||
Gerganyia Beckitt | |||||
Patricia Huntingford | |||||
100 m backstroke M | AUS | John Hayres | |||
John Monckton | |||||
David Theile | |||||
200 m breaststroke W | AUS | Barbara Evans | |||
200 m breaststroke M | AUS | Terry Gathercole | |||
100 m butterfly W | AUS | Maureen Giles | |||
Beverly Bainbridge | |||||
200 m butterfly M | AUS | Brian Wilkinson | |||
John Marshall | |||||
4x100 m freestyle W | AUS | Dawn Fraser | |||
Faith Leech | |||||
Lorraine Crapp | |||||
Margaret Gibson | |||||
Sandra Morgan | |||||
Elizabeth Fraser | |||||
4x200 m freestyle M | AUS | Murray Garretty | |||
Kevin O'Halloran | |||||
Graham Hamilton | |||||
Gary Chapman | |||||
Murray Rose | |||||
John Devitt | |||||
Jon Henricks | |||||
Weightlifting | |||||
Bantamweight M | AUS | Charles Henderson | |||
Featherweight M | AUS | Keith Caple | |||
Lightweight M | AUS | Verne Barberis | |||
Middleweight M | AUS | Frederick Baugh | |||
Light-heavyweight M | AUS | John Powell | |||
Middle-heavyweight M | AUS | Manoel Santos | |||
Leonard Treganowan | |||||
Wrestling | |||||
Freestyle flyweight M | AUS | Frederick Flannery | |||
Freestyle bantamweight M | AUS | Geoffrey Jameson | |||
Freestyle featherweight M | AUS | Richard John Elliott | |||
Freestyle light-heavyweight M | AUS | Kevin Coote | |||
Freestyle heavyweight M | AUS | Ray Mitchell | |||
Greco-Roman flyweight M | AUS | Malte Hakansson | |||
Greco-Roman bantamweight M | AUS | Ronald Joseph Sweeney | |||
Greco-Roman featherweight M | AUS | Norman Ickeringill | |||
Greco-Roman welterweight M | AUS | Frederick Murphy | |||
Greco-Roman middleweight M | AUS | William Paterson | |||
Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M | AUS | Victor Macha | |||
Greco-Roman heavyweight M | AUS | Joseph Zammit | |||
* The list of Australian athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
This information about Australian athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||