British medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

  Facts about Great Britainat the Melbourne 1956 Olympics width=

Event

Medalists

Gold medalists
 Athletics
3000 m steeplechase M GBR Chris Brasher
 Boxing
Flyweight M GBR Terence Spinks
Lightweight M GBR Richard McTaggart
 Fencing
Foil individual W GBR Gillian Sheen
 Equestrian
Eventing team  GBR Laurence Rook
Francis Weldon
Albert Hill
 Swimming
100 m backstroke W GBR Judith Grinham
Silver medalists
 Athletics
800 m M GBR Derek Johnson
5000 m M GBR Gordon Pirie
4x100 m W GBR June Paul
Jean Scrivens
Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
High jump W GBR Thelma Hopkins
 Boxing
Featherweight M GBR Thomas Nicholls
 Cycling
Road race team M GBR William Holmes
Arthur Stanley Brittain
Alan Jackson
 Sailing
5,5 m  GBR Robert Perry
John Dillon
Neil Cochran-Patrick
David Bowker
Bronze medalists
 Athletics
5000 m M GBR Derek Ibbotson
4x400 m M GBR Michael Wheeler
John Salisbury
Peter Higgins
Derek Johnson
 Boxing
Welterweight M GBR Nicholas Gargano
Light-middleweight M GBR John McCormack
 Cycling
Road race M GBR Alan Jackson
Team pursuit M GBR Thomas Simpson
Donald Burgess
John Geddes
Michael Gambrill
 Equestrian
Eventing individual  GBR Francis Weldon
Jumping team  GBR Patricia Smythe
Wilfred White
Peter Robeson
 Sailing
Dragon  GBR Ronald Backus
Graham Mann
Jonathan Janson
Sharpie  GBR Terence Smith
Jasper Blackall
 Swimming
100 m backstroke W GBR Margaret Edwards
This information about Great Britain at the olympic summer games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database
English flagDanish flag

Olympics
Facts & Information

All-time Medal Table All-time Medal Table Olympic Games

Olympic Sports Database Olympic Sports

Nations in the Olympics
Nations in the Olympics

Future Olympics Future Olympics
 
Copyright & Disclaimer    Sportsencyclo    Privacy policy