American medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

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Event

Medalists
Gold medalists
 Athletics
100 m M USA Bobby Morrow
200 m M USA Bobby Morrow
400 m M USA Charles Jenkins
800 m M USA Tom Courtney
110 m hurdles M USA Lee Calhoun
400 m hurdles M USA Glenn Davis
4x100 m M USA Bobby Morrow
Walter Thane Baker
Leamon King
Ira Murchison
4x400 m M USA Jesse Mashburn
Lou Jones
Tom Courtney
Charles Jenkins
High jump M USA Charles Dumas
Pole vault M USA Robert Richards
Long jump M USA Gregory Bell
Shot put M USA Parry O'Brien
Discus throw M USA Al Oerter
Hammer throw M USA Harold Connolly
Decathlon M USA Milton Campbell
High jump W USA Mildred McDaniel
 Basketball
Basketball M USA Carl Cain
Robert Jeangerard
Richard Boushka
Burdette Haldorson
James Walsh
K.C. Jones
William Hougland
Charles Darling
Gilbert Ford
Ronald Tomsic
William Evans
Bill Russell
 Boxing
Light-heavyweight M USA James Boyd
Heavyweight M USA Peter Rademacher
 Rowing
Pair without coxswain M USA James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
Pair with coxswain M USA Arthur Ayralt
Kurt Seiffert
Conn Findlay
Eight with coxswain M USA Caldwell Esselstyn
John Cooke
Thomas Charlton
William Becklean
Charles Grimes
Donald Beer
David Weight
Richard Wailes
Robert Morey
 Sailing
Star  USA Herbert Williams
Lawrence Low
 Swimming
100 m butterfly W USA Shelley Mann
200 m butterfly M USA William Yorzyk
 Diving
Springboard M USA Robert Clothworthy
Springboard W USA Patricia McCormick
Platform W USA Patricia McCormick
 Weightlifting
Bantamweight M USA Charles Vinci
Featherweight M USA Isaac Berger
Light-heavyweight M USA Tommy Kono
Heavyweight M USA Paul Anderson
Silver medalists
 Athletics
100 m M USA Walter Thane Baker
200 m M USA Andrew Stanfield
110 m hurdles M USA Jack Davis
400 m hurdles M USA Eddie Southern
Pole vault M USA Bob Gutowski
Long jump M USA John Bennett
Shot put M USA Bill Nieder
Discus throw M USA Fortune Gordien
Decathlon M USA Rafer Johnson
Long jump W USA Willye White
 Boxing
Light-middleweight M USA Jose Torres
 Wrestling
Freestyle middleweight M USA Daniel Hodge
 Modern Pentathlon
Team M USA Jack Daniels
George Lambert
William Andre
 Rowing
Double sculls M USA James Gardiner
Patrick Costello
Four without coxswain M USA James McIntosh
John McKinlay
Arthur McKinlay
John Weichli
 Swimming
100 m backstroke W USA Carin Cone
100 m butterfly W USA Nancy Ramey
4x100 m freestyle W USA Sylvia Ruuska
Joan Rosazza
Betty Brey
Marley Shriver
Shelley Mann
Kathryn Knapp
Nancy Simons
4x200 m freestyle M USA Richard Hanley
Richard Tanabe
Ford Konno
William Woolsey
Perry Jecko
George Breen
 Diving
Springboard M USA Donald Harper
Springboard W USA Jeanne Stunyo
Platform M USA Gary Tobian
Platform W USA Juno Irwin
 Weightlifting
Middleweight M USA Peter George
Middle-heavyweight M USA David Sheppard
Bronze medalists
 Athletics
200 m M USA Walter Thane Baker
110 m hurdles M USA Joel Shankle
400 m hurdles M USA Josh Culbreath
Discus throw M USA Desmond Koch
4x100 m W USA Margaret Matthews
Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Wilma Rudolph
 Wrestling
Freestyle light-heavyweight M USA Peter Blair
 Rowing
Single sculls M USA John Kelly Jr.
 Sailing
Finn M USA John Marvin
 Shooting
Free pistol M USA Offutt Pinion
 Swimming
400 m freestyle W USA Sylvia Ruuska
400 m freestyle M USA George Breen
1500 m freestyle M USA George Breen
100 m backstroke M USA Frank McKinney
100 m butterfly W USA Mary Sears
 Diving
Platform M USA Richard Connor
Platform W USA Paula Jean Myers
 Weightlifting
Light-heavyweight M USA James George
This information about United States of America at the olympic summer games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database
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