American athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics*

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Event

Athletes

 Athletics
100 m M USA Bobby Morrow
Ira Murchison
Walter Thane Baker
200 m M USA Andrew Stanfield
Walter Thane Baker
Bobby Morrow
400 m M USA Lou Jones
Charles Jenkins
James Lea
800 m M USA Lonnie Spurrier
Arnie Sowell
Tom Courtney
1500 m M USA Ted Wheeler
Jerome Walters
Donald Bowden
5000 m M USA Curtis Stone
William Dellinger
10000 m M USA Max Truex
Richard Hart
Gordon McKenzie
Marathon M USA Dean Thackwray
John Kelley
Nicholas Costes
110 m hurdles M USA Lee Calhoun
Joel Shankle
Jack Davis
400 m hurdles M USA Glenn Davis
Josh Culbreath
Eddie Southern
3000 m steeplechase M USA Charles Jones
Philip Coleman
Horace Ashenfelter
4x100 m M USA Walter Thane Baker
Leamon King
Bobby Morrow
Ira Murchison
4x400 m M USA Tom Courtney
Jesse Mashburn
Lou Jones
Charles Jenkins
20 km walk M USA James Hewson
Bruce MacDonald
Helmut Laskau
50 km walk M USA Leo Sjogren
Elliott Denman
Adolf Weinacher
High jump M USA Phil Reavis
Charles Dumas
Vernon Wilson
Pole vault M USA George Mattos
Robert Richards
Bob Gutowski
Long jump M USA John Bennett
Gregory Bell
Triple jump M USA George Shaw
William Sharpe
Ira Davis
Shot put M USA Kenneth Bantum
Bill Nieder
Parry O'Brien
Discus throw M USA Desmond Koch
Fortune Gordien
Al Oerter
Hammer throw M USA Harold Connolly
Albert Hall
Javelin throw M USA Philip Conley
Benjamin Garcia
Cyrus Young
Decathlon M USA Rafer Johnson
Milton Campbell
Robert Richards
100 m W USA Isabelle Daniels
Lucinda Williams
Mae Faggs
200 m W USA Mae Faggs
Wilma Rudolph
Meredith Ellis
80 m hurdles W USA Irene Rose Robertson
Constance Darnowski
Barbara Mueller
4x100 m W USA Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
Mae Faggs
Isabelle Daniels
High jump W USA Ann Flynn
Mildred McDaniel
Long jump W USA Margaret Matthews
Willye White
Shot put W USA Earlene Brown
Paula Deubel
Lois Testa
Discus throw W USA Earlene Brown
Pamela Kurrell
Marjorie Larney
Javelin throw W USA Amelia Wershoven
Marjorie Larney
Karen Anderson
 Basketball
Basketball M USA Robert Jeangerard
Bill Russell
Gilbert Ford
K.C. Jones
Richard Boushka
Carl Cain
William Hougland
Burdette Haldorson
Ronald Tomsic
William Evans
Charles Darling
James Walsh
 Boxing
Flyweight M USA Ray Perez
Lightweight M USA Louis Molina
Light-welterweight M USA Joseph Shaw
Welterweight M USA Pearce Allen Lane
Light-middleweight M USA Jose Torres
Middleweight M USA Roger Rouse
Light-heavyweight M USA James Boyd
Heavyweight M USA Peter Rademacher
 Canoe & Kayak
K1 1000 m M USA David Merwin
K2 1000 m M USA John Pagkos
Russell Dermond
K1 10000 m M USA Robert O'Brien
K2 10000 m M USA Ken Wilson
Edward Houston
C1 1000 m M USA William Schuette
C2 1000 m M USA Richard Moran
George Byers
C1 10000 m M USA Frank Havens
C2 10000 m M USA Frank Krick
John Haas
 Cycling
Road race team M USA Butch Neumann
David Rhoads
Joseph Becker
1000 m time trial M USA Allen Bell
Sprint M USA Jack Disney
Tandem M USA James Rossi
Donald Ferguson
 Diving
Springboard M USA Glen Whitten
Donald Harper
Robert Clothworthy
Springboard W USA Jeanne Stunyo
Patricia McCormick
Barbara Gilders
Platform M USA Richard Connor
Gary Tobian
William Farrell
Platform W USA Paula Jean Myers
Juno Irwin
Patricia McCormick
 Equestrian
Dressage individual  USA Elaine Watt
Robert Borg
Jumping team  USA Hugh Wiley
William Steinkraus
Frank Chapot
 Fencing
Foil individual W USA Maxine Mitchell
Judy Goodrich
Janice Lee Romary
Foil individual M USA Harold Goldsmith
Albert Axelrod
Byron Krieger
Foil team M USA Sewall Schurtz
Harold Goldsmith
Nathaniel Lubell
Byron Krieger
Daniel Bukantz
Albert Axelrod
Epee individual M USA Richard Pew
Kinmont Hoitsma
Skip Shurtz
Sabre individual M USA Tibor Nyilas
George Worth
Allan Kwartler
 Gymnastics
Individual all-round W USA Doris Fuchs
Joyce Racek
Jackie Klein
Sandra Ruddick
Muriel Grossfeld
Judith Howe
Individual all-round M USA John Beckner
Team W USA Sandra Ruddick
Joyce Racek
Doris Fuchs
Muriel Davis
Jaquelyn Klein
Judith Howe
Team M USA Charles Simms
Jose Armando Vega
Richard Beckner
John Beckner
William Tom
Abraham Grossfeld
Vault M USA John Beckner
Horizontal bar M USA John Beckner
Team exercise W USA Judith Howe
Joyce Racek
Muriel Davis
Doris Fuchs
Jaquelyn Klein
Sandra Ruddick
 Modern Pentathlon
Individual M USA William Andre
George Lambert
Jack Daniels
Team M USA Jack Daniels
George Lambert
William Andre
 Rowing
Single sculls M USA John Kelly Jr.
Double sculls M USA Patrick Costello
James Gardiner
Pair without coxswain M USA James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
Pair with coxswain M USA Conn Findlay
Kurt Seiffert
Arthur Ayralt
Four without coxswain M USA James McIntosh
John Weichli
Arthur McKinlay
John McKinlay
Eight with coxswain M USA William Becklean
David Weight
John Cooke
Charles Grimes
Richard Wailes
Donald Beer
Robert Morey
Thomas Charlton
Caldwell Esselstyn
 Sailing
5,5 m  USA Robert Stinson
John Bryant
Victor Sheronas
Ferdinand Schoettle
Dragon  USA Gene Walet
Daniel Killeen
Carlos Echeverria
Star  USA Herbert Williams
Lawrence Low
Finn M USA John Marvin
Sharpie  USA Eric Olsen
Stanley Renehan
 Shooting
Rifle three positions M USA Verle Wright
Arthur Jackson
Rifle prone M USA Arthur Jackson
Verle Wright
Free rifle M USA Herbert Voelcker
James Smith
Free pistol M USA Joe Benner
Offutt Pinion
Rapid fire pistol M USA John Forman
John Beaumont
 Swimming
100 m freestyle W USA Shelley Mann
Joan Rosazza
Nancy Simons
100 m freestyle M USA Reid Patterson
William Woolsey
Richard Hanley
400 m freestyle W USA Sylvia Ruuska
Susan Gray
Marley Shriver
400 m freestyle M USA George Onekea
George Breen
William Woolsey
1500 m freestyle M USA David Radcliff
George Onekea
George Breen
100 m backstroke W USA Mary Anne Marchino
Carin Cone
Maureen Murphy
100 m backstroke M USA Albert Wiggins
Frank McKinney
Yoshinobu Oyakawa
200 m breaststroke W USA Mary Sears
200 m breaststroke M USA Robert Hughes
100 m butterfly W USA Nancy Ramey
Mary Sears
Shelley Mann
200 m butterfly M USA William Yorzyk
Jack Nelson
4x100 m freestyle W USA Joan Rosazza
Betty Brey
Shelley Mann
Nancy Simons
Kathryn Knapp
Sylvia Ruuska
Marley Shriver
4x200 m freestyle M USA Ford Konno
Perry Jecko
Richard Tanabe
William Woolsey
Richard Hanley
George Breen
 Water Polo
Water polo M USA Robert Hughes
William Kooistra
Robert Horn
James Gaughran
Kenneth Hahn
William Ross
Wallace Wolf
Samuel Kooistra
Robert Frojen
Ronald Severa
 Weightlifting
Bantamweight M USA Charles Vinci
Featherweight M USA Isaac Berger
Middleweight M USA Peter George
Light-heavyweight M USA James George
Tommy Kono
Middle-heavyweight M USA David Sheppard
Heavyweight M USA Paul Anderson
 Wrestling
Freestyle flyweight M USA Richard Delgado
Freestyle bantamweight M USA Lee Allen
Freestyle featherweight M USA Myron Roderick
Freestyle lightweight M USA Jay Thomas Evans
Freestyle middleweight M USA Daniel Hodge
Freestyle light-heavyweight M USA Peter Blair
Freestyle heavyweight M USA William Kerslake
Greco-Roman flyweight M USA John Richard Wilson
Greco-Roman bantamweight M USA Kent Townley
Greco-Roman featherweight M USA Alan Rice
Greco-Roman lightweight M USA Jay Thomas Evans
Greco-Roman welterweight M USA James Holt
Greco-Roman middleweight M USA James Peckham
Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M USA Dale Thomas
Greco-Roman heavyweight M USA Dale Lewis
* The list of American athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete
This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database
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