Australian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics*

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Athletes

 Athletics
100 m M AUS Hector Hogan
Gavin Carragher
Raymond Charles Land
200 m M AUS Graham Gipson
Douglas Winston
Hector Hogan
400 m M AUS John Goodman
Graham Gipson
Kevan Gosper
800 m M AUS Donald McMillan
Bill Butchart
Jim Bailey
1500 m M AUS John Landy
Mervyn Lincoln
5000 m M AUS Allan Lawrence
Albert Thomas
10000 m M AUS David Stephens
David Power
Allan Lawrence
Marathon M AUS John Russell
Keith Ollerenshaw
Leslie Perry
110 m hurdles M AUS James Robert Joyce
Kenneth Doubleday
John Chittick
400 m hurdles M AUS Ross Parker
Geoffrey Goodacre
David Lean
3000 m steeplechase M AUS Graham Thomas
Ronald Blackney
Neil Robbins
4x100 m M AUS Edward McGlynn
Raymond Charles Land
Gavin Carragher
Hector Hogan
4x400 m M AUS Graham Gipson
Leon Gregory
Kevan Gosper
David Lean
20 km walk M AUS Donald Keane
Ronald Crawford
Edward Allsopp
50 km walk M AUS Ronald Crawford
Raymond Smith
Edward Allsopp
High jump M AUS Charles Porter
John Vernon
Colin Ridgeway
Pole vault M AUS Peter Denton
Bruce Peever
Long jump M AUS Ian Bruce
Michael Moroney
Hugh Jack
Triple jump M AUS Maurice Rich
Ronald Gray
Brian Oliver
Shot put M AUS Robert Hanlin
Berry Donath
Discus throw M AUS Vesmonis Balodis
Hammer throw M AUS Neville Gadsden
Charles Morris
Martin Crowe
Javelin throw M AUS James Achurch
Robert Grant
Decathlon M AUS Ian Bruce
Patrick Leane
John Cann
100 m W AUS Elizabeth Cuthbert
Marlene Matthews
Shirley Strickland
200 m W AUS Marlene Matthews
Elizabeth Cuthbert
Norma Croker
80 m hurdles W AUS Norma Thrower
Gloria Cooke
Shirley Strickland
4x100 m W AUS Norma Croker
Shirley Strickland
Fleur Mellor
Elizabeth Cuthbert
High jump W AUS Janice Cooper
Carole Bernoth
Michelle Mason
Long jump W AUS Margaret Johnson
Erica Willis
Nancy Borwick
Shot put W AUS Valerie Lawrence
Mary Breen
Margaret Wioodlock
Discus throw W AUS Lois Jackman
Valerie Lawrence
Shirley Cotton
Javelin throw W AUS June Heath
Heather Innes
Maureen Wright
 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
Joseph McCann
Ronald Faulds
Springboard W AUS Barbara MacAulay
Patricia Howard
Rosalyn Barton
Platform M AUS William Tully
Francis Murphy
Barry Holmes
Platform W AUS Rosalyn Barton
Barbara MacAulay
Adele Price
 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
David McKenzie
Michael Sichel
Foil team M AUS Brian McCowage
Rod Steel
David McKenzie
Michael Sichel
Ray Buckingham
Tom Cross
Epee individual M AUS Richard Stone
Ivan Lund
Laurence Harding-Snith
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 David Gourlay
Bruce Sharp
Brian Blackburn
Alexander Punton
John Lees
Graham Bond
 Modern Pentathlon
Individual M AUS Sven Coomer
Neville Sayers
George Nicoll
Team M AUS Sven Coomer
George Nicoll
Neville Sayers
 Rowing
Single sculls M AUS Stuart McKenzie
Double sculls M AUS Murray Riley
Mervyn Wood
Pair without coxswain M AUS Maurice Grace
Peter Adrian Raper
Four with coxswain M AUS Ian Allen
Gordon Cowey
Reginald Libbis
John Jenkinson
Kevin McMahon
Eight with coxswain M AUS James Howden
Adrian Monger
Bryan Doyle
Garth Manton
Harold Hewitt
Michael Aikman
David Boykett
Angus Benfield
Walter Howell
 Sailing
5,5 m  AUS Alexander Sturrock
Douglas Buxton
Devereaux Mytton
Dragon  AUS Graham Drane
James Carolane
Brian Carolane
Star  AUS John Downey
Robert French
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 Rodney Johnson
Leonard Tolhurst
Rapid fire pistol M AUS Peter Papps
Johnnie Maitland
Trap M AUS John Bryant
Clement Mudford
 Swimming
100 m freestyle W AUS Faith Leech
Dawn Fraser
Lorraine Crapp
100 m freestyle M AUS Gary Chapman
John Devitt
Jon Henricks
400 m freestyle W AUS Dawn Fraser
Sandra Morgan
Lorraine Crapp
400 m freestyle M AUS Kevin O'Halloran
Murray Rose
Garry Winram
1500 m freestyle M AUS Murray Garretty
Garry Winram
Murray Rose
100 m backstroke W AUS Gerganyia Beckitt
Patricia Huntingford
Pamela Singleton
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 John Marshall
Brian Wilkinson
4x100 m freestyle W AUS Elizabeth Fraser
Faith Leech
Sandra Morgan
Margaret Gibson
Dawn Fraser
Lorraine Crapp
4x200 m freestyle M AUS Kevin O'Halloran
Jon Henricks
Gary Chapman
Murray Garretty
Graham Hamilton
John Devitt
Murray Rose
 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 Leonard Treganowan
Manoel Santos
 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
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