Canadian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
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100 m M | CAN | Richard Harding | |||
John Parrington | |||||
Stanley Levenson | |||||
200 m M | CAN | John Parrington | |||
Joseph Foreman | |||||
400 m M | CAN | Murray Cockburn | |||
Laird Sloan | |||||
800 m M | CAN | Douglas Clement | |||
5000 m M | CAN | Douglas Kyle | |||
10000 m M | CAN | Douglas Kyle | |||
4x100 m M | CAN | John Parrington | |||
Richard Harding | |||||
Stanley Levenson | |||||
Joseph Foreman | |||||
4x400 m M | CAN | Terry Tobacco | |||
Douglas Clement | |||||
Laird Sloan | |||||
Murray Cockburn | |||||
20 km walk M | CAN | Alexander Oakley | |||
High jump M | CAN | Kenneth Money | |||
100 m W | CAN | Eleanor Haslam | |||
Diane Matheson | |||||
Maureen Rever | |||||
200 m W | CAN | Maureen Rever | |||
Eleanor Haslam | |||||
Diane Matheson | |||||
4x100 m W | CAN | Diane Matheson | |||
Dorothy Kozak | |||||
Maureen Rever | |||||
Eleanor Haslam | |||||
High jump W | CAN | Alice Whitty | |||
Long jump W | CAN | Dorothy Kozak | |||
Shot put W | CAN | Jacqueline MacDonald | |||
Discus throw W | CAN | Jacqueline MacDonald | |||
Javelin throw W | CAN | Margaret George | |||
Lightweight M | CAN | Edward Beattie | |||
Light-welterweight M | CAN | Leslie Mason | |||
Welterweight M | CAN | Walter Kozak | |||
Light-middleweight M | CAN | James Montgomery | |||
Middleweight M | CAN | Ralph Hosack | |||
Light-heavyweight M | CAN | Gerald Collins | |||
K1 1000 m M | CAN | Robert Smith | |||
K2 1000 m M | CAN | Leslie Melia | |||
Robert Smith | |||||
K1 10000 m M | CAN | Lloyd Rice | |||
C1 1000 m M | CAN | George Bossy | |||
C2 1000 m M | CAN | Bert Oldershaw | |||
William Collins | |||||
C1 10000 m M | CAN | Donald Stringer | |||
C2 10000 m M | CAN | William Stevenson | |||
Thomas Hodgson | |||||
Road race team M | CAN | Fred Markus | |||
Patrick Murphy | |||||
James Davies | |||||
1000 m time trial M | CAN | James Davies | |||
Springboard M | CAN | William Patrick | |||
Springboard W | CAN | Irene MacDonald | |||
Platform M | CAN | William Patrick | |||
Dressage individual | CAN | Leonard Lafond | |||
Eventing team | CAN | Brian Herbinson | |||
John Rumble | |||||
James Elder | |||||
Foil individual M | CAN | Roland Asselin | |||
Epee individual M | CAN | Roland Asselin | |||
Sabre individual M | CAN | Roland Asselin | |||
Individual all-round W | CAN | Ernestine Russell | |||
Four without coxswain M | CAN | Donald Arnold | |||
Lome Loomer | |||||
Walter D'Hondt | |||||
Archibald McKinnon | |||||
Eight with coxswain M | CAN | Douglas McDonald | |||
Donald Pretty | |||||
Lawrence West | |||||
Carlton Ogawa | |||||
David Helliwell | |||||
Philip Kueper | |||||
William McKerlich | |||||
Richard McClure | |||||
Robert Wilson | |||||
Dragon | CAN | Donald Tytler | |||
David Howard | |||||
Herald Clifford Howard | |||||
Star | CAN | George Parsons | |||
Eugene Pennell | |||||
Finn M | CAN | Bruce Kirby | |||
Sharpie | CAN | William Thomas | |||
Archibald Cameron | |||||
Rifle three positions M | CAN | Gilmour Boa | |||
Gerald Ouellette | |||||
Rifle prone M | CAN | Gerald Ouellette | |||
Gilmour Boa | |||||
Free rifle M | CAN | Gerald Ouellette | |||
Free pistol M | CAN | James Zavitz | |||
Rapid fire pistol M | CAN | James Zavitz | |||
Trap M | CAN | Earl Caldwell | |||
Frank Opsal | |||||
100 m freestyle W | CAN | Helen Stewart | |||
Gladys Priestley | |||||
Virginia Grant | |||||
100 m freestyle M | CAN | George Park | |||
400 m freestyle W | CAN | Gladys Priestley | |||
Elizabeth Whittall | |||||
400 m freestyle M | CAN | William Slater | |||
1500 m freestyle M | CAN | William Slater | |||
100 m backstroke W | CAN | Lenora Fisher | |||
Sara Barber | |||||
100 m butterfly W | CAN | Sara Barber | |||
200 m butterfly M | CAN | George Park | |||
4x100 m freestyle W | CAN | Sara Barber | |||
Helen Stewart | |||||
Gladys Priestley | |||||
Virginia Grant | |||||
Featherweight M | CAN | Jules Sylvain | |||
Middleweight M | CAN | Adrien Gilbert | |||
Heavyweight M | CAN | William David Baillie | |||
Freestyle light-heavyweight M | CAN | Robert Steckle | |||
Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M | CAN | Robert Steckle | |||
* The list of Canadian athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
This information about Canadian athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||