Canadian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | CAN | John Parrington | ||
| Richard Harding | |||||
| Stanley Levenson | |||||
| 200 m M | | CAN | John Parrington | ||
| Joseph Foreman | |||||
| 400 m M | | CAN | Laird Sloan | ||
| Murray Cockburn | |||||
| 800 m M | | CAN | Douglas Clement | ||
| 5000 m M | | CAN | Douglas Kyle | ||
| 10000 m M | | CAN | Douglas Kyle | ||
| 4x100 m M | | CAN | Joseph Foreman | ||
| John Parrington | |||||
| Richard Harding | |||||
| Stanley Levenson | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | CAN | Murray Cockburn | ||
| Laird Sloan | |||||
| Terry Tobacco | |||||
| Douglas Clement | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | CAN | Alexander Oakley | ||
| High jump M | | CAN | Kenneth Money | ||
| 100 m W | | CAN | Diane Matheson | ||
| Maureen Rever | |||||
| Eleanor Haslam | |||||
| 200 m W | | CAN | Eleanor Haslam | ||
| Diane Matheson | |||||
| Maureen Rever | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | CAN | Maureen Rever | ||
| Eleanor Haslam | |||||
| Diane Matheson | |||||
| Dorothy Kozak | |||||
| 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 | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| 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 | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| 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 | William Collins | ||
| Bert Oldershaw | |||||
| C1 10000 m M | | CAN | Donald Stringer | ||
| C2 10000 m M | | CAN | William Stevenson | ||
| Thomas Hodgson | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race team M | | CAN | Patrick Murphy | ||
| James Davies | |||||
| Fred Markus | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | CAN | James Davies | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | CAN | William Patrick | ||
| Springboard W | | CAN | Irene MacDonald | ||
| Platform M | | CAN | William Patrick | ||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | CAN | Leonard Lafond | ||
| Eventing team | | CAN | John Rumble | ||
| James Elder | |||||
| Brian Herbinson | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual M | | CAN | Roland Asselin | ||
| Epee individual M | | CAN | Roland Asselin | ||
| Sabre individual M | | CAN | Roland Asselin | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | CAN | Ernestine Russell | ||
 Rowing | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | CAN | Walter D'Hondt | ||
| Archibald McKinnon | |||||
| Donald Arnold | |||||
| Lome Loomer | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | CAN | William McKerlich | ||
| Richard McClure | |||||
| Robert Wilson | |||||
| Douglas McDonald | |||||
| Donald Pretty | |||||
| Lawrence West | |||||
| Carlton Ogawa | |||||
| David Helliwell | |||||
| Philip Kueper | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| Dragon | | CAN | David Howard | ||
| Herald Clifford Howard | |||||
| Donald Tytler | |||||
| Star | | CAN | George Parsons | ||
| Eugene Pennell | |||||
| Finn M | | CAN | Bruce Kirby | ||
| Sharpie | | CAN | William Thomas | ||
| Archibald Cameron | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | CAN | Gilmour Boa | ||
| Gerald Ouellette | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | CAN | Gilmour Boa | ||
| Gerald Ouellette | |||||
| Free rifle M | | CAN | Gerald Ouellette | ||
| Free pistol M | | CAN | James Zavitz | ||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | CAN | James Zavitz | ||
| Trap M | | CAN | Frank Opsal | ||
| Earl Caldwell | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | CAN | Virginia Grant | ||
| Helen Stewart | |||||
| Gladys Priestley | |||||
| 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 | Gladys Priestley | ||
| Virginia Grant | |||||
| Sara Barber | |||||
| Helen Stewart | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Featherweight M | | CAN | Jules Sylvain | ||
| Middleweight M | | CAN | Adrien Gilbert | ||
| Heavyweight M | | CAN | William David Baillie | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| 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 | |||||
