Canadian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics*

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Athletes

 Athletics
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
 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
 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 Bert Oldershaw
William Collins
C1 10000 m M CAN Donald Stringer
C2 10000 m M CAN William Stevenson
Thomas Hodgson
 Cycling
Road race team M CAN Fred Markus
Patrick Murphy
James Davies
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 Brian Herbinson
John Rumble
James Elder
 Fencing
Foil individual M CAN Roland Asselin
Epee individual M CAN Roland Asselin
Sabre individual M CAN Roland Asselin
 Gymnastics
Individual all-round W CAN Ernestine Russell
 Rowing
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
 Sailing
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
 Shooting
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
 Swimming
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
 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
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