Canadian athletes in the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

Canadian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics*

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Athletes
 Athletics
100 m M CAN Stanley Levenson
Richard Harding
John Parrington
200 m M CAN Joseph Foreman
John Parrington
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 Richard Harding
John Parrington
Joseph Foreman
Stanley Levenson
4x400 m M CAN Douglas Clement
Murray Cockburn
Laird Sloan
Terry Tobacco
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 Dorothy Kozak
Maureen Rever
Eleanor Haslam
Diane Matheson
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
C1 10000 m M CAN Donald Stringer
C2 10000 m M CAN Thomas Hodgson
William Stevenson
 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 James Elder
Brian Herbinson
John Rumble
 Rowing
Four without coxswain M CAN Walter D'Hondt
Archibald McKinnon
Donald Arnold
Lome Loomer
Eight with coxswain M CAN David Helliwell
William McKerlich
Philip Kueper
Donald Pretty
Douglas McDonald
Richard McClure
Robert Wilson
Lawrence West
Carlton Ogawa
 Sailing
Dragon  CAN David Howard
Herald Clifford Howard
Donald Tytler
Star  CAN Eugene Pennell
George Parsons
Finn M CAN Bruce Kirby
Sharpie  CAN Archibald Cameron
William Thomas
 Shooting
Rifle three positions M CAN Gilmour Boa
Rifle prone M CAN Gilmour Boa
Gerald Ouellette
Free rifle M CAN Gerald Ouellette
 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 Sara Barber
Lenora Fisher
100 m butterfly W CAN Sara Barber
200 m butterfly M CAN George Park
4x100 m freestyle W CAN Virginia Grant
Gladys Priestley
Sara Barber
Helen Stewart
 Weightlifting
Featherweight M CAN Jules Sylvain
Middleweight M CAN Adrien Gilbert
Heavyweight M CAN William David Baillie
 Wrestling
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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