British medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

British medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics

Facts Medals Athletes Sports


Event	Medalists


Gold medalists

Athletics

3000 m steeplechase M	GBR	Chris Brasher


Boxing

Flyweight M	GBR	Terence Spinks

Lightweight M	GBR	Richard McTaggart


Fencing

Foil individual W	GBR	Gillian Sheen


Equestrian

Eventing team	GBR	Laurence Rook
		Albert Hill
		Francis Weldon


Swimming

100 m backstroke W	GBR	Judith Grinham


Silver medalists

Athletics

800 m M	GBR	Derek Johnson

5000 m M	GBR	Gordon Pirie

4x100 m W	GBR	Anne Pashley
		Heather Armitage
		Jean Scrivens
		June Paul

High jump W	GBR	Thelma Hopkins


Boxing

Featherweight M	GBR	Thomas Nicholls


Cycling

Road race team M	GBR	Arthur Stanley Brittain
		William Holmes
		Alan Jackson


Sailing

5,5 m	GBR	David Bowker
		Neil Cochran-Patrick
		John Dillon
		Robert Perry


Bronze medalists

Athletics

5000 m M	GBR	Derek Ibbotson

4x400 m M	GBR	Peter Higgins
		John Salisbury
		Michael Wheeler
		Derek Johnson


Boxing

Welterweight M	GBR	Nicholas Gargano

Light-middleweight M	GBR	John McCormack


Cycling

Road race M	GBR	Alan Jackson

Team pursuit M	GBR	Donald Burgess
		Thomas Simpson
		Michael Gambrill
		John Geddes


Equestrian

Eventing individual	GBR	Francis Weldon

Jumping team	GBR	Patricia Smythe
		Peter Robeson
		Wilfred White


Sailing

Dragon	GBR	Ronald Backus
		Jonathan Janson
		Graham Mann

Sharpie	GBR	Terence Smith
		Jasper Blackall


Swimming

100 m backstroke W	GBR	Margaret Edwards

This information about Great Britain at the olympic summer games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database