New Zealand athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Event |
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | NZL | Maurice Leslie Rae | ||
| 200 m M | | NZL | Maurice Leslie Rae | ||
| 1500 m M | | NZL | Neville Scott | ||
| Murray Halberg | |||||
| Marathon M | | NZL | Albert Richards | ||
| 50 km walk M | | NZL | Norman Read | ||
| 100 m W | | NZL | Margaret Stuart | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | NZL | Margaret Stuart | ||
| High jump W | | NZL | Mary Donaghy | ||
| Long jump W | | NZL | Beverly Weigel | ||
| Shot put W | | NZL | Valerie Sloper | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Lightweight M | | NZL | Patrick Donovan | ||
| Welterweight M | | NZL | Graham Finlay | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | NZL | Warwick Dalton | ||
| Sprint M | | NZL | Warren Johnston | ||
| Tandem M | | NZL | Ritchie Johnston | ||
| Warren Johnston | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | NZL | James Hill | ||
 Sailing | |||||
| Dragon | | NZL | Robert Stewart | ||
| William Swinnerton | |||||
| Albert Cuthbertson | |||||
| Sharpie | | NZL | Peter Mander | ||
| John Cropp | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | NZL | Marrion Roe | ||
| Winifred Griffin | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | NZL | Marrion Roe | ||
| Winifred Griffin | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | NZL | Philippa Gould | ||
| Jean Stewart | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | NZL | Lincoln Hurring | ||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Heavyweight M | | NZL | Richard Jones | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | NZL | John da Silva | ||
| * The list of New Zealand athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about New Zealand athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
