New Zealand athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics*

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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
 Cycling
1000 m time trial M NZL Warwick Dalton
Sprint M NZL Warren Johnston
Tandem M NZL Warren Johnston
Ritchie Johnston
 Rowing
Single sculls M NZL James Hill
 Sailing
Dragon  NZL Robert Stewart
William Swinnerton
Albert Cuthbertson
Sharpie  NZL John Cropp
Peter Mander
 Swimming
100 m freestyle W NZL Winifred Griffin
Marrion Roe
400 m freestyle W NZL Winifred Griffin
Marrion Roe
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
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