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 | |||
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 | |||||