Olympian Database
South African athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Event |
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 400 m M | | RSA | Malcolm Spence | ||
| Marathon M | | RSA | Mercer Davies | ||
| Jan Barnard | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | RSA | Mechiel Burger | ||
| 400 m hurdles M | | RSA | Gerhardus Potgieter | ||
| Long jump M | | RSA | Neville Price | ||
| Discus throw M | | RSA | Stephanus du Plessis | ||
| 100 m W | | RSA | Elaine Winter | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | RSA | Elaine Winter | ||
| High jump W | | RSA | Hermina Geyser | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | RSA | Albert Ludick | ||
| Featherweight M | | RSA | Leonard Leisching | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | RSA | Henry Loubscher | ||
| Welterweight M | | RSA | Nicholas Andre | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | RSA | Alexander Webster | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | RSA | Piet van Vuuren | ||
| Heavyweight M | | RSA | Daniel Bekker | ||
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| Road race team M | | RSA | Charles Jonker | ||
| Anne-Jan Hettema | |||||
| Alfred Swift | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | RSA | Anne-Jan Hettema | ||
| Robert Fowler | |||||
| Charles Jonker | |||||
| Alfred Swift | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | RSA | Alfred Swift | ||
| Sprint M | | RSA | Thomas Shardelow | ||
| Tandem M | | RSA | Thomas Shardelow | ||
| Raymond Robinson | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | RSA | Ockert van Greunen | ||
| Harry Schmidt | |||||
| Marthinus du Plessis | |||||
| Team M | | RSA | Marthinus du Plessis | ||
| Harry Schmidt | |||||
| Ockert van Greunen | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | RSA | Geoffrey Myburgh | ||
| Noel Horsfield | |||||
| Denis Hegarty | |||||
| Finn M | | RSA | Eric Bongers | ||
| Sharpie | | RSA | John Sully | ||
| Alfred Evans | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | RSA | Robin Lavine | ||
| Rifle prone M | | RSA | Johannes Human | ||
| Robin Lavine | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | RSA | Natalie Myburgh | ||
| Susan Roberts | |||||
| Jeanette Myburgh | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | RSA | William Steuart | ||
| Peter Duncan | |||||
| Dennis Ford | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | RSA | Natalie Myburgh | ||
| Susan Roberts | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | RSA | Anthony Briscoe | ||
| William Steuart | |||||
| Peter Duncan | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | RSA | Peter Duncan | ||
| 100 m backstroke W | | RSA | Moira Abernathy | ||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | RSA | Susan Roberts | ||
| Natalie Myburgh | |||||
| Moira Abernathy | |||||
| Jeanette Myburgh | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | RSA | Dennis Ford | ||
| Anthony Briscoe | |||||
| William Steuart | |||||
| Peter Duncan | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | RSA | Gaston Gaffney | ||
| Reginald Gaffley | |||||
| Middleweight M | | RSA | Johannes Greeff | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | RSA | Abraham Geldenhuys | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | RSA | Coenraad de Villiers | ||
| * The list of South African athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about South African athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
