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Melbourne 1956
American medalists at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics
Facts
Medals
Athletes
Sports
Event
Medalists
Gold medalists
Athletics
100 m M
USA
Bobby Morrow
200 m M
USA
Bobby Morrow
400 m M
USA
Charles Jenkins
800 m M
USA
Tom Courtney
110 m hurdles M
USA
Lee Calhoun
400 m hurdles M
USA
Glenn Davis
4x100 m M
USA
Bobby Morrow
Leamon King
Walter Thane Baker
Ira Murchison
4x400 m M
USA
Tom Courtney
Charles Jenkins
Jesse Mashburn
Lou Jones
High jump M
USA
Charles Dumas
Pole vault M
USA
Robert Richards
Long jump M
USA
Gregory Bell
Shot put M
USA
Parry O'Brien
Discus throw M
USA
Al Oerter
Hammer throw M
USA
Harold Connolly
Decathlon M
USA
Milton Campbell
High jump W
USA
Mildred McDaniel
Basketball
Basketball M
USA
Ronald Tomsic
William Evans
Bill Russell
Carl Cain
Robert Jeangerard
Richard Boushka
Burdette Haldorson
James Walsh
K.C. Jones
William Hougland
Charles Darling
Gilbert Ford
Boxing
Light-heavyweight M
USA
James Boyd
Heavyweight M
USA
Peter Rademacher
Rowing
Pair without coxswain M
USA
Duvall Hecht
James Fifer
Pair with coxswain M
USA
Arthur Ayralt
Kurt Seiffert
Conn Findlay
Eight with coxswain M
USA
Caldwell Esselstyn
John Cooke
Thomas Charlton
William Becklean
Charles Grimes
Donald Beer
David Weight
Richard Wailes
Robert Morey
Sailing
Star
USA
Herbert Williams
Lawrence Low
Swimming
100 m butterfly W
USA
Shelley Mann
200 m butterfly M
USA
William Yorzyk
Diving
Springboard M
USA
Robert Clothworthy
Springboard W
USA
Patricia McCormick
Platform W
USA
Patricia McCormick
Weightlifting
Bantamweight M
USA
Charles Vinci
Featherweight M
USA
Isaac Berger
Light-heavyweight M
USA
Tommy Kono
Heavyweight M
USA
Paul Anderson
Silver medalists
Athletics
100 m M
USA
Walter Thane Baker
200 m M
USA
Andrew Stanfield
110 m hurdles M
USA
Jack Davis
400 m hurdles M
USA
Eddie Southern
Pole vault M
USA
Bob Gutowski
Long jump M
USA
John Bennett
Shot put M
USA
Bill Nieder
Discus throw M
USA
Fortune Gordien
Decathlon M
USA
Rafer Johnson
Long jump W
USA
Willye White
Boxing
Light-middleweight M
USA
Jose Torres
Wrestling
Freestyle middleweight M
USA
Daniel Hodge
Modern Pentathlon
Team M
USA
William Andre
Jack Daniels
George Lambert
Rowing
Double sculls M
USA
Patrick Costello
James Gardiner
Four without coxswain M
USA
Arthur McKinlay
John Weichli
James McIntosh
John McKinlay
Swimming
100 m backstroke W
USA
Carin Cone
100 m butterfly W
USA
Nancy Ramey
4x100 m freestyle W
USA
Nancy Simons
Sylvia Ruuska
Joan Rosazza
Betty Brey
Marley Shriver
Shelley Mann
Kathryn Knapp
4x200 m freestyle M
USA
George Breen
Richard Hanley
Richard Tanabe
Ford Konno
William Woolsey
Perry Jecko
Diving
Springboard M
USA
Donald Harper
Springboard W
USA
Jeanne Stunyo
Platform M
USA
Gary Tobian
Platform W
USA
Juno Irwin
Weightlifting
Middleweight M
USA
Peter George
Middle-heavyweight M
USA
David Sheppard
Bronze medalists
Athletics
200 m M
USA
Walter Thane Baker
110 m hurdles M
USA
Joel Shankle
400 m hurdles M
USA
Josh Culbreath
Discus throw M
USA
Desmond Koch
4x100 m W
USA
Margaret Matthews
Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Wilma Rudolph
Wrestling
Freestyle light-heavyweight M
USA
Peter Blair
Rowing
Single sculls M
USA
John Kelly Jr.
Sailing
Finn M
USA
John Marvin
Shooting
Free pistol M
USA
Offutt Pinion
Swimming
400 m freestyle W
USA
Sylvia Ruuska
400 m freestyle M
USA
George Breen
1500 m freestyle M
USA
George Breen
100 m backstroke M
USA
Frank McKinney
100 m butterfly W
USA
Mary Sears
Diving
Platform M
USA
Richard Connor
Platform W
USA
Paula Jean Myers
Weightlifting
Light-heavyweight M
USA
James George
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