Melbourne 1956 Olympics
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 Melbourne 1956
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Continent |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. | Europe | 
| 76 | 82 | 94 | 252 | |
| 2. | America | 
| 32 | 22 | 21 | 75 | |
| 3. | Asia | 
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 35 | |
| 4. | Oceania | 
| 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |
| 5. | Africa | 
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| About the numbers: The composition of nations by continent and their subregions is based on UN's 'macro geographical (continental) regions', which can be found here. | |||||||
