The Melbourne 1956 Olympics

MEN ATHLETICS Event: 100m Winner: Robert Morrow Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Robert Morrow Country: USA Event: 400m Winner: Charles Jenkins Country: USA Event: 800m Winner: Thomas Courtney Country: USA Event: 1500m Winner: Ron Delany Country: IRL Event: 5000m Winner: Vladinir Kuts Country: URS Event: 10,000m Winner: Valdimir Kuts Country: URS Event: Marathon Winner: Alain Mimoun Country: FRA Event: 110m Hurdles Winner: Lee Calhoun Country: USA Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: Glenn Davis Country: USA Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Christopher Brasher Country: GBR Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: USA Event: 20km Walk Winner: Leonid Spirin Country: URS Event: 50km Walk Winner: Norman Read Country: NZL Event: High Jump Winner: Charles Dumas Country: USA Event: Pole Vault Winner: Robert Richards Country: USA Event: Long Jump Winner: Gregory Bell Country: USA Event: Triple Jump Winner: Adhemar Ferriera Da Silva Country: BRA Event: Shotput Winner: Parry OÕ Brien Country: USA Event: Discus Winner: Alferd Oerter Country: USA Event: Hammer Winner: Harold Connolly Country: USA Event: Javelin Winner: Egil Danielsen Country: NOR Event: Decathlon Winner: Milton Campbell Country: USA WOMEN ATHLETICS Event: 100m Winner: Betty Cuthbert Country: AUS Event: 200m Winner: Betty Cuthbert Country: AUS Event: 80m Hurdles Winner: Shirley de la Hunty Country: AUS Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: AUS Event: High Jump Winner: Mildred McDaniel Country: USA Event: Long Jump Winner: Elzbieta Krzesinska Country: POL Event: Shotput Winner: Tamara Tyshkevich Country: URS Event: Discus Winner: Olga Fikotova Country: TCH Event: Javelin Winner: Inese Jaunzeme Country: URS MEN SWIMMING Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Jon Henricks Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Murray Rose Country: AUS Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Murray Rose Country: AUS Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Davis Theile Country: AUS Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Masaru Furukawa Country: JAP Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: William Yorzyk Country: USA Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay Winner: AUS Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Robert Clotworthy Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Joaquin Capilla Perez Country: MEX WATER POLO Winner: Hungary WOMEN SWIMMING Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Dawn Fraser Country: AUS Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Lorraine Crapp Country: AUS Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Ursula Happe Country: GER Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Judith Grinham Country: GER Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Shelly Mann Country: USA Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: AUS Event: Springboard Diving Winner: PatrIcia McCormick Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Patricia McCormick Country: USA BOXING Event: Flyweight Winner: Terence Spinks Country: GBR Event: Bantamweight Winner: Wolfgang Behrendt Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Vladimir Safronov Country: URS Event: Lightweight Winner: Richard McTaggart Country: GBR Event: Light Welterweight Winner: Vladimir Yengibaryan Country: URS Event: Welterweight Winner: Nicolae Linca Country: ROM Event: Light Middleweight Winner: Laszlo Papp Country: HUN Event: Middleweight Winner: Gennady Scartkov Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: James Felton Boyd Country: USA Event: Heavyweight Winner: T. Peter Rademacher Country: USA GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING Event: Flyweight Winner: Nikolali Solovyov Country: URS Event: Bantamweight Winner: Konstantin Vyrupayev Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Rauno Makinen Country: FIN Event: Lightweight Winner: Kyosti Lehtonen Country: FIN Event: Welterweight Winner: Mithat Bayrak Country: TUR Event: Middleweight Winner: Givy Kartoziya Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Valentin Nikolayev Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Aatoly Parfenov Country: URS Event: Bantamweight Winner: Mustafa Dagistanli Country: TUR FREESTYLE WRESTLING Event: Flyweight Winner: Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Shozo Sasahra Country: JAP Event: Lightweight Winner: Emamali Habibi Country: IRN Event: Welterweight Winner: Mitsuo Ikeda Country: JAP Event: Middleweight Winner: Nikola Stanchev Country: BUL Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Gholam-Reza Takhiti Country: IRN Event: Heavyweight Winner: Hamit Kaplan Country: TUR MEN FENCING Event: Foil Individual Winner: Christian dÕ Oriola Country: FRA Event: Foil Team Winner: Italy Event: Epee Individual Winner: Carlo Pavesi Country: ITA Event: Epee Team Winner: Italy Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Rudolph Karpati Country: HUN Event: Sabre Team Winner: Hungary WOMEN FENCING Event: Foil Individual Winner: Gillian Sheen Country: GBR MODERN PENTATHLON Event: Individual Winner: Lars Hall Country: SWE Event: Team Winner: Soviet Union MEN CANOEING Event: Kayak-1 1000m Winner: Gert Fredriksson Country: SWE Event: Kayak-2 1000m Winner: Germany Event: Kayak-1 10,000m Winner: Gert Fredriksson Country: SWE Event: Kayak-2 10,000m Winner: Hungary Event: Canadian-1 1000m Winner: Leon Rotman Country: ROM Event: Canadian-2 1000m Winner: Romania Event: Canadian-1 10,000m Winner: Leon Rotman Country: ROM Event: Canadian-2 10,000m Winner: Soviet Union WOMEN CANOEING Event: Kayak-1 500m Winner: Yelisaveta Dementyeve Country: URS ROWING Event: Single Sculls Winner: Vyacheslav Ivanov Country: URS Event: Double Sculls Winner: Soviet Union Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: USA Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: USA Event: Coxless Fours Winner: Canada Event: Coxed Fours Winner: Italy Event: Eights Winner: USA YACHTING Event: Finn Winner: Paul Elvstrom Country: DEN Event: Star Winner: USA Event: Dragon Winner: Sweden Event: 5.5m Winner: Sweden Event: Sharpie Winner: New Zeland CYCLING Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Ercole Baldini Country: ITA Event: Team Road Race Winner: France Event: 1000m Time Trial Winner: Leandro Faggin Country: ITA Event: 1000m Sprint Winner: Michel Rousseau Country: FRA Event: 2000m Tandem Winner: Australia Event: Team Pursuit 4000m Winner: Italy EQUESTRIAN SPORTS Event: Three-Day Event Individual Winner: Petrus Kastenman Country: SWE Event: Three-Day Event Team Winner: Great Britain Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Henri Saint-Cyr Country: SWE Event: Team Dressage Winner: Great Britain Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Hans Winkler Country: GER Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: Germany WEIGHTLIFTING Event: Bantamweight Winner: Charles Vinci Country: USA Event: Featherweight Winner: Isaac Berger Country: USA Event: Lightweight Winner: Igor Ryabk Country: URS Event: Middleweight Winner: Fyodor Bogdanovsky Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Thomas Kono Country: USA Event: Middle Heavyweight Winner: Arkady Vorobyov Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: Paul Anderson Country: USA MEN SHOOTING Event: Free Rifle , 3 position Winner: Vassily Borissov Country: URS Event: Small Bore Rifle, 50m Prone Winner: Gerald Oullette Country: CAN Event: Small Bore Rifle, 3 positions Winner: Anatoly Bogdanov Country: URS Event: Rapid Fire Psitol, 50m Winner: Stefan Petrescu Country: ROM Event: Free Pistol, 50m Winner: Pentti Linnosvuo Country: FIN MIXED SHOOTING Event: Clay Pigeon Winner: Galliano Rossini Country: ITA Event: Running Deer Shooting, Single and Double Shot Winner: Vitaly Romanenko Country: URS MEN GYMNASTICS Event: All- around Individual Winner: Viktor Chukarin Country: URS Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Viktor Chukarin Country: URS Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Valentin Muratov Country: URS Event: Vault Winner: Helmut Bantz Country: GER Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Borris Shakhlin Country: URS Event: Horizontal Bar Winner: Takashi Ono Country: JAP Event: Rings Winner: Albert Azaryan Country: URS MEN GYMNASTICS Event: All-around Individual Competition Winner: Larissa Latynina Country: URS Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Asymmetrical Bars Winner: Agnes Keleti Country: HUN Event: Floor Exercise Winner: Agnes Keleti Country: HUN WOMEN GYMNASTICS Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Larissa Latynina Country: URS Event: Beam Winner: Agnes Keleti Country: HUN Event: Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Winner: Hungary BASKETBALL Winner: USA FOOTBALL Winner: Soviet Union HOCKEY Winner: India