1956 Summer Olympics medal count

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This is the full table of the medal count of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

7 nations boycotted these Games.

(Host country is highlighted, greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	37	29	32	98
2	United States (USA)	32	25	17	74
3	Australia (AUS)	13	8	14	35
4	Hungary (HUN)	9	10	7	26
5	Italy (ITA)	8	8	9	25
6	Sweden (SWE)	8	5	6	19
7	Germany (EUA)	6	13	7	26
8	Great Britain (GBR)	6	7	11	24
9	Romania (ROU)	5	3	5	13
10	Japan (JPN)	4	10	5	19
11	France (FRA)	4	4	6	14
12	Turkey (TUR)	3	2	2	7
13	Finland (FIN)	3	1	11	15
14	Iran (IRI)	2	2	1	5
15	Canada (CAN)	2	1	3	6
16	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	0	2
17	Poland (POL)	1	4	4	9
18	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	4	1	6
19	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	3	1	5
20	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
21	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	3	5
22	Norway (NOR)	1	0	2	3
23	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
24	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
24	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
26	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	3	0	3
27	Chile (CHI)	0	2	2	4
28	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	0	2
29	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
29	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
31	Iceland (ISL)	0	1	0	1
31	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	0	1
33	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	4	4
34	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
35	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
35	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
35	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
35	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Total		153	153	163	469

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee – Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 Medal Table