South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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South Africa at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals Rank: 33	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 4	Total 4
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South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Cycling 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

• Daniel Bekker — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Henry Loubscher — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Myburgh, Nathalie Myburgh and Susan Roberts — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Mechiel Burger

• Heat — 14.4s
• Semifinals — 15.0s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Mercer Davis — 2:39:48 (→ 14th place)
• Jan Barnard — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

• Thomas Shardelow — 8th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Alfred Swift — 1:11.6 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 2.000m Tandem

• Raymond Robinson
  Thomas Shardelow — 7th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Alfred Swift
  Anne Jan Hettema
  Charles Jonker
  Robert Fowler — 4:39.4 (→ 4th place)

Men's Individual Road Race

• Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Anne Jan Hettema — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Charles Jonker — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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