Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jon Henricks Australia (AUS)	55.4	John Devitt Australia (AUS)	55.8	Gary Chapman Australia (AUS)	56.7
400 m freestyle	Murray Rose Australia (AUS)	4:27.3	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan (JPN)	4:30.4	George Breen United States (USA)	4:32.5
1500 m freestyle	Murray Rose Australia (AUS)	17:58.9	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan (JPN)	18:00.3	George Breen United States (USA)	18:08.2
100 m backstroke	David Theile Australia (AUS)	1:02.2	John Monckton Australia (AUS)	1:03.2	Frank McKinney United States (USA)	1:04.5
200 m breaststroke	Masaru Furukawa Japan (JPN)	2:34.7	Masahiro Yoshimura Japan (JPN)	2:36.7	Kharis Yunichev Soviet Union (URS)	2:36.8
200 m butterfly	William Yorzyk United States (USA)	2:19.3	Takashi Ishimoto Japan (JPN)	2:23.8	György Tumpek Hungary (HUN)	2:23.9
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks	8:23.6	United States (USA) Richard Hanley George Breen William Woolsey Ford Konno	8:31.5	Soviet Union (URS) Vitali Sorokin Vladimir Struzhanov Gennadi Nikolaev Boris Nikitin	8:34.7

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Dawn Fraser Australia (AUS)	1:02.0	Lorraine Crapp Australia (AUS)	1:02.3	Faith Leech Australia (AUS)	1:05.1
400 m freestyle	Lorraine Crapp Australia (AUS)	4:54.6	Dawn Fraser Australia (AUS)	5:02.5	Sylvia Ruuska United States (USA)	5:07.1
100 m backstroke	Judith Grinham Great Britain (GBR)	1:12.9	Carin Cone United States (USA)	1:12.9	Margaret Edwards Great Britain (GBR)	1:13.1
200 m breaststroke	Ursula Happe Germany (EUA)	2:53.1	Éva Székely Hungary (HUN)	2:54.8	Eva-Maria Elsen Germany (EUA)	2:55.1
100 m butterfly	Shelley Mann United States (USA)	1:11.0	Nancy Ramey United States (USA)	1:11.9	Mary Jane Sears United States (USA)	1:14.4
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp	4:17.1	United States (USA) Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza	4:19.2	South Africa (RSA) Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh	4:25.7

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	8	4	2	14
2	United States (USA)	2	4	5	11
3	Japan (JPN)	1	4	0	5
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
	Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
7	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	2	2
8	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

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