United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm

Competitors

Flag bearer

Norman Armitage

Medals
Rank: 2

Gold
32

Silver
25

Bronze
17

Total
74

Olympic history (summary)

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The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, Bill Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star

[edit] Silver

Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
James McIntosh, Arthur McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and William Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

[edit] Bronze

Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn