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Games of the XVI Olympiad - Melbourne 1956
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Date: 22 November - 8 December.
Nations: 67.
Athletes: 3,184 (2,813 men, 371 women).
Sports: 17.
Events: 145.
Official opening of the Games by:
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.
Olympic flame: - Ron Clarke (athletics)
Olympic oath: - John Landy (athletics)
Judges’ oath: - (first time in Munich in 1972)
Number of medal-winning nations: 38.
National medal total:
1. USSR 98 (37, 29, 32)
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Summer Olympic Games
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For the first time the Games
were held on the southern hemisphere, however not in their entirety. Due
to the rigorous Australian regulations equestrian competitions were held
in Stockholm, Sweden, so the Games of XVI Olympiad remain the first and
the only to be held on two continents.
For the first time the two Germanies competed as a single team, since
that had been the condition of German Democratic Republic’s admittance
to the IOC in 1954. German Democratic Republic achieved full membership
in the IOC, which entailed a separate team, only in 1968.
Soon enough the German Democratic Republic’s athletes equalled the
performance of the USA and the USSR and continued to do so until the
fall of the Berlin wall and the Barcelona Games that saw the debut of a
unified German team.
Yugoslavia participated with 41 athletes in
eight sports (there were no Yugoslav athletes in Stockholm) and silver
medals were won by Franjo Mihalić in the
marathon, the men’s football team for the
third, and the men’s water polo team for the
second consecutive time.
Candidate cities: Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Detroit, Mexico City,
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Most successful athlete:
Laszlo Papp (Hungary), the first boxer to win the third consecutive gold |
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- Aquatics1
- Athletics
- Cycling
- Boxing
- Rowing
- Gymnastics
- Weightlifting
- Sailing
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- Canoe/kayak
- Equestrian
- Basketball
- Fencing
- Modern Pentathlon
- Wrestling
- Shooting
- Football
- Hockey
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1 - swimming, diving, water polo
and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming |
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Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 1. |
USSR |
37 |
29 |
32 |
| 2. |
USA |
32 |
25 |
17 |
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AUSTRALIA |
13 |
8 |
14 |
| 4. |
HUNGARY |
9 |
10 |
7 |
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ITALY |
8 |
8 |
9 |
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SWEDEN |
8 |
5 |
6 |
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GERMANY |
7 |
13 |
7 |
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GREAT BRITAIN |
6 |
7 |
11 |
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ROMANIA |
5 |
3 |
5 |
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JAPAN |
4 |
10 |
5 |
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FRANCE |
4 |
4 |
6 |
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TURKEY |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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FINLAND |
3 |
1 |
11 |
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IRAN |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| 15. |
CANADA |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 16. |
NEW ZEALAND |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 17. |
POLAND |
1 |
4 |
4 |
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| 19. |
BULGARIA |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| 20. |
DENMARK |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| 21. |
IRELAND |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 22. |
NORWAY |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 23. |
MEXICO |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 24. |
BRAZIL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 25. |
INDIA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 26. |
YUGOSLAVIA |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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CHILE |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 28. |
BELGIUM |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 29. |
ARGENTINA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 30. |
SOUTH KOREA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 31. |
ICELAND |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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PAKISTAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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SOUTH AFRICA |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| 34. |
AUSTRIA |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 35. |
BAHAMAS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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GREECE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 37. |
SWITZERLAND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 38. |
URUGUAY |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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For the first time the athletes
from Iceland, Pakistan and Bahamas won Olympic medals. |
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