Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

All-Around, Individual, Men Ed Gagnier 49
Floor Exercise, Men Ed Gagnier 37
Vault, Men Ed Gagnier =43
Parallel Bars, Men Ed Gagnier =48
Horizontal Bar, Men Ed Gagnier 53
Rings, Men Ed Gagnier =42
Pommel Horse, Men Ed Gagnier =45
All-Around, Individual, Women Ernestine Russell 56
Floor Exercise, Women Ernestine Russell =20
Vault, Women Ernestine Russell 45
Uneven Bars, Women Ernestine Russell 61
Balance Beam, Women Ernestine Russell 61

Athletics

100 metres, Men Stan Levenson 5 h1 r3/4
Dick Harding 3 h11 r1/4
Jack Parrington 5 h4 r1/4
200 metres, Men Joe Foreman 4 h8 r1/4
Jack Parrington 5 h11 r1/4
Stan Levenson DNS
400 metres, Men Terry Tobacco 4 h1 r2/4
Murray Cockburn 6 h2 r2/4
Laird Sloan 4 h4 r1/4
800 metres, Men Doug Clement 8 h2 r1/3
Murray Cockburn DNS
5,000 metres, Men Doug Kyle 8 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Doug Kyle 23
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Canada 4 h3 r1/3
Stan Levenson • Dick Harding • Jack Parrington • Joe Foreman • Laird Sloan (DNS) • Terry Tobacco (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Canada 5
Laird Sloan • Doug Clement • Murray Cockburn • Terry Tobacco • Joe Foreman (DNS) • Dick Harding (DNS)
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Alex Oakley DQ
High Jump, Men Ken Money 5
100 metres, Women Eleanor Haslam 4 h4 r1/3
Maureen Rever 5 h2 r1/3
Diane Matheson 6 h3 r1/3
200 metres, Women Diane Matheson 3 h1 r1/3
Eleanor Haslam 4 h5 r1/3
Maureen Rever 5 h6 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Canada 5 h1 r1/2
Eleanor Haslam • Dorothy Kozak • Diane Matheson • Maureen Rever • Jackie MacDonald (DNS) • Alice Whitty (DNS)
High Jump, Women Alice Whitty =16
Long Jump, Women Dorothy Kozak 17 r1/2
Maureen Rever DNS
Shot Put, Women Jackie MacDonald 10
Discus Throw, Women Jackie MacDonald 19 QR
Javelin Throw, Women Margaret George 16 QR

Basketball

Basketball, Men Canada 9
Bob Pickell • Coulter Osborne • Don Macintosh • Doug Brinham • Ed Lucht • George Stulac • John McLeod • Ed Wild • Mel Brown • Bob Burtwell • Ron Stuart • Ron Bissett

Boxing

Lightweight, Men Ed Beattie =5
Light-Welterweight, Men Les Mason =9
Welterweight, Men Walter Kozak =9
Light-Middleweight, Men Jimmy Montgomery =9
Middleweight, Men Ralph Hosack =9
Light-Heavyweight, Men Gerry Collins =9

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 metres, Men Robert Smith 6 h1 r1/2
Kayak Singles (K1), 10,000 metres, Men Lloyd Rice 10
Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres, Men Canada 4 h3 r1/2
Robert Smith • Les Melia
Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres, Men George Bossy 8
Canoe Singles (C1), 10,000 metres, Men Don Stringer 7
Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 metres, Men Canada 7
Bill Collins • Bert Oldershaw
Canoe Doubles (C2), 10,000 metres, Men Canada 9
Bill Stevenson • Tom Hodgson

Cycling Road

Road Race, Men Pat Murphy 29
Jimmy Davies DNF
Fred Markus DNF
Road Race, Team, Men Canada DNF
Pat Murphy • Fred Markus • Jimmy Davies

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Fred Markus 3 h3 r2/5
Track Time Trial, Men Jimmy Davies 17

Diving

Springboard, Men Bill Patrick 10
Platform, Men Bill Patrick 15
Springboard, Women Irene MacDonald 3 Bronze

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Roland Asselin 7 p4 r1/3
Épée, Individual, Men Roland Asselin 5 p1 r1/4
Sabre, Individual, Men Roland Asselin 5 p3 r1/4

Rowing

Coxless Fours, Men Canada 1 Gold
Archie MacKinnon • Lorne Loomer • Walter D'Hondt • Don Arnold
Eights, Men Canada 2 Silver
Philip Kueber • Dick McClure • Bob Wilson • David Helliwell • Waynne Pretty • Bill McKerlich • Doug McDonald • Laurie West • Carl Ogawa

Sailing

Two-Person Keelboat, Men Manana 10
Eugene Pennell • George Parsons
One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Men Bruce Kirby 8
Three-Person Keelboat, Open Tomahawk II 8
Clifford Howard • Dave Howard • Don Tytler
Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open Beaver 11
Archibald Cameron • Bill Thomas

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, Men James Zavitz 25
Free Pistol, Men James Zavitz 13
Free Rifle, Men Gerry Ouellette 11
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, Men Gil Boa 6
Gerry Ouellette 21
Trap, Men Earl Caldwell 17
Frank Opsal 32
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men Gerry Ouellette 1 Gold
Gil Boa 3 Bronze

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men George Park 17
400 metres Freestyle, Men Bill Slater 12
George Park DNS
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Bill Slater 5
200 metres Butterfly, Men George Park 15
100 metres Freestyle, Women Virginia Grant 5
Helen Stewart =14
Gladys Priestley 27
400 metres Freestyle, Women Beth Whittall 15
Gladys Priestley 21
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Canada 5
Helen Stewart • Gladys Priestley • Sara Barber • Virginia Grant • Beth Whittall (DNS)
100 metres Backstroke, Women Sara Barber 7
Lenora Fisher =18
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Helen Stewart DNS
100 metres Butterfly, Women Beth Whittall 7
Sara Barber 8

Weightlifting

Featherweight, Men Jules Sylvain 9
Middleweight, Men Adrien Gilbert 8
Heavyweight, Men Dave Baillie 6

Wrestling

Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Bruno Ochman DNS
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Bob Steckle 4
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Bruno Ochman =14
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Bob Steckle 11