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Medal winners Melbourne 1956

Sport/Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Artistic Gymnastics
Individual All-Around, Men	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Takashi Ono	JPN	Yury Titov	URS
Team All-Around, Men	Soviet Union	URS	Japan	JPN	Finland	FIN
Floor Exercise, Men	Valentin Muratov	URS	Nobuyuki Aihara William Thoresson Viktor Chukarin	JPN SWE URS	—	—
Horse Vault, Men	Helmut Bantz Valentin Muratov	GER URS	—	—	Yury Titov	URS
Parallel Bars, Men	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Masami Kubota	JPN	Takashi Ono Masao Takemoto	JPN JPN
Horizontal Bar, Men	Takashi Ono	JPN	Yury Titov	URS	Masao Takemoto	JPN
Rings, Men	Albert Azaryan	URS	Valentin Muratov	URS	Masao Takemoto Masami Kubota	JPN JPN
Pommelled Horse, Men	Boris Shakhlin	URS	Takashi Ono	JPN	Viktor Chukarin	URS
Individual All-Around, Women	Larisa Latynina	URS	Ágnes Keleti	HUN	Sofya Muratova	URS
Team All-Around, Women	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN	Romania	ROU
Team Portable Apparatus, Women	Hungary	HUN	Sweden	SWE	Poland Soviet Union	POL URS
Floor Exercise, Women	Ágnes Keleti Larisa Latynina	HUN URS	—	—	Elena Leuştean	ROU
Horse Vault, Women	Larisa Latynina	URS	Tamara Manina	URS	Olga Tass-Lemhényi Ann-Sofi Colling	HUN SWE
Uneven Bars, Women	Ágnes Keleti	HUN	Larisa Latynina	URS	Sofya Muratova	URS
Balance Beam, Women	Ágnes Keleti	HUN	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová Tamara Manina	TCH URS	—	—
Athletics
100 metres, Men	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	Thane Baker	USA	Hec Hogan	AUS
200 metres, Men	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	Andy Stanfield	USA	Thane Baker	USA
400 metres, Men	Charlie Jenkins	USA	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	Voitto Hellstén Ardalion Ignatyev	FIN URS
800 metres, Men	Tom Courtney	USA	Derek Johnson	GBR	Audun Boysen	NOR
1,500 metres, Men	Ronnie Delany	IRL	Klaus Richtzenhain	GER	John Landy	AUS
5,000 metres, Men	Vladimir Kuts	URS	Gordon Pirie	GBR	Derek Ibbotson	GBR
10,000 metres, Men	Vladimir Kuts	URS	József Kovács	HUN	Al Lawrence	AUS
Marathon, Men	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Franjo Mihalić	YUG	Veikko Karvonen	FIN
110 metres Hurdles, Men	Lee Calhoun	USA	Jack Davis	USA	Joel Shankle	USA
400 metres Hurdles, Men	Glenn Davis	USA	Eddie Southern	USA	Josh Culbreath	USA
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men	Chris Brasher	GBR	Sándor Rozsnyói	HUN	Ernst Larsen	NOR
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Unified Team of Germany	GER
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men	United States	USA	Australia	AUS	Great Britain	GBR
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men	Leonid Spirin	URS	Antanas Mikėnas	URS	Bruno Junk	URS
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men	Norman Read	NZL	Yevgeny Maskinskov	URS	John Ljunggren	SWE
High Jump, Men	Charlie Dumas	USA	Charles Porter	AUS	Igor Kashkarov	URS
Pole Vault, Men	Bob Richards	USA	Bob Gutowski	USA	Georgios Roumpanis	GRE
Long Jump, Men	Greg Bell	USA	John Bennett	USA	Jorma Valkama	FIN
Triple Jump, Men	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	Vitold Kreyer	URS
Shot Put, Men	Parry O'Brien	USA	Bill Nieder	USA	Jiří Skobla	TCH
Discus Throw, Men	Al Oerter	USA	Fortune Gordien	USA	Des Koch	USA
Hammer Throw, Men	Hal Connolly	USA	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	Anatoly Samotsvetov	URS
Javelin Throw, Men	Egil Danielsen	NOR	Janusz Sidło	POL	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS
Decathlon, Men	Milt Campbell	USA	Rafer Johnson	USA	Vasily Kuznetsov	URS
100 metres, Women	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	Christa Stubnick	GER	Marlene Mathews	AUS
200 metres, Women	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	Christa Stubnick	GER	Marlene Mathews	AUS
80 metres Hurdles, Women	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	Gisela Köhler	GER	Norma Thrower	AUS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	Great Britain	GBR	United States	USA
High Jump, Women	Millie McDaniel	USA	Thelma Hopkins Mariya Pisareva	GBR URS	—	—
Long Jump, Women	Elżbieta Krzesińska	POL	Willye White	USA	Nadezhda Dvalishvili	URS
Shot Put, Women	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	Galina Zybina	URS	Marianne Werner	GER
Discus Throw, Women	Olga Fikotová	TCH	Irina Beglyakova	URS	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS
Javelin Throw, Women	Inese Jaunzeme	URS	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	Nadezhda Konyayeva	URS
Basketball
Basketball, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Uruguay	URU
Boxing
Flyweight, Men	Terry Spinks	GBR	Mircea Dobrescu	ROU	René Libeer Johnny Caldwell	FRA IRL
Bantamweight, Men	Wolfgang Behrendt	GER	Song Sun-Cheon	KOR	Claudio Barrientos Freddie Gilroy	CHI IRL
Featherweight, Men	Vladimir Safronov	URS	Tommy Nicholls	GBR	Pentti Hämäläinen Henryk Niedźwiedzki	FIN POL
Lightweight, Men	Dick McTaggart	GBR	Harry Kurschat	GER	Tony Byrne Anatoly Lagetko	IRL URS
Light-Welterweight, Men	Vladimir Engibaryan	URS	Franco Nenci	ITA	Constantin Dumitrescu Henry Loubscher	ROU RSA
Welterweight, Men	Nicolae Linca	ROU	Fred Tiedt	IRL	Kevin Hogarth Nicky Gargano	AUS GBR
Light-Middleweight, Men	László Papp	HUN	José Torres	USA	John McCormack Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	GBR POL
Middleweight, Men	Gennady Shatkov	URS	Ramón Tapia	CHI	Víctor Zalazar Gilbert Chapron	ARG FRA
Light-Heavyweight, Men	Jim Boyd	USA	Gheorghe Negrea	ROU	Carlos Lucas Romualdas Murauskas	CHI URS
Heavyweight, Men	Pete Rademacher	USA	Lev Mukhin	URS	Mino Bozzano Daan Bekker	ITA RSA
Canoe Marathon
Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Ferenc Hatlaczky	HUN	Michel Scheuer	GER
Kayak Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	Hungary	HUN	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Australia	AUS
Canadian Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	Leon Rotman	ROU	János Parti	HUN	Gennady Bukharin	URS
Canadian Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	Soviet Union	URS	France	FRA	Hungary	HUN
Canoe Sprint
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Igor Pisarev	URS	Lajos Kiss	HUN
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Soviet Union	URS	Austria	AUT
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Leon Rotman	ROU	István Hernek	HUN	Gennady Bukharin	URS
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Romania	ROU	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women	Yelizaveta Dementyeva	URS	Therese Zenz	GER	Tove Søby	DEN
Cycling Road
Road Race, Individual, Men	Ercole Baldini	ITA	Arnaud Geyre	FRA	Alan Jackson	GBR
Road Race, Team, Men	France	FRA	Great Britain	GBR	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Cycling Track
Sprint, Men	Michel Rousseau	FRA	Guglielmo Pesenti	ITA	Dick Ploog	AUS
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men	Leandro Faggin	ITA	Ladislav Fouček	TCH	Jimmy Swift	RSA
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men	Australia	AUS	Czechoslovakia	TCH	Italy	ITA
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men	Italy	ITA	France	FRA	Great Britain	GBR
Diving
Springboard, Men	Bob Clotworthy	USA	Don Harper	USA	Joaquín Capilla	MEX
Platform, Men	Joaquín Capilla	MEX	Gary Tobian	USA	Dick Conner	USA
Springboard, Women	Pat McCormick	USA	Jeanne Stunyo	USA	Irene MacDonald	CAN
Platform, Women	Pat McCormick	USA	Juno Irwin	USA	Paula Jean Myers	USA
Fencing
Foil, Individual, Men	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	Giancarlo Bergamini	ITA	Antonio Spallino	ITA
Foil, Team, Men	Italy	ITA	France	FRA	Hungary	HUN
Épée, Individual, Men	Carlo Pavesi	ITA	Giuseppe Delfino	ITA	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA
Épée, Team, Men	Italy	ITA	Hungary	HUN	France	FRA
Sabre, Individual, Men	Rudolf Kárpáti	HUN	Jerzy Pawłowski	POL	Lev Kuznetsov	URS
Sabre, Team, Men	Hungary	HUN	Poland	POL	Soviet Union	URS
Foil, Individual, Women	Gillian Sheen	GBR	Olga Orban	ROU	Renée Garilhe	FRA
Football
Football, Men	Soviet Union	URS	Yugoslavia	YUG	Bulgaria	BUL
Hockey
Hockey, Men	India	IND	Pakistan	PAK	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Modern Pentathlon
Individual, Men	Lars Hall	SWE	Ole Mannonen	FIN	Wäinö Korhonen	FIN
Team, Men	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Finland	FIN
Rowing
Single Sculls, Men	Vyacheslav Ivanov	URS	Stuart MacKenzie	AUS	Jack Kelly, Jr.	USA
Double Sculls, Men	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Australia	AUS
Coxless Pairs, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Austria	AUT
Coxed Pairs, Men	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Soviet Union	URS
Coxless Fours, Men	Canada	CAN	United States	USA	France	FRA
Coxed Fours, Men	Italy	ITA	Sweden	SWE	Finland	FIN
Eights, Men	United States	USA	Canada	CAN	Australia	AUS
Sailing
One Person Dinghy, Open	Paul Elvstrøm	DEN	André Nelis	BEL	John Marvin	USA
Two Person Keelboat, Open	Kathleen	USA	Merope III	ITA	Gem IV	BAH
Three Person Keelboat, Open	Slaghoken II	SWE	Tip	DEN	Bluebottle	GBR
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open	Jest	NZL	Falcon IV	AUS	Chuckles	GBR
5.5 metres, Open	Rush V	SWE	Vision	GBR	Buraddoo	AUS
Shooting
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men	Ștefan Petrescu	ROU	Yevgeny Cherkasov	URS	Gheorghe Lichiardopol	ROU
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men	Pentti Linnosvuo	FIN	Makhmud Umarov	URS	Offutt Pinion	USA
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men	Vasily Borisov	URS	Allan Erdman	URS	Vilho Ylönen	FIN
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men	Anatoly Bogdanov	URS	Otakar Hořínek	TCH	John Sundberg	SWE
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men	Gerry Ouellette	CAN	Vasily Borisov	URS	Gil Boa	CAN
Running Target, Single and Double Shot, Men	Vitaly Romanenko	URS	Olof Sköldberg	SWE	Vladimir Sevryugin	URS
Trap, Men	Galliano Rossini	ITA	Adam Smelczyński	POL	Alessandro Ciceri	ITA
Swimming
100 metres Freestyle, Men	Jon Henricks	AUS	John Devitt	AUS	Gary Chapman	AUS
400 metres Freestyle, Men	Murray Rose	AUS	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	George Breen	USA
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men	Murray Rose	AUS	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	George Breen	USA
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	Australia	AUS	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS
100 metres Backstroke, Men	David Theile	AUS	John Monckton	AUS	Frank McKinney	USA
200 metres Breaststroke, Men	Masaru Furukawa	JPN	Masahiro Yoshimura	JPN	Kharis Yunichev	URS
200 metres Butterfly, Men	Bill Yorzyk	USA	Takashi Ishimoto	JPN	György Tumpek	HUN
100 metres Freestyle, Women	Dawn Fraser	AUS	Lorraine Crapp	AUS	Faith Leech	AUS
400 metres Freestyle, Women	Lorraine Crapp	AUS	Dawn Fraser	AUS	Sylvia Ruuska	USA
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	United States	USA	South Africa	RSA
100 metres Backstroke, Women	Judith Grinham	GBR	Carin Cone	USA	Margaret Edwards	GBR
200 metres Breaststroke, Women	Ursula Happe	GER	Éva Székely	HUN	Eva-Maria ten Elsen	GER
100 metres Butterfly, Women	Shelley Mann	USA	Nancy Ramey	USA	Mary Sears	USA
Water Polo
Water Polo, Men	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Soviet Union	URS
Weightlifting
Bantamweight, Men	Chuck Vinci	USA	Vladimir Stogov	URS	Mahmoud Namdjou	IRI
Featherweight, Men	Ike Berger	USA	Yevgeny Minayev	URS	Marian Zieliński	POL
Lightweight, Men	Igor Rybak	URS	Ravil Khabutdinov	URS	Kim Chang-Hui	KOR
Middleweight, Men	Fyodor Bogdanovsky	URS	Pete George	USA	Ermanno Pignatti	ITA
Light-Heavyweight, Men	Tommy Kono	USA	Vasīlijs Stepanovs	URS	Jim George	USA
Middle-Heavyweight, Men	Arkady Vorobyov	URS	Dave Sheppard	USA	Jean Debuf	FRA
Heavyweight, Men	Paul Anderson	USA	Humberto Selvetti	ARG	Alberto Pigaiani	ITA
Wrestling
Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Konstantin Vyrupayev	URS	Edvin Vesterby	SWE	Francisc Horvath	ROU
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	Imre Polyák	HUN	Roman Dzeneladze	URS
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	Rıza Doğan	TUR	Gyula Tóth	HUN
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Mithat Bayrak	TUR	Vladimir Maneyev	URS	Per Berlin	SWE
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	Rune Jansson	SWE
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Valentin Nikolayev	URS	Petko Sirakov	BUL	Karl-Erik Nilsson	SWE
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Anatoly Parfyonov	URS	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men	Mirian Tsalkalamanidze	URS	Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour	IRI	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men	Mustafa Dağıstanlı	TUR	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	Mikhail Shakhov	URS
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men	Shozo Sasahara	JPN	Jef Mewis	BEL	Erkki Penttilä	FIN
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men	Emam Ali Habibi	IRI	Shigeru Kasahara	JPN	Alimbeg Bestayev	URS
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men	Mitsuo Ikeda	JPN	İbrahim Zengin	TUR	Vakht'ang Balavadze	URS
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men	Nikola Stanchev	BUL	Dan Hodge	USA	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	Boris Kulayev	URS	Pete Blair	USA
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	Yusein Mehmedov	BUL	Taisto Kangasniemi	FIN