Australian athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
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Athletes |
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Athletics | |||||
100 m M | AUS | Raymond Charles Land | |||
Hector Hogan | |||||
Gavin Carragher | |||||
200 m M | AUS | Graham Gipson | |||
Hector Hogan | |||||
Douglas Winston | |||||
400 m M | AUS | John Goodman | |||
Kevan Gosper | |||||
Graham Gipson | |||||
800 m M | AUS | Donald McMillan | |||
Jim Bailey | |||||
Bill Butchart | |||||
1500 m M | AUS | Mervyn Lincoln | |||
John Landy | |||||
5000 m M | AUS | Allan Lawrence | |||
Albert Thomas | |||||
10000 m M | AUS | Allan Lawrence | |||
David Power | |||||
David Stephens | |||||
Marathon M | AUS | John Russell | |||
Leslie Perry | |||||
Keith Ollerenshaw | |||||
110 m hurdles M | AUS | Kenneth Doubleday | |||
James Robert Joyce | |||||
John Chittick | |||||
400 m hurdles M | AUS | Ross Parker | |||
David Lean | |||||
Geoffrey Goodacre | |||||
3000 m steeplechase M | AUS | Ronald Blackney | |||
Graham Thomas | |||||
Neil Robbins | |||||
4x100 m M | AUS | Raymond Charles Land | |||
Gavin Carragher | |||||
Hector Hogan | |||||
Edward McGlynn | |||||
4x400 m M | AUS | Kevan Gosper | |||
Leon Gregory | |||||
Graham Gipson | |||||
David Lean | |||||
20 km walk M | AUS | Edward Allsopp | |||
Donald Keane | |||||
Ronald Crawford | |||||
50 km walk M | AUS | Raymond Smith | |||
Edward Allsopp | |||||
Ronald Crawford | |||||
High jump M | AUS | Colin Ridgeway | |||
John Vernon | |||||
Charles Porter | |||||
Pole vault M | AUS | Peter Denton | |||
Bruce Peever | |||||
Long jump M | AUS | Hugh Jack | |||
Michael Moroney | |||||
Ian Bruce | |||||
Triple jump M | AUS | Ronald Gray | |||
Brian Oliver | |||||
Maurice Rich | |||||
Shot put M | AUS | Robert Hanlin | |||
Berry Donath | |||||
Discus throw M | AUS | Vesmonis Balodis | |||
Hammer throw M | AUS | Martin Crowe | |||
Neville Gadsden | |||||
Charles Morris | |||||
Javelin throw M | AUS | James Achurch | |||
Robert Grant | |||||
Decathlon M | AUS | Ian Bruce | |||
John Cann | |||||
Patrick Leane | |||||
100 m W | AUS | Shirley Strickland | |||
Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
Marlene Matthews | |||||
200 m W | AUS | Norma Croker | |||
Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
Marlene Matthews | |||||
80 m hurdles W | AUS | Shirley Strickland | |||
Norma Thrower | |||||
Gloria Cooke | |||||
4x100 m W | AUS | Norma Croker | |||
Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
Fleur Mellor | |||||
Shirley Strickland | |||||
High jump W | AUS | Michelle Mason | |||
Janice Cooper | |||||
Carole Bernoth | |||||
Long jump W | AUS | Nancy Borwick | |||
Margaret Johnson | |||||
Erica Willis | |||||
Shot put W | AUS | Mary Breen | |||
Margaret Wioodlock | |||||
Valerie Lawrence | |||||
Discus throw W | AUS | Lois Jackman | |||
Valerie Lawrence | |||||
Shirley Cotton | |||||
Javelin throw W | AUS | Heather Innes | |||
June Heath | |||||
Maureen Wright | |||||
Boxing | |||||
Flyweight M | AUS | Warner Batchelor | |||
Bantamweight M | AUS | Robert Bath | |||
Featherweight M | AUS | Noel Hazard | |||
Lightweight M | AUS | William Griffiths | |||
Light-welterweight M | AUS | Max Carlos | |||
Welterweight M | AUS | Kevin Hogarth | |||
Light-middleweight M | AUS | Peter Read | |||
Middleweight M | AUS | Howard Richter | |||
Light-heavyweight M | AUS | Anthony Madigan | |||
Canoe & Kayak | |||||
K1 500 m W | AUS | Edith Cochrane | |||
K1 1000 m M | AUS | Barry Stuart | |||
K2 1000 m M | AUS | Walter Brown | |||
Dennis Green | |||||
K1 10000 m M | AUS | Maxwell Blandwin | |||
K2 10000 m M | AUS | Dennis Green | |||
Walter Brown | |||||
C1 1000 m M | AUS | Bryan Harper | |||
C2 1000 m M | AUS | Thomas Ohman | |||
William Jones | |||||
C1 10000 m M | AUS | Bryan Harper | |||
C2 10000 m M | AUS | Thomas Ohman | |||
William Jones | |||||
Cycling | |||||
Road race team M | AUS | Jim Nevin | |||
John O'Sullivan | |||||
Jim Nestor | |||||
1000 m time trial M | AUS | Warren Scarfe | |||
Sprint M | AUS | Richard Ploog | |||
Tandem M | AUS | Ian Browne | |||
Anthony Marchant | |||||
Diving | |||||
Springboard M | AUS | Ronald Faulds | |||
Joseph McCann | |||||
Arthur Winther | |||||
Springboard W | AUS | Rosalyn Barton | |||
Barbara MacAulay | |||||
Patricia Howard | |||||
Platform M | AUS | Barry Holmes | |||
William Tully | |||||
Francis Murphy | |||||
Platform W | AUS | Rosalyn Barton | |||
Barbara MacAulay | |||||
Adele Price | |||||
Equestrian | |||||
Eventing team | AUS | Ernest Barker | |||
Brian Crago | |||||
Wyatt Thompson | |||||
Fencing | |||||
Foil individual W | AUS | Joy Hardon | |||
Lois Joseph | |||||
Denise O'Brien | |||||
Foil individual M | AUS | Brian McCowage | |||
Michael Sichel | |||||
David McKenzie | |||||
Epee individual M | AUS | Richard Stone | |||
Ivan Lund | |||||
Laurence Harding-Snith | |||||
Sabre individual M | AUS | Sandor Szoke | |||
Leslie Fadgyas | |||||
Graham McKenzie | |||||
Gymnastics | |||||
Individual all-round W | AUS | Barbara Cunningham | |||
Ing Fraser | |||||
Wendy Nicholls | |||||
Team M | AUS | Bruce Sharp | |||
David Gourlay | |||||
Brian Blackburn | |||||
John Lees | |||||
Graham Bond | |||||
Alexander Punton | |||||
Modern Pentathlon | |||||
Individual M | AUS | Neville Sayers | |||
George Nicoll | |||||
Sven Coomer | |||||
Team M | AUS | George Nicoll | |||
Neville Sayers | |||||
Sven Coomer | |||||
Rowing | |||||
Single sculls M | AUS | Stuart McKenzie | |||
Double sculls M | AUS | Murray Riley | |||
Mervyn Wood | |||||
Pair without coxswain M | AUS | Peter Adrian Raper | |||
Maurice Grace | |||||
Four with coxswain M | AUS | Ian Allen | |||
Kevin McMahon | |||||
John Jenkinson | |||||
Reginald Libbis | |||||
Gordon Cowey | |||||
Eight with coxswain M | AUS | James Howden | |||
David Boykett | |||||
Harold Hewitt | |||||
Adrian Monger | |||||
Garth Manton | |||||
Angus Benfield | |||||
Michael Aikman | |||||
Bryan Doyle | |||||
Walter Howell | |||||
Sailing | |||||
5,5 m | AUS | Douglas Buxton | |||
Alexander Sturrock | |||||
Devereaux Mytton | |||||
Dragon | AUS | Brian Carolane | |||
James Carolane | |||||
Graham Drane | |||||
Star | AUS | Robert French | |||
John Downey | |||||
Finn M | AUS | Colin Ryrie | |||
Sharpie | AUS | Roland Tasker | |||
John Scott | |||||
Shooting | |||||
Rifle three positions M | AUS | Norman Rule | |||
Don Tolhurst | |||||
Rifle prone M | AUS | Norman Rule | |||
Don Tolhurst | |||||
Free rifle M | AUS | Norman Goff | |||
Ian Wrigley | |||||
Moving target M | AUS | Noel Hall | |||
Colin Anderson | |||||
Free pistol M | AUS | Rodney Johnson | |||
Leonard Tolhurst | |||||
Rapid fire pistol M | AUS | Peter Papps | |||
Johnnie Maitland | |||||
Trap M | AUS | Clement Mudford | |||
John Bryant | |||||
Swimming | |||||
100 m freestyle W | AUS | Faith Leech | |||
Lorraine Crapp | |||||
Dawn Fraser | |||||
100 m freestyle M | AUS | Gary Chapman | |||
John Devitt | |||||
Jon Henricks | |||||
400 m freestyle W | AUS | Lorraine Crapp | |||
Dawn Fraser | |||||
Sandra Morgan | |||||
400 m freestyle M | AUS | Garry Winram | |||
Kevin O'Halloran | |||||
Murray Rose | |||||
1500 m freestyle M | AUS | Murray Garretty | |||
Garry Winram | |||||
Murray Rose | |||||
100 m backstroke W | AUS | Patricia Huntingford | |||
Pamela Singleton | |||||
Gerganyia Beckitt | |||||
100 m backstroke M | AUS | John Hayres | |||
John Monckton | |||||
David Theile | |||||
200 m breaststroke W | AUS | Barbara Evans | |||
200 m breaststroke M | AUS | Terry Gathercole | |||
100 m butterfly W | AUS | Maureen Giles | |||
Beverly Bainbridge | |||||
200 m butterfly M | AUS | Brian Wilkinson | |||
John Marshall | |||||
4x100 m freestyle W | AUS | Sandra Morgan | |||
Margaret Gibson | |||||
Faith Leech | |||||
Dawn Fraser | |||||
Lorraine Crapp | |||||
Elizabeth Fraser | |||||
4x200 m freestyle M | AUS | Murray Garretty | |||
Murray Rose | |||||
John Devitt | |||||
Graham Hamilton | |||||
Kevin O'Halloran | |||||
Gary Chapman | |||||
Jon Henricks | |||||
Weightlifting | |||||
Bantamweight M | AUS | Charles Henderson | |||
Featherweight M | AUS | Keith Caple | |||
Lightweight M | AUS | Verne Barberis | |||
Middleweight M | AUS | Frederick Baugh | |||
Light-heavyweight M | AUS | John Powell | |||
Middle-heavyweight M | AUS | Leonard Treganowan | |||
Manoel Santos | |||||
Wrestling | |||||
Freestyle flyweight M | AUS | Frederick Flannery | |||
Freestyle bantamweight M | AUS | Geoffrey Jameson | |||
Freestyle featherweight M | AUS | Richard John Elliott | |||
Freestyle light-heavyweight M | AUS | Kevin Coote | |||
Freestyle heavyweight M | AUS | Ray Mitchell | |||
Greco-Roman flyweight M | AUS | Malte Hakansson | |||
Greco-Roman bantamweight M | AUS | Ronald Joseph Sweeney | |||
Greco-Roman featherweight M | AUS | Norman Ickeringill | |||
Greco-Roman welterweight M | AUS | Frederick Murphy | |||
Greco-Roman middleweight M | AUS | William Paterson | |||
Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M | AUS | Victor Macha | |||
Greco-Roman heavyweight M | AUS | Joseph Zammit | |||
* The list of Australian athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
This information about Australian athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||