British athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | GBR | Roy Sandström | ||
| Kenneth Box | |||||
| David Segal | |||||
| 200 m M | | GBR | David Segal | ||
| Roy Sandstrom | |||||
| Brian Shenton | |||||
| 400 m M | | GBR | Francis Higgins | ||
| Michael Wheeler | |||||
| John Salisbury | |||||
| 800 m M | | GBR | Michael Rawson | ||
| Michael Farrell | |||||
| Derek Johnson | |||||
| 1500 m M | | GBR | Ken Wood | ||
| Ian Boyd | |||||
| Brian Hewson | |||||
| 5000 m M | | GBR | Christopher Chataway | ||
| Derek Ibbotson | |||||
| Gordon Pirie | |||||
| 10000 m M | | GBR | Frank Sando | ||
| Gordon Pirie | |||||
| Kenneth Norris | |||||
| Marathon M | | GBR | Henry Hicks | ||
| Frederick Norris | |||||
| Ronald Clark | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | GBR | Frederick Parker | ||
| Peter Hildreth | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | GBR | Thomas Farrell | ||
| Harry Kane | |||||
| Robert Shaw | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | GBR | Eric Shirley | ||
| John Disley | |||||
| Chris Brasher | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | GBR | Roy Sandstrom | ||
| Kenneth Box | |||||
| Brian Shenton | |||||
| David Segal | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | GBR | Peter Higgins | ||
| John Salisbury | |||||
| Michael Wheeler | |||||
| Derek Johnson | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | GBR | Stanley Vickers | ||
| Roland Hardy | |||||
| George Coleman | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | GBR | Eric Hall | ||
| Albert Johnson | |||||
| Donald Thompson | |||||
| High jump M | | GBR | Peter Wells | ||
| Long jump M | | GBR | Kenneth Wilmshurst | ||
| Roy Cruttenden | |||||
| Triple jump M | | GBR | Kenneth Wilmshurst | ||
| Shot put M | | GBR | Barclay Palmer | ||
| Discus throw M | | GBR | Gerald Carr | ||
| Mark Pharaoh | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | GBR | Donald Anthony | ||
| Peter Allday | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | GBR | Peter Cullen | ||
| 100 m W | | GBR | Anne Pashley | ||
| June Paul | |||||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| 200 m W | | GBR | Jean Scrivens | ||
| June Paul | |||||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | GBR | Pauline Wainwright | ||
| Carole Quinton | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | GBR | Anne Pashley | ||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| Jean Scrivens | |||||
| June Paul | |||||
| High jump W | | GBR | Dorothy Tyler | ||
| Thelma Hopkins | |||||
| Audrey Bennett | |||||
| Long jump W | | GBR | Sheila Hoskin | ||
| Thelma Hopkins | |||||
| Shot put W | | GBR | Suzanne Allday | ||
| Discus throw W | | GBR | Suzanne Allday | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | GBR | Terence Spinks | ||
| Bantamweight M | | GBR | Owen Reilly | ||
| Featherweight M | | GBR | Thomas Nicholls | ||
| Lightweight M | | GBR | Richard McTaggart | ||
| Welterweight M | | GBR | Nicholas Gargano | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | GBR | John McCormack | ||
| Middleweight M | | GBR | Ronald Redrup | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | GBR | Patricia Moody | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | GBR | Raymond Blick | ||
| Brian Bullivant | |||||
| K2 10000 m M | | GBR | Brian Bullivant | ||
| Raymond Blick | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | GBR | Arthur Stanley Brittain | ||
| Alan Jackson | |||||
| William Holmes | |||||
| Road race team M | | GBR | William Holmes | ||
| Alan Jackson | |||||
| Arthur Stanley Brittain | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | GBR | Thomas Simpson | ||
| Michael Gambrill | |||||
| John Geddes | |||||
| Donald Burgess | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | GBR | Alan Danson | ||
| Tandem M | | GBR | Peter Brotherton | ||
| Eric Thompson | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | GBR | Roy Walsh | ||
| Raymond Cann | |||||
| Peter Tarsey | |||||
| Springboard W | | GBR | Phyllis Ann Long | ||
| Charmain Welsh | |||||
| Platform M | | GBR | Roy Walsh | ||
| Raymond Cann | |||||
| Peter Tarsey | |||||
| Platform W | | GBR | Charmain Welsh | ||
| Phyllis Ann Long | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | GBR | Hilda Lorna Johnstone | ||
| Brenda Williams | |||||
| Eventing individual | | GBR | Laurence Rook | ||
| Francis Weldon | |||||
| Eventing team | | GBR | Francis Weldon | ||
| Laurence Rook | |||||
| Albert Hill | |||||
| Jumping individual | | GBR | Patricia Smythe | ||
| Wilfred White | |||||
| Jumping team | | GBR | Wilfred White | ||
| Patricia Smythe | |||||
| Peter Robeson | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | GBR | Gillian Sheen | ||
| Mary Glen-Haig | |||||
| Foil individual M | | GBR | Allan Jay | ||
| René Paul | |||||
| Raymond Paul | |||||
| Epee individual M | | GBR | Michael Howard | ||
| Henry Hoskyns | |||||
| Allan Jay | |||||
| Sabre individual M | | GBR | Henry Hoskyns | ||
| Olgierd Porebski | |||||
| Ralph Cooperman | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | GBR | Pat Hirst | ||
 Hockey | |||||
| Hockey M | | GBR | Frederick Scott | ||
| Neil Forster | |||||
| Francis Howard Davis | |||||
| Geoffrey Cutter | |||||
| John Conroy | |||||
| Michael Doughty | |||||
| John Cockett | |||||
| Colin Dale | |||||
| David Archer | |||||
| Anthony Robinson | |||||
| John Strover | |||||
| Denys Carnill | |||||
| Steven Johnson | |||||
| David Thomas | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | GBR | George Norman | ||
| Thomas Hudson | |||||
| Donald Cobley | |||||
| Team M | | GBR | Thomas Hudson | ||
| George Norman | |||||
| Donald Cobley | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | GBR | Anthony Fox | ||
| Double sculls M | | GBR | Sidney Rand | ||
| William Rand | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | GBR | David Bowker | ||
| Neil Cochran-Patrick | |||||
| John Dillon | |||||
| Robert Perry | |||||
| Dragon | | GBR | Ronald Backus | ||
| Jonathan Janson | |||||
| Graham Mann | |||||
| Star | | GBR | Stanley Potter | ||
| Bruce Banks | |||||
| Finn M | | GBR | Richard Creagh-Osborne | ||
| Sharpie | | GBR | Jasper Blackall | ||
| Terence Smith | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | GBR | Steffen Cranmer | ||
| Frederick Hopkinson | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | GBR | Frederick Hopkinson | ||
| Steffen Cranmer | |||||
| Free rifle M | | GBR | Steffen Cranmer | ||
| Free pistol M | | GBR | Frederick Cooper | ||
| Henry Steele | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | GBR | Frederick Cooper | ||
| Henry Steele | |||||
| Trap M | | GBR | Ernest Fear | ||
| Joseph Wheater | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | GBR | Frances Hogben | ||
| Fearne Ewart | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | GBR | Kenneth Williams | ||
| Ronald Roberts | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | GBR | Margaret Girvan | ||
| 400 m freestyle M | | GBR | Neil McKechnie | ||
| John Wardrop | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | GBR | Julie Hoyle | ||
| Margaret Edwards | |||||
| Judith Grinham | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | GBR | William John Brockway | ||
| Haydn Rigby | |||||
| Graham Sykes | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | GBR | Christine Gosden | ||
| Helen Gordon | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | GBR | Christopher Walkden | ||
| 100 m butterfly W | | GBR | Elizabeth Whittall | ||
| Anne Morton | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | GBR | Graham Symonds | ||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | GBR | Frances Hogben | ||
| Judith Grinham | |||||
| Margaret Girvan | |||||
| Fearne Ewart | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | GBR | Neil McKechnie | ||
| John Wardrop | |||||
| Kenneth Williams | |||||
| Ronald Roberts | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Featherweight M | | GBR | Maurice Megennis | ||
| Julian Creus | |||||
| Lightweight M | | GBR | Benjamin Helfgott | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | GBR | Philip Caira | ||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | GBR | Sydney Harrington | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | GBR | Herbert Hall | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | GBR | Kenneth Richmond | ||
| * The list of British athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about British athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
