American athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Ira Murchison | ||
| Walter Thane Baker | |||||
| Bobby Morrow | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | Bobby Morrow | ||
| Andrew Stanfield | |||||
| Walter Thane Baker | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | James Lea | ||
| Lou Jones | |||||
| Charles Jenkins | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | Lonnie Spurrier | ||
| Arnie Sowell | |||||
| Tom Courtney | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Jerome Walters | ||
| Donald Bowden | |||||
| Ted Wheeler | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | Curtis Stone | ||
| William Dellinger | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Richard Hart | ||
| Gordon McKenzie | |||||
| Max Truex | |||||
| Marathon M | | USA | Nicholas Costes | ||
| Dean Thackwray | |||||
| John Kelley | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Joel Shankle | ||
| Jack Davis | |||||
| Lee Calhoun | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Josh Culbreath | ||
| Eddie Southern | |||||
| Glenn Davis | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | Philip Coleman | ||
| Charles Jones | |||||
| Horace Ashenfelter | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Walter Thane Baker | ||
| Ira Murchison | |||||
| Bobby Morrow | |||||
| Leamon King | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Jesse Mashburn | ||
| Lou Jones | |||||
| Tom Courtney | |||||
| Charles Jenkins | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | USA | James Hewson | ||
| Bruce MacDonald | |||||
| Helmut Laskau | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | Leo Sjogren | ||
| Elliott Denman | |||||
| Adolf Weinacher | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Vernon Wilson | ||
| Phil Reavis | |||||
| Charles Dumas | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | George Mattos | ||
| Bob Gutowski | |||||
| Robert Richards | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | John Bennett | ||
| Gregory Bell | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | George Shaw | ||
| Ira Davis | |||||
| William Sharpe | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | Parry O'Brien | ||
| Bill Nieder | |||||
| Kenneth Bantum | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Al Oerter | ||
| Desmond Koch | |||||
| Fortune Gordien | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Harold Connolly | ||
| Albert Hall | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Cyrus Young | ||
| Benjamin Garcia | |||||
| Philip Conley | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Rafer Johnson | ||
| Milton Campbell | |||||
| Robert Richards | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Mae Faggs | ||
| Isabelle Daniels | |||||
| Lucinda Williams | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Wilma Rudolph | ||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| Meredith Ellis | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | USA | Constance Darnowski | ||
| Barbara Mueller | |||||
| Irene Rose Robertson | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Margaret Matthews | ||
| Isabelle Daniels | |||||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| Wilma Rudolph | |||||
| High jump W | | USA | Ann Flynn | ||
| Mildred McDaniel | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Margaret Matthews | ||
| Willye White | |||||
| Shot put W | | USA | Earlene Brown | ||
| Paula Deubel | |||||
| Lois Testa | |||||
| Discus throw W | | USA | Marjorie Larney | ||
| Earlene Brown | |||||
| Pamela Kurrell | |||||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Amelia Wershoven | ||
| Marjorie Larney | |||||
| Karen Anderson | |||||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Charles Darling | ||
| Gilbert Ford | |||||
| Ronald Tomsic | |||||
| William Evans | |||||
| Bill Russell | |||||
| Robert Jeangerard | |||||
| Carl Cain | |||||
| Richard Boushka | |||||
| Burdette Haldorson | |||||
| James Walsh | |||||
| K.C. Jones | |||||
| William Hougland | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | USA | Ray Perez | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Louis Molina | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | USA | Joseph Shaw | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Pearce Allen Lane | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | USA | Jose Torres | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Roger Rouse | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | James Boyd | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Peter Rademacher | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | David Merwin | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | Russell Dermond | ||
| John Pagkos | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | USA | Robert O'Brien | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | USA | Edward Houston | ||
| Ken Wilson | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | William Schuette | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Richard Moran | ||
| George Byers | |||||
| C1 10000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 10000 m M | | USA | Frank Krick | ||
| John Haas | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | David Rhoads | ||
| Butch Neumann | |||||
| Joseph Becker | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | Allen Bell | ||
| Sprint M | | USA | Jack Disney | ||
| Tandem M | | USA | James Rossi | ||
| Donald Ferguson | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Donald Harper | ||
| Robert Clothworthy | |||||
| Glen Whitten | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Jeanne Stunyo | ||
| Patricia McCormick | |||||
| Barbara Gilders | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | Gary Tobian | ||
| Richard Connor | |||||
| William Farrell | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Juno Irwin | ||
| Patricia McCormick | |||||
| Paula Jean Myers | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | Robert Borg | ||
| Elaine Watt | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | Hugh Wiley | ||
| Frank Chapot | |||||
| William Steinkraus | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | USA | Judy Goodrich | ||
| Janice Lee Romary | |||||
| Maxine Mitchell | |||||
| Foil individual M | | USA | Byron Krieger | ||
| Harold Goldsmith | |||||
| Albert Axelrod | |||||
| Foil team M | | USA | Daniel Bukantz | ||
| Nathaniel Lubell | |||||
| Harold Goldsmith | |||||
| Albert Axelrod | |||||
| Sewall Schurtz | |||||
| Byron Krieger | |||||
| Epee individual M | | USA | Skip Shurtz | ||
| Richard Pew | |||||
| Kinmont Hoitsma | |||||
| Sabre individual M | | USA | Allan Kwartler | ||
| Tibor Nyilas | |||||
| George Worth | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | USA | Jackie Klein | ||
| Muriel Grossfeld | |||||
| Judith Howe | |||||
| Doris Fuchs | |||||
| Joyce Racek | |||||
| Sandra Ruddick | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | USA | John Beckner | ||
| Team W | | USA | Doris Fuchs | ||
| Joyce Racek | |||||
| Sandra Ruddick | |||||
| Judith Howe | |||||
| Jaquelyn Klein | |||||
| Muriel Davis | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Abraham Grossfeld | ||
| Charles Simms | |||||
| John Beckner | |||||
| William Tom | |||||
| Richard Beckner | |||||
| Jose Armando Vega | |||||
| Vault M | | USA | John Beckner | ||
| Horizontal bar M | | USA | John Beckner | ||
| Team exercise W | | USA | Joyce Racek | ||
| Sandra Ruddick | |||||
| Judith Howe | |||||
| Jaquelyn Klein | |||||
| Muriel Davis | |||||
| Doris Fuchs | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | William Andre | ||
| George Lambert | |||||
| Jack Daniels | |||||
| Team M | | USA | George Lambert | ||
| William Andre | |||||
| Jack Daniels | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | John Kelly Jr. | ||
| Double sculls M | | USA | Patrick Costello | ||
| James Gardiner | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | USA | Duvall Hecht | ||
| James Fifer | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | USA | Arthur Ayralt | ||
| Kurt Seiffert | |||||
| Conn Findlay | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | USA | Arthur McKinlay | ||
| John Weichli | |||||
| James McIntosh | |||||
| John McKinlay | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | Caldwell Esselstyn | ||
| John Cooke | |||||
| William Becklean | |||||
| Thomas Charlton | |||||
| Charles Grimes | |||||
| Donald Beer | |||||
| David Weight | |||||
| Richard Wailes | |||||
| Robert Morey | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | USA | Victor Sheronas | ||
| John Bryant | |||||
| Robert Stinson | |||||
| Ferdinand Schoettle | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | Daniel Killeen | ||
| Gene Walet | |||||
| Carlos Echeverria | |||||
| Star | | USA | Lawrence Low | ||
| Herbert Williams | |||||
| Finn M | | USA | John Marvin | ||
| Sharpie | | USA | Eric Olsen | ||
| Stanley Renehan | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | USA | Verle Wright | ||
| Arthur Jackson | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | USA | Verle Wright | ||
| Arthur Jackson | |||||
| Free rifle M | | USA | Herbert Voelcker | ||
| James Smith | |||||
| Free pistol M | | USA | Joe Benner | ||
| Offutt Pinion | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | USA | John Forman | ||
| John Beaumont | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Shelley Mann | ||
| Joan Rosazza | |||||
| Nancy Simons | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | William Woolsey | ||
| Richard Hanley | |||||
| Reid Patterson | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Susan Gray | ||
| Marley Shriver | |||||
| Sylvia Ruuska | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | George Onekea | ||
| George Breen | |||||
| William Woolsey | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | David Radcliff | ||
| George Onekea | |||||
| George Breen | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Mary Anne Marchino | ||
| Maureen Murphy | |||||
| Carin Cone | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Yoshinobu Oyakawa | ||
| Albert Wiggins | |||||
| Frank McKinney | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Mary Sears | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Robert Hughes | ||
| 100 m butterfly W | | USA | Shelley Mann | ||
| Nancy Ramey | |||||
| Mary Sears | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | USA | William Yorzyk | ||
| Jack Nelson | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Kathryn Knapp | ||
| Nancy Simons | |||||
| Sylvia Ruuska | |||||
| Joan Rosazza | |||||
| Betty Brey | |||||
| Marley Shriver | |||||
| Shelley Mann | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | Richard Tanabe | ||
| Ford Konno | |||||
| William Woolsey | |||||
| Perry Jecko | |||||
| George Breen | |||||
| Richard Hanley | |||||
 Water Polo | |||||
| Water polo M | | USA | William Ross | ||
| William Kooistra | |||||
| Samuel Kooistra | |||||
| Wallace Wolf | |||||
| James Gaughran | |||||
| Robert Frojen | |||||
| Robert Horn | |||||
| Robert Hughes | |||||
| Kenneth Hahn | |||||
| Ronald Severa | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Charles Vinci | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Isaac Berger | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Peter George | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | James George | ||
| Tommy Kono | |||||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | USA | David Sheppard | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Paul Anderson | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | USA | Richard Delgado | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | USA | Lee Allen | ||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | USA | Myron Roderick | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | Jay Thomas Evans | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | Daniel Hodge | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Peter Blair | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | USA | William Kerslake | ||
| Greco-Roman flyweight M | | USA | John Richard Wilson | ||
| Greco-Roman bantamweight M | | USA | Kent Townley | ||
| Greco-Roman featherweight M | | USA | Alan Rice | ||
| Greco-Roman lightweight M | | USA | Jay Thomas Evans | ||
| Greco-Roman welterweight M | | USA | James Holt | ||
| Greco-Roman middleweight M | | USA | James Peckham | ||
| Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M | | USA | Dale Thomas | ||
| Greco-Roman heavyweight M | | USA | Dale Lewis | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
