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Sporting event delegation
The
United States competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne,
Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.
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Medalists
Gold
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Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
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Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
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Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
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Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
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Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
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Thane Baker,
Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and
Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Tom Courtney,
Charles Jenkins,
Lou Jones, and
Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
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Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
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Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
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Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
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Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
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Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
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Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
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Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
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Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
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Dick Boushka,
Carl Cain,
Chuck Darling,
William Evans,
Gib Ford,
Burdette Haldorson,
Bill Hougland,
Bob Jeangerard,
K C Jones,
Bill Russell,
Ron Tomsic, and
Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team
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Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
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Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
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Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
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Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
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Jim Fifer and
Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
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Dan Ayrault,
Conn Findlay, and
Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
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William Becklean,
Donald Beer,
Thomas Charlton,
John Cooke,
Caldwell Esselstyn,
Charles Grimes,
Robert Morey,
Rusty Wailes, and
David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
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William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
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Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
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Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
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Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
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Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
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Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
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Lawrence Low and
Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star
Silver
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Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
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Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
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Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
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Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
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Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
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John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
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Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
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Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
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Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
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Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
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José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
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Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
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Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
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Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
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Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
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Bill André,
Jack Daniels, and
George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
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Pat Costello and
Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
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James McIntosh,
Art McKinlay,
John McKinlay, and
John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
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George Breen,
Richard Hanley,
Ford Konno, and
Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
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Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
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Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
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Shelley Mann,
Joan Rosazza,
Sylvia Ruuska, and
Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
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Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
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David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
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Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Bronze
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Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
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Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
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Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
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Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
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Isabelle Daniels,
Mae Faggs,
Margaret Matthews, and
Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
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Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
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Paula Jean Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
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John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
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Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
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George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
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George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
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Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
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Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
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Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
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James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
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Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
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John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn
Athletics
Men's Marathon
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
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Sprint
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Time trial
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Tandem
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Team pursuit
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Individual road race
Diving
Men's 10m Platform
- Preliminary Round — 76.77
- Final — 152.41 (→
Silver Medal)
- Preliminary Round — 80.24
- Final — 149.79 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Preliminary Round — 75.07
- Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Preliminary Round — 51.28
- Final — 84.85 (→
Gold Medal)
- Preliminary Round — 50.81
- Final — 81.64 (→
Silver Medal)
- Preliminary Round — 52.96
- Final — 81.58 (→
Bronze Medal)
Fencing
18 fencers represented the United States in 1956.
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Men's foil
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Men's team foil
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Men's épée
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Men's team épée
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Men's sabre
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Men's team sabre
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Women's foil
- Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
Head coach:
Jimmy Mills [
citation needed]
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event.
- Individual
- Team
- George Lambert
- Bill Andre
- Jack Daniels
Rowing
The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven
rowing events in 1956.
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Men's single sculls
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Men's double sculls
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Men's coxless pair
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Men's coxed pair
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Men's coxless four
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Men's coxed four
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Men's eight
Sailing
Shooting
Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956.
Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.
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25 m pistol
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50 m pistol
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300 m rifle, three positions
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50 m rifle, three positions
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50 m rifle, prone
Swimming
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
References
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