Australia was the host nation for the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. However due to Australian quarantine restrictions the equestrian events

Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions...

 were held in Stockholm, Sweden. 294 competitors, 250 men and 44 women, took part in 140 events in 18 sports.

Gold

• Betty Cuthbert
  Betty Cuthbert
  Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Betty Cuthbert
  Betty Cuthbert
  Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Shirley Strickland
  Shirley Strickland
  Shirley Barbara Strickland AO, MBE , later Shirley de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.-Family:...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
• Norma Croker
  Norma Croker
  Norma Croker Fleming is a former Australian sprinter.At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, she placed 4th in the individual 200 metres race, but won the gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, together with Shirley Strickland, Fleur Mellor and Betty Cuthbert...
  
  , Betty Cuthbert
  Betty Cuthbert
  Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion....
  
  , Fleur Wenham, and Shirley Strickland
  Shirley Strickland
  Shirley Barbara Strickland AO, MBE , later Shirley de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.-Family:...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
• Joey Browne and Anthony Marchant — Cycling, Men's 2000 m Tandem
• Jon Henricks
  Jon Henricks
  John Malcolm Henricks started his swimming career as a distance swimmer, scoring his first real successes in 1952 when he came in 3rd in the Australian 1500 meters, 2nd in the 800, and won the 400 meters. The distance work proved too arduous, perhaps due to a prolonged ear infection that kept...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Murray Rose
  Murray Rose
  Iain Murray Rose AM was born on 6 January 1939 in Nairn, Scotland, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II. He took up swimming as a boy and was an Olympic Games champion at age 17....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Murray Rose
  Murray Rose
  Iain Murray Rose AM was born on 6 January 1939 in Nairn, Scotland, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II. He took up swimming as a boy and was an Olympic Games champion at age 17....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• David Theile
  David Theile
  David Egmont Theile , was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won consecutive gold medals in the 100 m backstroke at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, the only Australian to do so...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• John Devitt
  John Devitt
  John Thomas Devitt was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He won in controversial circumstances, being awarded the gold medal despite the timekeepers recording a slower time than the silver medallist...
  
  , Jon Henricks
  Jon Henricks
  John Malcolm Henricks started his swimming career as a distance swimmer, scoring his first real successes in 1952 when he came in 3rd in the Australian 1500 meters, 2nd in the 800, and won the 400 meters. The distance work proved too arduous, perhaps due to a prolonged ear infection that kept...
  
  , Kevin O'Halloran
  Kevin O'Halloran
  Kevin O'Halloran was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The first Western Australian to win Olympic gold, O'Halloran learnt to swim in his home town of Katanning...
  
  , and Murray Rose
  Murray Rose
  Iain Murray Rose AM was born on 6 January 1939 in Nairn, Scotland, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II. He took up swimming as a boy and was an Olympic Games champion at age 17....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
• Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
• Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp is a former Olympic swimming champion representing Australia. She competed in two Olympic Games — the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. She won two Olympic gold medals in 1956...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp is a former Olympic swimming champion representing Australia. She competed in two Olympic Games — the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. She won two Olympic gold medals in 1956...
  
  , Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....
  
  , Faith Leech
  Faith Leech
  Faith Yvonne Leech is a former Australian freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay and bronze in the 100 m freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.A tall and lean swimmer known for her elegant technique, Leech started swimming as a...
  
  , and Sandra Morgan
  Sandra Morgan
  Sandra Anne Morgan is a former Australian freestyle swimmer, who won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. At the age of 14 years and 6 months, she became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal, a record that still stands...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Silver

• Graham Gipson
  Graham Gipson
  Graham Gipson was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Leon Gregory, David Lean and Kevan Gosper...
  
  , Kevan Gosper
  Kevan Gosper
  Kevan Gosper is a former Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was formerly a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee.-1956 Summer Olympics:...
  
  , Leon Gregory
  Leon Gregory
  Leon Gregory was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Graham Gipson, David Lean and Kevan Gosper...
  
  , and David Lean
  David Lean (athlete)
  David Lean was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 440 metre hurdles and 400 metres relays....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay

• Chilla Porter — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Stuart MacKenzie
  Stuart MacKenzie
  Stuart MacKenzie is an Australian competition rower and Olympic medalist, who also competed for Great Britain at the 1962 World Championships....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• John Devitt
  John Devitt
  John Thomas Devitt was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He won in controversial circumstances, being awarded the gold medal despite the timekeepers recording a slower time than the silver medallist...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• John Monckton
  John Monckton (swimmer)
  John James Monckton was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Although he set multiple world records, he never won an Olympic gold medal....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp
  Lorraine Crapp is a former Olympic swimming champion representing Australia. She competed in two Olympic Games — the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. She won two Olympic gold medals in 1956...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
• Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser
  Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• John Scott
  John Scott (sailor)
  John Malcolm Scott is an Australian sailor. He won a silver medal in the Sharpie class with Rolly Tasker at the 1956 Summer Olympics.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Roland Tasker — Sailing, Men's Sharpie 12 m²

Bronze

• Hector Hogan
  Hector Hogan
  Hector Denis Hogan was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 yards and 100 metres sprint, where he was 7 times Australian 100 yards champion. He also competed in the 220 yards/200 metres, which he won twice in the Australian Championships, and the long jump which he won in 1954...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• John Landy
  John Landy
  John Michael Landy, AC, CVO, MBE is an Australian former Olympic track athlete. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run, and he held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Allan Lawrence
  Allan Lawrence (athlete)
  Allan Cleave Lawrence was an Australian athlete.He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal, clocking 28:53...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
• Norma Thrower
  Norma Thrower
  Norma Claire Thrower is a retired Australian hurdler. Born as Norma Austin, the South Australian hurdler ran for the Western Districts club in Adelaide....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
• Marlene Mathews — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Marlene Mathews — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Kevin Hogarth
  Kevin Hogarth
  Kevin John Hogarth is a boxer from Australia.He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the welterweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Walter Brown and Dennis Green — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs
• Dick Ploog — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
• Murray Riley
  Murray Riley
  Murray Stewart Riley is an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1952 he and his partner John Rogers were eliminated in the semi-final repechage of the double sculls event....
  
   and Mervyn Wood
  Mervyn Wood
  Mervyn Thomas Wood, LVO, MBE, QPM was an Australian rower of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was a four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist. He later rose to become the Police Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force.-Biography:Wood was the youngest of four children born in...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• Michael Aikman, Angus Benfield, David Boykett
  David Boykett
  David Herbert Boykett is an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he was a crew member of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event....
  
  , Bryan Doyle
  Brian Doyle (rower)
  Brian John Doyle was an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was the father of David Doyle and Mark Doyle....
  
  , Harold Hewitt
  Harold Hewitt
  Harold Neil Hewitt is an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he was the coxswain of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.-External links:*...
  
  , James Howden, Walter Howell
  Walter Howell
  Walter Neville Howell is an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in the state of Victoria....
  
  , Garth Manton
  Garth Manton
  Garth O. V. Manton is an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he was a crew member of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.-External links:*...
  
  , and Adrian Monger
  Adrian Monger
  Adrian Calero Monger is an Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he was a crew member of the Australian boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.-External links:*...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Eights
• Gary Chapman
  Gary Chapman (swimmer)
  Gary Arthur Chapman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s who won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Faith Leech
  Faith Leech
  Faith Yvonne Leech is a former Australian freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay and bronze in the 100 m freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.A tall and lean swimmer known for her elegant technique, Leech started swimming as a...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
• Douglas Buxton
  Douglas Buxton
  Douglas Buxton was an Australian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the 5.5 Metre class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.-References:...
  
  , Devereaux Mytton
  Devereaux Mytton
  Devereaux Mytton was an Australian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the 5.5 Metre class at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.-References:...
  
   and Jock Sturrock
  Jock Sturrock
  Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock MBE was a noted Australian yachtsman who won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races....
  
   — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• James Joyce
• Heat — 14.7s (→ did not advance)

• Kenneth Doubleday
• Heat — 14.8s (→ did not advance)

• John Chittick
• Heat — 14.9s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• John Russell — 2:41:44 (→ 18th place)
• Keith Ollerenshaw — 2:48:12 (→ 25th place)
• Les Perry — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round:
• Lost to Brazil (66-89)
• Lost to Chile (56-78)
• Defeated Thailand (87-48)
• Lost to Formosa (73-86)
• Defeated Singapore (98-74)

Classification Matches:

• 9th/12th place: Lost to Canada (83-38)
• 11th/12th place: Lost to Formosa (87-70) → 12th place
• Team Roster:
• Peter Demos
  Peter Demos
  Peter T. Demos is an emeritus professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT. A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queens University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951...
  
  
• Geoff Heskett
• Peter Bumbers
• Stan Dargis
• Inga Freidenfelds
• Colin Burdett
• George Dancis
• Peter Sutton
  Peter Sutton
  Peter Sutton FASSA is an Australian social anthropologist and linguist who has, over a period of almost 40 years , significantly contributed to: recording Australian Aboriginal languages; promoting Australian Aboriginal art; mapping Australian Aboriginal cultural landscapes; and increasing...
  
  
• Algis Ignatavicius
• Merv Moy
• Ken Finch
• Bruce Flick
• Head Coach: Ken Watson

Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

• Dick Ploog — Bronze Medal

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Warren Scarfe — 1:12.1 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Cliff Burvill
  Frank Brazier
  Frank Brazier
  Frank Brazier is a racing cyclist from Australia. He won a silver medal in the Road Race at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff. He competed in the men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as the Team Time Trial and Road Race in...
  
  
  Roy Moore
  Warren Scarfe — 9th place

Men's 2.000m Tandem

• Anthony Marchant
  Joey Browne — Gold Medal

Men's Individual Road Race

• John O'Sullivan — 5:36:58 (→ 41st place)
• Jim Nevin — 5:47:02 (→ 44th place)
• Ed Nestor — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jack Trickey — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Arthur Winther
• Preliminary Round — 71.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Joseph McCann
• Preliminary Round — 69.18 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

• Ronald Faulds
• Preliminary Round — 68.84 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Francis Murphy
• Preliminary Round — 66.29 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• William Tully
• Preliminary Round — 65.49 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Barry Holmes
• Preliminary Round — 58.01 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Barbara McAulay
• Preliminary Round — 60.19 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

• Roslyn Barton
• Preliminary Round — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

• Pat Howard
• Preliminary Round — 53.89 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Barbara McAulay
• Preliminary Round — 45.67 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

• Roslyn Barton
• Preliminary Round — 41.96 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

• Adele Price
• Preliminary Round — 35.28 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Fencing

21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Australia in 1956.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 26, 1956. 32 fencers from 14 nations competed.-Results:...

• Brian McCowage
  Brian McCowage
  Brian McCowage was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Michael Sichel
  Michael Sichel
  Michael Sichel is an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• David McKenzie
  David McKenzie (fencer)
  David McKenzie was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held November 23 1956...

• Ray Buckingham
  Ray Buckingham
  Ray Buckingham is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Brian McCowage
  Brian McCowage
  Brian McCowage was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Rod Steele
  Rod Steele
  Rod Steele is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , David McKenzie
  David McKenzie (fencer)
  David McKenzie was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Michael Sichel
  Michael Sichel
  Michael Sichel is an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Tom Cross
  Tom Cross (fencer)
  Tom Cross is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 30 1956. 41 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Ivan Lund
  Ivan Lund
  Ivan Lund was an Australian Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:...
  
  
• Richard Stone
  Richard Stone (fencer)
  Richard Stone is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In latter life he was a sportsmaster at the Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane .-References:...
  
  
• Laurence Harding-Smith
  Laurence Harding-Smith
  Laurence Harding-Smith is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 28 1956...

• James Wolfensohn
  James Wolfensohn
  Sir James David Wolfensohn AO KBE FKC was the ninth president of the World Bank Group.-Early life:James Wolfensohn was born in Sydney, Australia, on 1 December 1933...
  
  , Ivan Lund
  Ivan Lund
  Ivan Lund was an Australian Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:...
  
  , Keith Hackshall
  Keith Hackshall
  Keith Hackshall was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Hilbert Van Dijk
  Hilbert Van Dijk
  Hilbert Van Dijk was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on December 5 1956. 35 fencers from 17 nations competed.-Results:...

• Graham McKenzie
  Graham McKenzie (fencer)
  Graham McKenzie is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Leslie Fadgyas
  Leslie Fadgyas
  Leslie Fadgyas was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:...
  
  
• Sandor Szoke
  Sandor Szoke
  Sandor Szoke was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a founding member of the VRI Fencing Club in May 1949, a week after the IOC awarded Melbourne the 15th Olympiad....
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on December 3 1956...

• Leslie Fadgyas
  Leslie Fadgyas
  Leslie Fadgyas was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:...
  
  , Alexander Martonffy, Emeric Santo
  Emeric Santo
  Emeric Santo is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Leslie Kovacs
  Leslie Kovacs
  Leslie Kovacs was an Australian fencer. He competed in the team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:...
  
  , Sandor Szoke
  Sandor Szoke
  Sandor Szoke was an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a founding member of the VRI Fencing Club in May 1949, a week after the IOC awarded Melbourne the 15th Olympiad....
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 29 1956. 23 fencers from 11 nations competed.-Results:...

• Denise O'Brien
  Denise O'Brien
  Denise O'Brien is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Lois Joseph
• Joy Hardon
  Joy Hardon
  Joy Hardon is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Alan Barblett
• Geoffrey Bennett
• Brian Booth
  Brian Booth
  Brian Charles Booth is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1961 to 1966. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury. Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman...
  
  
• Kevin Carton
• Kenneth Clarke
• Ian Dick
  Ian Dick
  Ian Robinson Dick is an Australian cricketer and field hockey player who played one match for Western Australia in 1950 and also captained Australia in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne...
  
  
• John Dwyer
• Maurice Foley
• Louis Hailey
• Glen Jobson
• Dennis Kemp
• Keith Leeson
• Donald Mecklem
• Eric Pearce
• Gordon Pearce