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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/editions">Games</a></li><li class="active">1956 Summer Olympics Overview</li> </ol> <h1>1956 Summer Olympics</h1> <h2>Facts</h2> <table class='biotable'> <tr> <th>Competition type</th> <td>Olympic Games</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Number and Year</th> <td>XVI / 1956</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Host city</th> <td> Melbourne, Australia (<a href="/venues/editions/14">Venues</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Opening ceremony</th> <td> 22 November </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Closing ceremony</th> <td> 8 December </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Competition dates</th> <td> 22 November – 8 December </td> </tr> <tr> <th>OCOG</th> <td><a href="/organizations/349">Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Participants</th> <td> <a href="/counts/edition/14">3190</a> from <a href="/editions/14/countries">67 countries</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Medal events</th> <td> 145 in 20 disciplines </td> </tr> <tr> <th>Other events</th> <td> 2 in 2 disciplines </td> </tr> </table> <h2> Overview </h2> <div class='description'> <p>For the only time in history the Games of the Olympiad were contested in two different countries (there was a slight exception to this in 1920). In 1949, the IOC awarded the Olympics to Australia by a single vote. This was to be the first time the Games would be held in the southern hemisphere and necessitated the Games being held very late in the year to take advantage of the early part of the Australian summer. The IOC would later learn dismayed that Australian quarantine laws would not allow the importation of horses for the equestrian events without an extended quarantine period. It was decided, bypassing the <em>Olympic Charter</em>, to contest separate Olympic Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden. These were held in June without incident.</p> <p>Between June and the Melbourne Olympics, the world was thrown into turmoil. On 29 October, Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Then on 4 November 1956, 200,000 Soviet troops invaded Budapest, Hungary, to quell political uprisings in that country. Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq withdrew in protest of Israel’s action. The Netherlands, Spain, and, somewhat surprisingly, Switzerland withdrew in protest of the Soviet action. Switzerland kept alive its record of competing in every modern Olympics only because it had already been represented by athletes in Stockholm. These protests constituted the first true boycott in modern Olympic history, though the scene would be repeated in future Olympics. The Gold Coast, Guatemala, and Panama also did not enter the 1956 Olympic Games, although it is not exactly clear if this was part of a planned boycott or because of the distance to Australia.</p> <p>With that background, water polo had the unusual distinction of being perhaps the most awaited event of the Olympics. In one of the round robin matches, the Soviet Union met the Hungarians, usually a water polo power. The athletes from both countries wasted no time in breaking all known rules and niceties of water polo. The water was literally blood red in several areas during the match and several players had to be helped out of the water because of bleeding. Hungary achieved some measure of revenge for the invasion of its country when it won, 4-0.</p> <p>Three Soviet gymnasts and Hungarian gymnast <a href="/athletes/28630">Ágnes Keleti</a> won three or more gold medals in the gym. After the Olympics, Keleti refused to return to Hungary in protest of the Soviet intrusion into her nation, emigrating first to Australia, and eventually to Israel. But the most popular athletes in Melbourne were Australian female sprinter <a href="/athletes/64506">Betty Cuthbert</a>, who won the 100 and 200 metres and helped Australia win the 400 metre relay; Australian swimmer <a href="/athletes/45280">Murray Rose</a>, who won three gold medals in the swimming pool; and the American sprinter <a href="/athletes/78814">Bobby Joe Morrow</a>, who duplicated Cuthbert’s victories in the men’s events.</p> <p>The Games were less well attended than those of other years because of the travel distance to Australia. Still, all the major sporting countries were represented. In a precursor of problems to come, the People’s Republic of China (Peking, later Beijing) withdrew because the Republic of China (Taipei, then Taiwan) was allowed to compete. The question of the two countries representation would not be resolved for 28 years.</p> <p>The Closing Ceremony of the Melbourne was poignant and new to the Olympics. At the Closing Ceremony, the competing nations had been represented previously only by a flag bearer and the name standard bearer. But an Australian boy named John Ian Wing had written to the Melbourne Organizing Committee and suggested a change. He proposed that the athletes march in as a group, without regard to nationality or sport, to show how the athletes of varying nations had come together during the two weeks of the Olympics. As the final march of the athletes occurred at the Closing Ceremony, the Australian crowd serenaded them with the mystical Scottish hymn, “Will Ye’ No’ Come Back Again?” The Official Report noted, “A wave of emotion swept over the crowd, the Olympic Flame was engulfed in it and died; the Olympic flag went out in tears, not cheers, and a great silence. This, more than any remembered laurel of the Games, was something no-one had ever experienced before – not anywhere in the world, not anywhere in time.”</p> </div> <h2>Bid process</h2> <div class='description'> <p>Bid voting at the 44th <a href="/meetings">IOC Session</a> in Roma on 28 April 1949.</p> <table class="table table-striped"> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> <th>Round 1</th> <th>Round 2</th> <th>Round 3</th> <th>Round 4</th> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Melbourne</td> <td>Australia</td> <td>14</td> <td>18</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Buenos Aires</td> <td>Argentina</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>20</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Los Angeles, California</td> <td>United States</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Detroit, Michigan</td> <td>United States</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Ciudad de México</td> <td>Mexico</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Chicago, Illinois</td> <td>United States</td> <td>1</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Minneapolis, Minnesota</td> <td>United States</td> <td>1</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <td class="city">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</td> <td>United States</td> <td>1</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> </tr></table> <p>Montréal, Québec (Canada) and San Francisco, California (United States) had entered preliminary bids.</p> </div> <h2>Ceremonies</h2> <table class='table table-striped table-condensed'> <tr> <th><a href="/ceremonies/officially_opened">Officially opened by</a></th> <td><a href="/athletes/1100013">Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a></td><td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td><td></td><td>His Royal Highness</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/ceremonies/torch_bearers">Torchbearer</a></th> <td><a href="/athletes/64643">Ron Clarke</a></td><td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" />AUS</a></td><td>ATH</td><td>Lit flame</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/ceremonies/athlete_oath">Taker of the Athlete's Oath</a></th> <td><a href="/athletes/64724">John Landy</a></td><td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" />AUS</a></td><td>ATH</td><td></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/ceremonies">Flagbearers</a></th> <td><a href="/flagbearers?edition_id=14">Full list</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <h2>Medal Disciplines</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/GAR">Artistic Gymnastics</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/CTR">Cycling Track</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/SAL">Sailing</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/ATH">Athletics</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/DIV">Diving</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/SHO">Shooting</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/BKB">Basketball</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/FEN">Fencing</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/SWM">Swimming</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/BOX">Boxing</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/FBL">Football</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/WPO">Water Polo</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/CMA">Canoe Marathon</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/HOC">Hockey</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/WLF">Weightlifting</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/CSP">Canoe Sprint</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/MPN">Modern Pentathlon</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/WRE">Wrestling</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/CRD">Cycling Road</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/ROW">Rowing</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <h2>Other Disciplines</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <tr> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/ARF">Australian Rules Football</a> </td> <td> <a href="/editions/14/sports/BBL">Baseball</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <h2>Medal table</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th colspan='2'>NOC</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/URS">Soviet Union</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>29</td> <td>32</td> <td>98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/USA">United States</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>25</td> <td>17</td> <td>74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/AUS">Australia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" /> AUS</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/HUN">Hungary</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/HUN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/HUN.png" /> HUN</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>26</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ITA">Italy</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /> ITA</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GBR">Great Britain</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" /> GBR</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/SWE">Sweden</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/SWE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SWE.png" /> SWE</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ROU">Romania</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ROU"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ROU.png" /> ROU</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GER">Germany</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GER"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GER.png" /> GER</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/JPN">Japan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" /> JPN</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/FRA">France</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FRA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FRA.png" /> FRA</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/TUR">Türkiye</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/TUR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/TUR.png" /> TUR</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/FIN">Finland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FIN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FIN.png" /> FIN</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/IRI">Islamic Republic of Iran</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/IRI"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/IRI.png" /> IRI</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CAN">Canada</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CAN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CAN.png" /> CAN</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NZL">New Zealand</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NZL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NZL.png" /> NZL</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/POL">Poland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/POL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/POL.png" /> POL</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/TCH">Czechoslovakia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/TCH"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/TCH.png" /> TCH</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BUL">Bulgaria</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BUL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BUL.png" /> BUL</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/IRL">Ireland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/IRL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/IRL.png" /> IRL</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/DEN">Denmark</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/DEN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/DEN.png" /> DEN</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/NOR">Norway</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" /> NOR</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/MEX">Mexico</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/MEX"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/MEX.png" /> MEX</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BRA">Brazil</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BRA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BRA.png" /> BRA</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/IND">India</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/IND"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/IND.png" /> IND</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/YUG">Yugoslavia</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/YUG"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/YUG.png" /> YUG</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CHI">Chile</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHI"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHI.png" /> CHI</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BEL">Belgium</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BEL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BEL.png" /> BEL</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ARG">Argentina</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ARG"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ARG.png" /> ARG</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/KOR">Republic of Korea</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/KOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KOR.png" /> KOR</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/ISL">Iceland</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ISL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ISL.png" /> ISL</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/PAK">Pakistan</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/PAK"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/PAK.png" /> PAK</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/RSA">South Africa</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RSA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RSA.png" /> RSA</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/AUT">Austria</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUT"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUT.png" /> AUT</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GRE">Greece</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GRE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GRE.png" /> GRE</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/BAH">The Bahamas</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BAH"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BAH.png" /> BAH</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/URU">Uruguay</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URU"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URU.png" /> URU</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> </table> <h2>Most successful competitors</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Nat</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Bronze</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/28630">Ágnes Keleti</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/HUN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/HUN.png" /> HUN</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/29198">Larisa Latynina</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a><br/><a href="/countries/UKR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/UKR.png" /> UKR</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/31270">Viktor Chukarin</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a><br/><a href="/countries/UKR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/UKR.png" /> UKR</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/31262">Valentin Muratov</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" /> RUS</a><br/><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/45280">Murray Rose</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" /> AUS</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/64506">Betty Cuthbert</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" /> AUS</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/78814">Bobby Joe Morrow</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/45020">Lorraine Crapp</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" /> AUS</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/45044">Dawn Fraser</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" /> AUS</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/22677">Edoardo Mangiarotti</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /> ITA</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </table> <p> <i><a href="/editions/14/medal">All medalists at these Games</a></i> </p> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>Due to strict quarantine laws in Australia, the equestrian events of the 1956 Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden, 5 months before the main competitions in Melbourne.</p> </div> </div> <div class='container'> <p> <a href="/users/sign_in">Login</a> | <a href="/statistics/olympedia">Statistics</a> | <a href="/static/about">About</a> | <a href="/static/faq">FAQ</a> | <a href="/feedbacks/new">Feedback</a> </p> <p> © <a href="/static/about">OlyMADMen</a> 2006 — 2023 </p> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/lightbox.min-40fdcc195c5982250c8901f2c160e15342941a311faf6372c04117c0d9c44bc7.js"></script> <script> $('.footnote').tooltip(); 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