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<span>Participating National Olympic Committees</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Participating_National_Olympic_Committees-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Participating National Olympic Committees subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Participating_National_Olympic_Committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Number_of_athletes_by_National_Olympic_Committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Number_of_athletes_by_National_Olympic_Committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Number_of_athletes_by_National_Olympic_Committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medal_count" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medal_count"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Medal count</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medal_count-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD_1956" title="Мельбурн 1956 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Мельбурн 1956" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9_1956" title="الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1956 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1956" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuegos_Olimpicos_de_Melbourne/Estocolmo_1956" title="Chuegos Olimpicos de Melbourne/Estocolmo 1956 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Chuegos Olimpicos de Melbourne/Estocolmo 1956" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Melbourne_1956" title="Xuegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xuegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Yay_Olimpiya_Oyunlar%C4%B1" title="1956 Yay Olimpiya Oyunları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1956 Yay Olimpiya Oyunları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiade_Masan_Panes_1956" title="Olimpiade Masan Panes 1956 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Olimpiade Masan Panes 1956" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_n%C3%AE_H%C4%81-k%C3%B9i_Olympic_%C5%AAn-t%C5%8Dng-ho%C4%93" title="1956 nî Hā-kùi Olympic Ūn-tōng-hoē – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1956 nî Hā-kùi Olympic Ūn-tōng-hoē" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96_1956" title="Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96_1956_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83" title="Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956 году – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956 году" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_1956" title="Летни олимпийски игри 1956 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Летни олимпийски игри 1956" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpijske_igre_1956." title="Olimpijske igre 1956. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Olimpijske igre 1956." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocs_Ol%C3%ADmpics_d%27Estiu_de_1956" title="Jocs Olímpics d'Estiu de 1956 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Jocs Olímpics d'Estiu de 1956" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letn%C3%AD_olympijsk%C3%A9_hry_1956" title="Letní olympijské hry 1956 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Letní olympijské hry 1956" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommer-OL_1956" title="Sommer-OL 1956 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sommer-OL 1956" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Sommerspiele_1956" title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1956 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1956" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956._aasta_suveol%C3%BCmpiam%C3%A4ngud" title="1956. aasta suveolümpiamängud – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1956. aasta suveolümpiamängud" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CE%9F%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CE%91%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82_1956" title="Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1956 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1956" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Melbourne_1956" title="Juegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Juegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somera_Olimpiko_1956" title="Somera Olimpiko 1956 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Somera Olimpiko 1956" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956ko_Udako_Olinpiar_Jokoak" title="1956ko Udako Olinpiar Jokoak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1956ko Udako Olinpiar Jokoak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B5%DB%B6" title="بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۶ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۶" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_olympiques_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_1956" title="Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympyske_Simmerspullen_1956" title="Olympyske Simmerspullen 1956 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Olympyske Simmerspullen 1956" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xogos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_1956" title="Xogos Olímpicos de 1956 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Xogos Olímpicos de 1956" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%EB%85%84_%ED%95%98%EA%B3%84_%EC%98%AC%EB%A6%BC%ED%94%BD" title="1956년 하계 올림픽 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1956년 하계 올림픽" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D6%85%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%80_1956" title="Ամառային օլիմպիական խաղեր 1956 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ամառային օլիմպիական խաղեր 1956" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95" title="1956 ग्रीष्मकालीन ओलंपिक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="1956 ग्रीष्मकालीन ओलंपिक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI._Olimpijske_igre_%E2%80%93_Melbourne_1956." title="XVI. Olimpijske igre – Melbourne 1956. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="XVI. Olimpijske igre – Melbourne 1956." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiala_Ludi_en_Melbourne,_1956" title="Olimpiala Ludi en Melbourne, 1956 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Olimpiala Ludi en Melbourne, 1956" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiade_Musim_Panas_1956" title="Olimpiade Musim Panas 1956 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Olimpiade Musim Panas 1956" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumar%C3%B3lymp%C3%ADuleikarnir_1956" title="Sumarólympíuleikarnir 1956 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sumarólympíuleikarnir 1956" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giochi_della_XVI_Olimpiade" title="Giochi della XVI Olimpiade – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Giochi della XVI Olimpiade" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9F_(1956)" title="אולימפיאדת מלבורן (1956) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אולימפיאדת מלבורן (1956)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB%D2%93%D1%8B_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B7%D2%93%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="1956 жылғы Жазғы Олимпиада ойындары – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1956 жылғы Жазғы Олимпиада ойындары" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_aestiva_1956" title="Olympia aestiva 1956 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Olympia aestiva 1956" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956._gada_vasaras_olimpisk%C4%81s_sp%C4%93les" title="1956. gada vasaras olimpiskās spēles – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1956. gada vasaras olimpiskās spēles" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympesch_Summerspiller_1956" title="Olympesch Summerspiller 1956 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Olympesch Summerspiller 1956" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_m._vasaros_olimpin%C4%97s_%C5%BEaidyn%C4%97s" title="1956 m. vasaros olimpinės žaidynės – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1956 m. vasaros olimpinės žaidynės" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956._%C3%A9vi_ny%C3%A1ri_olimpiai_j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kok" title="1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_1956" title="Летни олимписки игри 1956 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Летни олимписки игри 1956" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95" title="१९५६ उन्हाळी ऑलिंपिक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="१९५६ उन्हाळी ऑलिंपिक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81_1956" title="اوليمبياد صيف 1956 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوليمبياد صيف 1956" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B5%DB%B6_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="۱۹۵۶ تابستونی المپیک – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۹۵۶ تابستونی المپیک" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukan_Olimpik_Musim_Panas_1956" title="Sukan Olimpik Musim Panas 1956 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sukan Olimpik Musim Panas 1956" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%97%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="1956 оны Зуны Олимп – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="1956 оны Зуны Олимп" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_1956" title="Melbourne 1956 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Melbourne 1956" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Zomerspelen_1956" title="Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Olympische Zomerspelen 1956" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%E5%B9%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="1956年メルボルンオリンピック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1956年メルボルンオリンピック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommer-OL_1956" title="Sommer-OL 1956 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sommer-OL 1956" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommar-OL_1956" title="Sommar-OL 1956 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sommar-OL 1956" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B2cs_Olimpics_d%27estiu_de_1956" title="Jòcs Olimpics d'estiu de 1956 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Jòcs Olimpics d'estiu de 1956" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82" title="1956 ਓਲੰਪਿਕ ਖੇਡਾਂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1956 ਓਲੰਪਿਕ ਖੇਡਾਂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letnie_Igrzyska_Olimpijskie_1956" title="Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1956 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1956" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Ver%C3%A3o_de_1956" title="Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1956 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1956" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocurile_Olimpice_de_var%C4%83_din_1956" title="Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1956 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1956" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_1956" title="Летние Олимпийские игры 1956 – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Летние Олимпийские игры 1956" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B%D2%A5%D2%A5%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="1956 Сайыҥҥы Олимпия оонньуулара – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1956 Сайыҥҥы Олимпия оонньуулара" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Simmer_Olympics" title="1956 Simmer Olympics – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="1956 Simmer Olympics" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joca_Olimpici_d%C3%BB_1956" title="Joca Olimpici dû 1956 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Joca Olimpici dû 1956" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%94%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A" title="1956 ගිම්හාන ඔලිම්පික් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="1956 ගිම්හාන ඔලිම්පික්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1956 Summer Olympics" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letn%C3%A9_olympijsk%C3%A9_hry_1956" title="Letné olympijské hry 1956 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Letné olympijské hry 1956" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poletne_olimpijske_igre_1956" title="Poletne olimpijske igre 1956 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Poletne olimpijske igre 1956" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%86%DA%B5%DB%86%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%A1%D9%A9%D9%A5%D9%A6" title="ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ١٩٥٦ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ١٩٥٦" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5_1956." title="Летње олимпијске игре 1956. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Летње олимпијске игре 1956." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljetne_olimpijske_igre_1956." title="Ljetne olimpijske igre 1956. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ljetne olimpijske igre 1956." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kes%C3%A4olympialaiset_1956" title="Kesäolympialaiset 1956 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kesäolympialaiset 1956" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiska_sommarspelen_1956" title="Olympiska sommarspelen 1956 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Olympiska sommarspelen 1956" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%96%D3%99%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B5_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_1956" title="Җәйге Олимпия уеннары 1956 – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Җәйге Олимпия 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width: 22em"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Games of the XVI Olympiad</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/145px-1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/218px-1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/290px-1956_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="132" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Emblem of the 1956 Summer Olympics</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia / <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">Nations</a></th><td class="infobox-data">72</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletes</th><td class="infobox-data">3,314 (2,938 men, 376 women)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Events</th><td class="infobox-data">151 in 17 <a href="/wiki/Olympic_sports" title="Olympic sports">sports</a> (23 disciplines)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening</th><td class="infobox-data">22 November 1956</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closing</th><td class="infobox-data">8 December 1956</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_opened_the_Olympic_Games" title="List of people who have opened the Olympic Games">Opened by</a></th><td class="infobox-data vcard attendee"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a><sup id="cite_ref-Opening_and_Cauldron_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opening_and_Cauldron-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed by</th><td class="infobox-data vcard attendee"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Avery_Brundage" title="Avery Brundage">Avery Brundage</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_International_Olympic_Committee" title="President of the International Olympic Committee">President of the International Olympic Committee</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_torchbearers_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_cauldron" title="List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron">Cauldron</a></th><td class="infobox-data vcard attendee"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Clarke" title="Ron Clarke">Ron Clarke</a><sup id="cite_ref-Opening_and_Cauldron_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opening_and_Cauldron-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium" title="Olympic Stadium">Stadium</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"><b>Summer</b></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">Helsinki 1952</a></span></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">Rome 1960</a></span> →</div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"><b>Winter</b></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">Cortina 1956</a></span></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">Squaw Valley 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href="/wiki/Template:1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Template:1956 Summer Olympics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Template talk:1956 Summer Olympics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1956 Summer Olympics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1956 Summer Olympics</b>, officially the <b>Games of the XVI Olympiad</b> and officially branded as <b>Melbourne 1956</b>, were an international <a href="/wiki/Multi-sport_event" title="Multi-sport event">multi-sport event</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics">equestrian events</a>, which were held in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden, in June 1956. </p><p>These Games were the first to be staged in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics. Due to the Southern Hemisphere's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere, the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year, because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host's spring/summer (which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere's autumn/winter), resulting in the only summer games ever to be held in November and December. Australia hosted the Games for a second time in <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, and will host them again in <a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics" title="2032 Summer Olympics">2032</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. </p><p>The Olympic equestrian events could not be held in Melbourne due to Australia's strict <a href="/wiki/Australian_Quarantine_and_Inspection_Service" title="Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service">quarantine regulations</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AOC_Equestrian_article_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AOC_Equestrian_article-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so they were held in Stockholm five months earlier. This was the second time the Olympics were not held entirely in one country, the first being the <a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, Belgium, with some events taking place in <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend, Belgium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam, Netherlands</a>. Despite uncertainties and various complications encountered during the preparations, the 1956 Games went ahead in Melbourne as planned and turned out to be a success. Started during the 1956 Games was the "Parade of Athletes" at the closing ceremonies. </p><p>Nine teams boycotted the Games for various reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four teams (Egypt, Iraq, Cambodia and Lebanon) boycotted in response to the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a><sup id="cite_ref-1956SOG1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1956SOG1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, in which <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> was invaded by <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boycott_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boycott-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four teams (the Netherlands, Spain, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) boycotted in response to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet invasion of Hungary">Soviet invasion of Hungary</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-history_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1956SOG2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1956SOG2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>'s boycott was in response to a dispute with the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> over the right to represent China.<sup id="cite_ref-olympics1976_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympics1976-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-olympic2004_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympic2004-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the Olympics">Soviet Union</a> won the most gold and overall medals at these Games. </p><p>One of the most notable events of the games was a <a href="/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match" title="Blood in the Water match">controversial water polo match</a> between the Soviet Union and the defending champions, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>. The Soviet Union had recently suppressed an <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">anti-authoritarian revolution</a> in Hungary and violence broke out between the teams during the match, resulting in numerous injuries. When Hungary's <a href="/wiki/Ervin_Z%C3%A1dor" title="Ervin Zádor">Ervin Zádor</a> suffered bleeding after being punched by Soviet Union's <a href="/wiki/Valentin_Prokopov" title="Valentin Prokopov">Valentin Prokopov</a>, spectators attempted to join the violence, but they were blocked by police. The match was cancelled, with Hungary being declared the winner because they were in the lead. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Host_city_selection">Host city selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Host city selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melbourne was selected as the host city over bids from <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, Mexico City, Montreal, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and San Francisco at the 43rd <a href="/wiki/IOC_Session" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC Session">IOC Session</a> in Rome, Italy on 28 April 1949. Mexico City, Montreal and Los Angeles would eventually be selected to host the <a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a> and <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>1956 Summer Olympics bidding results<sup id="cite_ref-votes_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">City </th> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th colspan="4" style="background:silver;">Round </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:silver;">1 </th> <th style="background:silver;">2 </th> <th style="background:silver;">3 </th> <th style="background:silver;">4 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>14</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>18</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>19</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>21</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many members of the <a href="/wiki/IOC" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC">IOC</a> were skeptical about Melbourne as an appropriate site. Its location in the Southern Hemisphere was a major concern since the reversal of seasons would mean the Games must be held during the northern winter. The November–December schedule was thought likely to inconvenience athletes from the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, who were accustomed to resting during their winter. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Notwithstanding these concerns, the field of candidates eventually narrowed to two Southern Hemisphere cities, these being Melbourne and <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>. Melbourne was selected, in 1949, to host the 1956 Olympics by a one-vote margin. The first sign of trouble was the revelation that Australian equine quarantine would prevent the country from hosting the equestrian events.<sup id="cite_ref-AOC_Equestrian_article_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AOC_Equestrian_article-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stockholm was selected as the alternative site, so equestrian competition began on 10 June, five and a half months before the rest of the Olympic Games were to open. </p><p>The above problems of the Melbourne Games were compounded by bickering over financing among Australian politicians. Eventually, in March 1953, the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_State_Government" title="Victoria State Government">State Government</a> accepted a £2 million loan from the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Government" title="Australian Government">Commonwealth Government</a> to build the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Village" title="Olympic Village">Olympic Village</a>, which would accommodate up to 6,000 people, in <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg_West,_Victoria" title="Heidelberg West, Victoria">Heidelberg West</a>. After the Olympics, the houses in the village were handed back to the <a href="/wiki/Housing_Commission_of_Victoria" title="Housing Commission of Victoria">Housing Commission</a> for general public housing.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At one point, IOC President <a href="/wiki/Avery_Brundage" title="Avery Brundage">Avery Brundage</a> suggested that Rome, which was to host the 1960 Games, was so far ahead of Melbourne in preparations that it might be ready as a replacement site in 1956. Constructing of the sporting venues was given priority over the athlete's village.<sup id="cite_ref-tmf_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmf-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The village was designed as a whole new suburb with semi-detached houses and flats, the first village that both sexes could cohabitate the same buildings instead of gender designated sections.<sup id="cite_ref-tmf_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmf-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As late as April 1955, Brundage, who was presiding over the Olympics for the first time, was still doubtful about Melbourne and was not satisfied by an inspection trip to the city. Construction was well under way by then, thanks to a $4.5 million federal loan to Victoria, but it was behind schedule. He still held out the possibility that Rome might have to step in. </p><p>By the beginning of 1956, though, it was obvious that Melbourne would be ready for the Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participation_and_boycotts">Participation and boycotts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Participation and boycotts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1956_Summer_Olympics_(Melbourne)_boycotting_countries_(blue).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png/350px-1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png/525px-1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png/700px-1956_Summer_Olympics_%28Melbourne%29_boycotting_countries_%28blue%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>Countries that boycotted the 1956 Games are shaded blue</figcaption></figure> <p>Egypt, Iraq, Cambodia and Lebanon announced that they would not participate in the Olympics in response to the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a> when Egypt was invaded by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France. </p><p>The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Liechtenstein boycotted the event in protest of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s crushing of the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution,_1956" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian Revolution, 1956">Hungarian Revolution</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> chose to boycott the event because the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> had been allowed to compete. </p><p>Athletes from both <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West</a> Germany competed together as a <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="United Team of Germany">combined team</a> (a remarkable display of unity that was repeated in <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a> and <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a>, but was then discontinued). </p><p>Although the number of countries participating (67) was almost the same as in 1952 (69), the number of athletes competing dropped sharply, from 4,925 to 3,342. (This figure does not include the 158 athletes from 29 countries who took part in the Stockholm equestrian competition.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once underway, the Games progressed smoothly, and came to be known as the "Friendly Games".<sup id="cite_ref-tmf_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmf-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Betty_Cuthbert" title="Betty Cuthbert">Betty Cuthbert</a>, an 18-year-old from Sydney, won the 100 and 200 metre sprint races and ran an exceptional final leg in the 4 x 100 metre relay to overcome Great Britain's lead and claim her third gold medal, becoming known as the "Golden Girl". The veteran <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Strickland" title="Shirley Strickland">Shirley Strickland</a> repeated her 1952 win in the 80 metre hurdles and was also part of the winning 4 x 100 metre relay team, bringing her career Olympic medal total to seven: three golds, a silver, and three bronze medals. </p><p>Australia also triumphed in swimming. They won all of the freestyle races, men's and women's, and collected a total of eight gold, four silver and two bronze medals. <a href="/wiki/Murray_Rose" title="Murray Rose">Murray Rose</a> became the first male swimmer to win two freestyle events(and a total three events) since <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Weissmuller" title="Johnny Weissmuller">Johnny Weissmuller</a> in 1924, while <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Fraser" title="Dawn Fraser">Dawn Fraser</a> won gold medals in the 100 metre freestyle and as the leadoff swimmer in the 4 x 100 metre relay team. </p><p>The men's track and field events were dominated by the United States. They not only won 15 of the 24 events, they <a href="/wiki/Podium_sweep" title="Podium sweep">swept</a> four of them and took first and second place in five others. <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Morrow" title="Bobby Morrow">Bobby Morrow</a> led the way with gold medals in the 100 and 200 metre sprints and the 4 x 100 metre relay. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtney" title="Tom Courtney">Tom Courtney</a> barely overtook Great Britain's <a href="/wiki/Derek_Johnson_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Derek Johnson (athlete)">Derek Johnson</a> in the 800 metre run, then collapsed from the exertion and needed medical attention. </p><p>Ireland's <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Delany" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronnie Delany">Ronnie Delany</a> ran an outstanding 53.8 over the last 400 metres to win the 1,500 metre run(also Ireland's last gold medal in track events), in which favourite <a href="/wiki/John_Landy" title="John Landy">John Landy</a> of Australia finished third. </p><p>There was a major upset, marred briefly by controversy, in the 3,000 metre steeplechase. Little-known <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brasher" title="Chris Brasher">Chris Brasher</a> of Great Britain finished well ahead of the field, but the judges disqualified him for interfering with Norway's <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Larsen" title="Ernst Larsen">Ernst Larsen</a>, and they announced <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Rozsny%C3%B3i" title="Sándor Rozsnyói">Sándor Rozsnyói</a> of Hungary as the winner. Brasher's appeal was supported by Larsen, Rozsnyói, and fourth-place finisher <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Laufer" title="Heinz Laufer">Heinz Laufer</a> of Germany. Subsequently, the decision was reversed and Brasher became the first Briton to win a gold medal in track and field since 1936. </p><p><a href="/wiki/USSR_at_the_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR at the Summer Olympics">Soviet</a> runner <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kuts" title="Vladimir Kuts">Vladimir Kuts</a> won two golds by winning both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre events. </p><p>Only two world records were set in track and field. <a href="/wiki/Mildred_McDaniel" title="Mildred McDaniel">Mildred McDaniel</a>, the first American woman to win gold in the sport, set a high jump record of 1.76 metres (5.8 ft), and <a href="/wiki/Egil_Danielsen" title="Egil Danielsen">Egil Danielsen</a> of Norway overcame blustery conditions with a remarkable javelin throw of 85.71 metres (281.2 ft). </p><p>Throughout the Olympics, Hungarian athletes were cheered by fans from Australia and other countries. Many of them gathered in the boxing arena when thirty-year-old <a href="/wiki/Laszlo_Papp" class="mw-redirect" title="Laszlo Papp">Laszlo Papp</a> of Hungary won a record third gold medal by beating <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Torres_(boxer)" title="José Torres (boxer)">José Torres</a> for the light-middleweight championship. </p><p>A few days later, the crowd was with the Hungarian water polo team in its hotly contested and emotionally charged <a href="/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match" title="Blood in the Water match">match</a> against the Soviet Union which took place against the background of the <a href="/wiki/1956_Hungarian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 Hungarian Revolution">Soviet invasion of Hungary</a>. The game became rough and, when a Hungarian was forced to leave the pool with a bleeding wound above his eye, a riot almost broke out. The police restored order and the game was called early, with Hungary leading <span class="nowrap">4–0</span>, and the Hungarians went on to win the gold medal. </p><p>In a much publicized Olympic romance, American <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_hammer_throw" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw">hammer throw champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Hal_Connolly" title="Hal Connolly">Hal Connolly</a> would marry Czechoslovak <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_discus_throw" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw">discus throw champion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olga_Fikotov%C3%A1" title="Olga Fikotová">Olga Fikotová</a>. After moving to the United States, Olga wanted to continue representing Czechoslovakia, but the <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_Olympic_Committee" title="Czechoslovak Olympic Committee">Czechoslovak Olympic Committee</a> would not allow her to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-FT_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thereafter, as Olga Connolly, she took part in every Olympics until 1972<sup id="cite_ref-FT_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> competing for the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-sr_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_flag_bearers_for_the_United_States_at_the_Olympics" title="List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics">flag bearer for the U.S. team</a> at the 1972 Summer Olympics. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/India_men%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="India men's national field hockey team">India men's national field hockey team</a> won its sixth consecutive Olympic gold. </p><p>Despite the international tensions of 1956—or perhaps because of them—a young Melburnian, <a href="/wiki/John_Ian_Wing" title="John Ian Wing">John Ian Wing</a>, came up with a new idea for the closing ceremony. Instead of marching as separate teams, behind their national flags, the athletes mingled together as they paraded into and around the arena for a final appearance before the spectators. It was the start of an Olympic tradition that has been followed ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympic_torch_relay">Olympic torch relay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Olympic torch relay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG/220px-1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG/330px-1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG/440px-1956_Olympic_Torch_relay_Cairns.JPG 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Torch relay monument, Cairns</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Olympic_flame" title="Olympic flame">Olympic flame</a> was relayed to Melbourne after being lit at <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a> on 2 November 1956. </p><p>Greek runners took the flame from Olympia to <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>. The flame was then transferred to a <a href="/wiki/Davy_lamp" title="Davy lamp">miner's lamp</a>, flown by a <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_Constellation" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Constellation">Super Constellation</a> aircraft, "Southern Horizon" to <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin, Northern Territory</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> jet bomber transported the flame to <a href="/wiki/Cairns,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Cairns, Queensland">Cairns, Queensland</a>, where it arrived on 9 November 1956 and the Mayor of Cairns, Alderman W.J. Fulton, lit the first torch with the torch design was identical to the one used for the <a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948 London Games</a> (except for the engraved city name and year). </p><p>The first runner was Con Verevis, a local man of Greek parentage. The flame was relayed down the east coast of Australia using <a href="/wiki/Die_casting" title="Die casting">die cast</a> aluminium torches weighing about 3 pounds (1.8 kg). </p><p>The flame arrived in Melbourne on 22 November 1956, the day of the opening ceremony and The flame was lit at the Olympic stadium by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Clarke" title="Ron Clarke">Ron Clarke</a>, who accidentally burned his arm in the process. </p><p>While the Olympic flame was being carried to Sydney, an Australian <a href="/wiki/Veterinary_surgeon" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterinary surgeon">veterinary student</a> named <a href="/wiki/1956_Olympic_flame_hoax" title="1956 Olympic flame hoax">Barry Larkin</a> carried a fake Olympic Flame and fooled the mayor of Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television">Television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Olympics were first televised during the <a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 games</a> to a domestic audience in Berlin. The <a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956 Winter Olympics</a> in Cortina d'Ampezzo were broadcast internationally with the organising committee giving the television rights gratis.<sup id="cite_ref-obs_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there was much interest in the games overseas, no international television or newsreel rights were awarded, as the Melbourne organising committee requested licensing payments for the broadcasting rights.<sup id="cite_ref-obs_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, domestic rights to the games were hastily agreed by the then three Melbourne stations, <a href="/wiki/GTV_(Australian_TV_station)" title="GTV (Australian TV station)">GTV9</a>, <a href="/wiki/HSV_(TV_station)" title="HSV (TV station)">HSV7</a> and <a href="/wiki/ABV_(TV_station)" title="ABV (TV station)">ABV2</a>, only a week before the opening ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldblatt_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldblatt-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABayley_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABayley-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three Sydney stations, <a href="/wiki/TCN" title="TCN">TCN9</a>, <a href="/wiki/ATN" title="ATN">ATN7</a> and <a href="/wiki/ABN_(TV_station)" title="ABN (TV station)">ABN2</a>, syndicated the Melbourne coverage. <a href="/wiki/Television_in_Australia" title="Television in Australia">television in Australia</a> was new having its beginnings in September 1956, so for many Australians, their first glimpse of television was Olympic broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-fma_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fma-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around five thousand television sets were in Australia by the time of the Games, so the domestic audience largely watched the games at community halls and at <a href="/wiki/Ampol" title="Ampol">Ampol</a> petrol stations.<sup id="cite_ref-ABayley_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABayley-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1956 Summer Olympics featured 17 different sports encompassing 23 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 151 events (145 events in Melbourne and 6 equestrian events in Stockholm).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 17em;"> <ul><li>Aquatics <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Diving_pictogram.svg/20px-Diving_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Diving_pictogram.svg/30px-Diving_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Diving_pictogram.svg/40px-Diving_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Diving</a> <small>(4)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Swimming_pictogram.svg/20px-Swimming_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Swimming_pictogram.svg/30px-Swimming_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Swimming_pictogram.svg/40px-Swimming_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Swimming</a> <small>(13)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Water_polo_pictogram.svg/20px-Water_polo_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Water_polo_pictogram.svg/30px-Water_polo_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Water_polo_pictogram.svg/40px-Water_polo_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Water polo</a> <small>(1)</small></li></ul></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/20px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/30px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/40px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Athletics</a> <small>(33)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/20px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/30px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/40px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Basketball</a> <small>(1)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/20px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/30px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/40px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Boxing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Boxing</a> <small>(10)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg/30px-Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg/40px-Canoeing_%28slalom%29_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canoeing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canoeing</a> <small>(9)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/30px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/40px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cycling</a> <ul><li>Road <small>(2)</small></li> <li>Track <small>(4)</small></li></ul></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Equestrian_pictogram.svg/20px-Equestrian_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Equestrian_pictogram.svg/30px-Equestrian_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Equestrian_pictogram.svg/40px-Equestrian_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Equestrian</a> <ul><li>Dressage <small>(2)</small></li> <li>Eventing <small>(2)</small></li> <li>Show jumping <small>(2)</small></li></ul></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fencing_pictogram.svg/20px-Fencing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fencing_pictogram.svg/30px-Fencing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fencing_pictogram.svg/40px-Fencing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Fencing</a> <small>(7)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Field_hockey_pictogram.svg/20px-Field_hockey_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Field_hockey_pictogram.svg/30px-Field_hockey_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Field_hockey_pictogram.svg/40px-Field_hockey_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Field hockey</a> <small>(1)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/20px-Football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/30px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/40px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Association football</a> <small>(1)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg/30px-Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg/40px-Gymnastics_%28artistic%29_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Gymnastics</a> <small>(15)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg/20px-Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg/30px-Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg/40px-Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_%28pre-2025%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Modern pentathlon</a> <small>(2)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rowing_pictogram.svg/20px-Rowing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rowing_pictogram.svg/30px-Rowing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rowing_pictogram.svg/40px-Rowing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Rowing</a> <small>(7)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/20px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/30px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/40px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sailing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sailing</a> <small>(5)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Shooting_pictogram.svg/20px-Shooting_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Shooting_pictogram.svg/30px-Shooting_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Shooting_pictogram.svg/40px-Shooting_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shooting_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Shooting</a> <small>(7)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/20px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/30px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/40px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Weightlifting</a> <small>(7)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Wrestling_pictogram.svg/20px-Wrestling_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Wrestling_pictogram.svg/30px-Wrestling_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Wrestling_pictogram.svg/40px-Wrestling_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Wrestling</a> <ul><li>Freestyle <small>(8)</small></li> <li>Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demonstration_sports">Demonstration sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demonstration sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Australian_football_pictogram.svg/20px-Australian_football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Australian_football_pictogram.svg/30px-Australian_football_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Australian_football_pictogram.svg/40px-Australian_football_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australian football</a> <small>(1)</small></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Baseball_pictogram.svg/20px-Baseball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Baseball_pictogram.svg/30px-Baseball_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Baseball_pictogram.svg/40px-Baseball_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Baseball</a> <small>(1)</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_olmpic_pool_(lexus_centre).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg/220px-Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg/330px-Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg/440px-Melbourne_olmpic_pool_%28lexus_centre%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The heritage registered former Olympic Pool (now the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Entertainment_Centre" title="Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre">Holden Centre</a>), viewed from the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Venues_of_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Venues of the 1956 Summer Olympics">Venues of the 1956 Summer Olympics</a></div> <dl><dt>Ballarat</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wendouree" title="Lake Wendouree">Lake Wendouree</a> – Canoeing, Rowing</li></ul> <dl><dt>Melbourne</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows,_Victoria" title="Broadmeadows, Victoria">Broadmeadows</a> – Cycling (road)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Entertainment_Precinct" title="Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct">Hockey Field</a> – Field hockey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> – Athletics, Field hockey (final), Football (final)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaklands_Hunt_Club" title="Oaklands Hunt Club">Oaklands Hunt Club</a> – Modern pentathlon (riding, running)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park Stadium</a> – Football</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Phillip Bay">Port Phillip Bay</a> – Sailing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Williams" title="RAAF Williams">Royal Australian Air Force, Laverton Air Base</a> – Shooting (shotgun)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a> – Basketball (final), Modern pentathlon (fencing), Weightlifting, Wrestling</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Town_Hall" title="St Kilda Town Hall">St Kilda Town Hall</a> – Fencing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Entertainment_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center">Swimming/Diving Stadium</a> (Olympic Pool) – Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Entertainment_Precinct" title="Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct">Velodrome</a> – Cycling (track)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_Hall,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Festival Hall, Melbourne">West Melbourne Stadium</a> – Basketball, Boxing, Gymnastics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Victoria" title="Williamstown, Victoria">Williamstown</a> – Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (pistol, rifle)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Stockholm</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lill-Jansskogen" title="Lill-Jansskogen">Lill-Jansskogen</a> – Equestrian (eventing)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockholm_Olympic_Stadium" title="Stockholm Olympic Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a> – Equestrian (dressage, eventing, jumping)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulriksdal_dirt_course" title="Ulriksdal dirt course">Ulriksdal</a> – Equestrian (eventing)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_National_Olympic_Committees">Participating National Olympic Committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Participating National Olympic Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png/220px-1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png/330px-1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png/440px-1956_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>Participating countries, those making their début are shown in blue.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif/220px-1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif/330px-1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif/440px-1956_Summer_olympics_team_numbers.gif 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>Number of athletes per country</figcaption></figure> <p>A total of 67 nations competed in the 1956 Olympics. Eight countries made their Olympic debuts: <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> (only competed in the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics">equestrian events</a> in Stockholm), <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>. Athletes from <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> competed together as the <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="United Team of Germany">United Team of Germany</a>, an arrangement that would last until 1968. </p><p>For the first time, the team of Republic of China effectively represented only <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. </p><p>Five nations competed in the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics">equestrian events</a> in Stockholm, but did not attend the Games in Melbourne. <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> did not compete in Melbourne due to a boycott regarding the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>, whilst the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Switzerland</a> all boycotted the Melbourne Olympics in protest at the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Soviet invasion of Hungary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nations that returned to the games in this edition included <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. </p><p>Nations that participated in the previous games in Helsinki 1952 but was absent in Melbourne 1956 included the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saar_Protectorate" title="Saar Protectorate">Saar</a>. Saar was annexed by West Germany. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Gold Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Guyana" class="mw-redirect" title="British Guyana">British Guyana</a> was all part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Participating <a href="/wiki/Category:Nations_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Category:Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics">National Olympic Committees</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(12 athletes)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Argentina</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(28)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(294)</span> <b>(host)</b></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Austria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(29)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bahamas_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bahamas</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Belgium</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(51)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bermuda</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(44)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(43)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Burma_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Burma</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(11)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canada</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(92)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ceylon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ceylon</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Chile</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(33)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colombia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Colombia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(26)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(63)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(31)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ethiopia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(12)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fiji_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Fiji</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Finland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(71)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1956 Summer Olympics">France</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(137)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United Team of Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(158)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(189)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Greece at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Greece</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(13)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guyana_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Guyana at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Guyana</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hong Kong</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(108)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Iceland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/33px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/44px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/India_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="India at the 1956 Summer Olympics">India</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(59)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Indonesia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Indonesia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(22)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/22px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/33px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/44px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(17)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Italy</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(129)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Jamaica</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Japan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(110)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Kenya</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(25)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Liberia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Liberia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/33px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/44px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Luxembourg</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(11)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malaya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Malaya</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(32)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Olympics">New Zealand</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(53)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(10)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Borneo_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="North Borneo at the 1956 Summer Olympics">North Borneo</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Norway</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(22)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Pakistan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(55)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/22px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/33px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/44px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peru_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Peru at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Peru</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(8)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(39)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Poland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(64)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Portugal</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(11)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Puerto Rico at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Puerto Rico</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(10)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Romania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(44)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Singapore</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(52)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics">South Africa</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(50)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics">South Korea</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(35)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(272)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(88)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of China at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Republic of China</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(13)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/33px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/44px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Thailand</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(38)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_%281889%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Trinidad and Tobago</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/33px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/44px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Turkey at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Turkey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(19)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uganda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uganda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uganda</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(297)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/33px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/44px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uruguay</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(21)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(19)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Vietnam at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Vietnam</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Yugoslavia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(35)</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>NOCs that participated in the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics">equestrian events</a> in Stockholm, but did not attend the Games in Melbourne: </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 17em;"> <ul><li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cambodia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Egypt_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Egypt</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Netherlands</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Spain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Switzerland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(9)</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number_of_athletes_by_National_Olympic_Committees">Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IOC Letter Code</a> </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Athletes </th></tr> <tr> <td>AFG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Afghanistan</a></td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ARG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Argentina</a></td> <td align="center">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AUS</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australia</a></td> <td align="center">294 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AUT</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Austria</a></td> <td align="center">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BAH</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas_%281953%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bahamas_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bahamas</a></td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BEL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Belgium</a></td> <td align="center">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BER</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bermuda_%281910%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bermuda</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BRA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a></td> <td align="center">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BUL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a></td> <td align="center">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BIR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Burma_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Burma</a></td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CAM</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cambodia</a></td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CAN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canada</a></td> <td align="center">92 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CEY</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281951%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ceylon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ceylon</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CHI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Chile</a></td> <td align="center">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>COL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colombia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Colombia</a></td> <td align="center">26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CUB</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cuba_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a></td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>TCH</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a></td> <td align="center">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>DEN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a></td> <td align="center">31 </td></tr> <tr> <td>EGY</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281952%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Egypt_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Egypt</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ETH</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ethiopia</a></td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FIJ</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Fiji_%281924%E2%80%931970%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fiji_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Fiji</a></td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FIN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Finland</a></td> <td align="center">71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FRA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1956 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td align="center">137 </td></tr> <tr> <td>EUA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United Team of Germany</a></td> <td align="center">158 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GRB</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td align="center">189 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GRE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Greece at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Greece</a></td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GUY</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_British_Guiana_%281955%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guyana_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Guyana at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Guyana</a></td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>HKG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hong Kong</a></td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>HUN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a></td> <td align="center">108 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ISL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Iceland</a></td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IND</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/33px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/44px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/India_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="India at the 1956 Summer Olympics">India</a></td> <td align="center">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>INA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Indonesia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Indonesia</a></td> <td align="center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IRN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/22px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/33px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/44px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Iran</a></td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IRL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ireland</a></td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ISR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/33px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/44px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Israel</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ITA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Italy</a></td> <td align="center">129 </td></tr> <tr> <td>JAM</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jamaica_%281906%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Jamaica</a></td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>JPN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Japan</a></td> <td align="center">110 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KEN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281921%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Kenya</a></td> <td align="center">25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LBR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Liberia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Liberia</a></td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LUX</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/33px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/44px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Luxembourg</a></td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MAL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malaya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Malaya</a></td> <td align="center">32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MEX</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mexico_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Mexico</a></td> <td align="center">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NED</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Netherlands</a></td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NZL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/22px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/44px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics">New Zealand</a></td> <td align="center">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NGR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Nigeria_%281952%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a></td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NBO</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_North_Borneo_%281948%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Borneo_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="North Borneo at the 1956 Summer Olympics">North Borneo</a></td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NOR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Norway</a></td> <td align="center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>PAK</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Pakistan</a></td> <td align="center">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>PER</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/22px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/33px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/44px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peru_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Peru at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Peru</a></td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>PHI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a></td> <td align="center">39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>POL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Poland</a></td> <td align="center">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>POR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Portugal</a></td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>PUR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico_%281952%E2%80%931995%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Romania</a></td> <td align="center">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SIN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Singapore at the 1956 Summer 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics">South Korea</a></td> <td align="center">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>URS</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Spain</a></td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SWE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a></td> <td align="center">88 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SUI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Civil_Ensign_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Switzerland</a></td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>RCF</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of China at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Republic of China</a></td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>THA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Turkey at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Turkey</a></td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>UGA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Uganda_Protectorate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uganda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uganda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uganda</a></td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>USA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td align="center">297 </td></tr> <tr> <td>URU</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a></td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>VNM</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Vietnam at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Vietnam</a></td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>JUG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Yugoslavia</a></td> <td align="center">35 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2;" style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"><b>Total</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"><b>3,325</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medal_count">Medal count</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Medal count"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics_medal_table" title="1956 Summer Olympics medal table">1956 Summer Olympics medal table</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_1956_Summer_Olympics_medal_winners" title="List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners">List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners</a></div> <p>These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1956 Games. </p> 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a></th><td>37</td><td>29</td><td>32</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United States</a></th><td>32</td><td>25</td><td>17</td><td>74</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:#ccccff;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australia</a>*</th><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>14</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a></th><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Italy</a></th><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a></th><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United Team of Germany</a></th><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></th><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania_%281952%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Romania</a></th><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Japan</a></th><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>19</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (10 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">128</th><th style="font-weight:bold">118</th><th style="font-weight:bold">113</th><th style="font-weight:bold">359</th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ccccff; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;">  *  </span> Host nation (Australia). <a href="/wiki/John_Ian_Wing" title="John Ian Wing">John Ian Wing</a> of Australia was also presented with a bronze medal, not included in the above table, for suggesting the closing ceremony have athletes as one nation.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li>Olympic Games held in Australia <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1956 Summer Olympics</a> – Melbourne</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a> – Sydney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics" title="2032 Summer Olympics">2032 Summer Olympics</a> – Brisbane</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">List of IOC country codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Summer_Deaflympics" title="2005 Summer Deaflympics">2005 Summer Deaflympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Commonwealth_Games" title="2006 Commonwealth Games">2006 Commonwealth Games</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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See <a href="/wiki/List_of_titles_and_honours_of_Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1956SOG1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1956SOG1_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cambodia and Egypt competed in the equestrian events but boycotted the rest of the Games.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1956SOG2-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1956SOG2_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland competed in the equestrian events but boycotted the rest of the Games.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Opening_and_Cauldron-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Opening_and_Cauldron_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Opening_and_Cauldron_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf">"Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Press release). 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href="/wiki/List_of_torchbearers_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_cauldron" title="List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron">lighters of the Olympic cauldron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_kept_the_Olympic_flag" title="List of people who have kept the Olympic flag">Keepers of the Olympic flag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympics_on_television" title="Olympics on television">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Broadcasting_Services" title="Olympic Broadcasting Services">Olympic Broadcasting Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Channel" title="Olympic Channel">Olympic Channel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Channel_(American_TV_channel)" title="Olympic Channel (American TV channel)">American</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media_coverage_of_the_Olympics" title="Social media coverage of the Olympics">Social media</a></li> <li>Films <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Summer_Olympic_documentary_films" title="List of Summer Olympic documentary films">summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Winter_Olympic_documentary_films" title="List of Winter Olympic documentary films">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_video_games" title="List of Olympic video games">Video games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_symbols" title="Olympic symbols">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_flame" title="Olympic flame">Flame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympiad" title="Olympiad">Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Oath" title="Olympic Oath">Oath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_songs_and_anthems" title="List of Olympic songs and anthems">Songs and anthems</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Hymn" title="Olympic Hymn">Hymn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_emblem" title="Olympic emblem">Emblem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_poster" title="Olympic poster">Poster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_mascots" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic mascots">Mascots</a></li> <li>Coins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_coins" title="Summer Olympic coins">summer (pre-2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Coins_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="Summer Olympic Coins (2000–present)">summer (2000-present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_coins" title="Winter Olympic coins">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin_Medal" title="Pierre de Coubertin Medal">Pierre de Coubertin Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Cup" title="Olympic Cup">Olympic Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Diploma_of_Merit" title="Olympic Diploma of Merit">Olympic Diploma of Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Laurel" title="Olympic Laurel">Olympic Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Order" title="Olympic Order">Olympic Order</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Art competitions at the Summer Olympics">Art competitions at the Olympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions" title="List of Olympic medalists in art competitions">medalists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals,_controversies_and_incidents" title="List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents">Scandals and controversies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Olympic_Games" title="Antisemitism in the Olympic Games">antisemitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonialism_and_the_Olympic_Games" title="Colonialism and the Olympic Games">colonialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doping_at_the_Olympic_Games" title="Doping at the Olympic Games">doping</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_and_Paralympic_deaths" title="Olympic and Paralympic deaths">Deaths</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympians_killed_in_World_War_I" title="List of Olympians killed in World War I">WWI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympians_killed_in_World_War_II" title="List of Olympians killed in World War II">WWII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participation_of_women_in_the_Olympics" title="Participation of women in the Olympics">Participation of women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a></li> <li>Continental <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Games" title="African Games">African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Games" title="European Games">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Games" title="Pacific Games">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games" title="Pan American Games">Pan-American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Esports_Series" title="Olympic Esports Series">Olympic Esports Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaflympics" title="Deaflympics">Deaflympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games" title="1906 Intercalated Games">1906 Intercalated Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Ancient Olympic Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #D5E6FF"><div id="Olympic_Games" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Olympic Games</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" title="1896 Summer Olympics">1896 Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics" title="1900 Summer Olympics">1900 Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics" title="1904 Summer Olympics">1904 St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Stockholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Summer_Olympics" title="1916 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1916 Berlin</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Antwerp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Summer_Olympics" title="1924 Summer Olympics">1924 Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Amsterdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics" title="1932 Summer Olympics">1932 Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1940 Tokyo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Summer_Olympics" title="1944 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1944 London</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952 Helsinki</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1956 Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Munich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Tokyo</a><sup id="cite_ref-COVID2021_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COVID2021-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024 Paris</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028 Los Angeles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics" title="2032 Summer Olympics">2032 Brisbane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2036_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2036 Summer Olympics">2036 TBD</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2040_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2040 Summer Olympics">2040 TBD</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Olympic rings"><img alt="Olympic rings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/110px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/165px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/220px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="158" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics" title="1924 Winter Olympics">1924 Chamonix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics" title="1928 Winter Olympics">1928 St. Moritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Winter_Olympics" title="1932 Winter Olympics">1932 Lake Placid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics" title="1936 Winter Olympics">1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Winter_Olympics" title="1940 Winter Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1940 Sapporo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Winter_Olympics" title="1944 Winter Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1944 Cortina d'Ampezzo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">1948 St. Moritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Winter_Olympics" title="1952 Winter Olympics">1952 Oslo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">1960 Squaw Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics" title="1964 Winter Olympics">1964 Innsbruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Winter_Olympics" title="1968 Winter Olympics">1968 Grenoble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics" title="1972 Winter Olympics">1972 Sapporo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Olympics" title="1976 Winter Olympics">1976 Innsbruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics" title="1980 Winter Olympics">1980 Lake Placid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics" title="1984 Winter Olympics">1984 Sarajevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988 Calgary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Winter_Olympics" title="1992 Winter Olympics">1992 Albertville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Olympics" title="1994 Winter Olympics">1994 Lillehammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998 Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Salt Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Torino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Vancouver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Sochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018 PyeongChang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Beijing</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics" title="2026 Winter Olympics">2026 Milano Cortina</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_Winter_Olympics" title="2030 Winter Olympics">2030 French Alps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2034_Winter_Olympics" title="2034 Winter Olympics">2034 Salt Lake City–Utah</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #D5E6FF"><div id="Youth_Olympic_Games" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games" title="Youth Olympic Games">Youth Olympic Games</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Summer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2010 Summer Youth Olympics">2010 Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2014 Summer Youth Olympics">2014 Nanjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2018 Summer Youth Olympics">2018 Buenos Aires</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2026 Summer Youth Olympics">2026 Dakar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_Summer_Youth_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2030 Summer Youth Olympics">2030</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Youth Olympic Games logo"><img alt="Youth Olympic Games logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg/110px-Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg/165px-Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg/220px-Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="296" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Winter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Winter_Youth_Olympics" title="2012 Winter Youth Olympics">2012 Innsbruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics" title="2016 Winter Youth Olympics">2016 Lillehammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Winter_Youth_Olympics" title="2020 Winter Youth Olympics">2020 Lausanne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Winter_Youth_Olympics" title="2024 Winter Youth Olympics">2024 Gangwon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2028_Winter_Youth_Olympics" title="2028 Winter Youth Olympics">2028</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #D5E6FF"><div><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WW1-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WW1_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WW2-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WW2_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WW2_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WW2_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WW2_29-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-COVID2021-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-COVID2021_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Postponed to 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #BFD7FF"><div> 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href="/wiki/Egypt_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Egypt</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Liberia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uganda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uganda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamas_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Guiana_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="British Guiana at the 1956 Summer Olympics">British Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Mexico at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Peru at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Puerto Rico at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Burma</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cambodia</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Ceylon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of China at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="India at the 1956 Summer Olympics">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Indonesia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaya_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="North Borneo at the 1956 Summer Olympics">North Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Vietnam at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1956 Summer Olympics">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1956 Summer 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href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Poland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Spain at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Spain</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Switzerland</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Turkey at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics">New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Association football</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australian football</a> (demonstration)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Baseball</a> (demonstration)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoeing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canoeing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Diving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_events_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Equestrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Fencing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Rowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Sailing</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Melbourne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows,_Victoria" title="Broadmeadows, Victoria">Broadmeadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Sportsground" title="Eastern Sportsground">Eastern Sportsground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wendouree" title="Lake Wendouree">Lake Wendouree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaklands_Hunt_Club" title="Oaklands Hunt Club">Oaklands Hunt Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip" title="Port Phillip">Port Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Williams" title="RAAF Williams">Royal Australian Air Force, Laverton Air Base</a></li> <li><a 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