United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.[1]

United States at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors297 (251 men and 46 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerNorman Armitage
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
32
Silver
25
Bronze
17
Total
74
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
  • Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
  • Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
  • Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
  • Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
  • Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
  • Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, William Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's
  • Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
  • Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
  • William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
  • Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
  • Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
  • Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star

Silver
  • Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
  • Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
  • John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
  • José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
  • Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
  • James McIntosh, Art McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
  • George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
  • David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
  • Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Bronze
  • Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
  • Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
  • Paula Jean Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
  • John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
  • Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
  • George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
  • George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
  • Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
  • James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
  • John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

  • Nick Costes — 2:42:20 (→ 20th place)
  • John J. Kelley — 2:43:40 (→ 21st place)
  • Dean Thackwray — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Sprint
  • Jack Disney — 5th place
Time trial
  • Allen Bell — 1:12.8 (→ 10th place)
Tandem
  • Donald Ferguson
    James Rossi — 8th place
Team pursuit
  • Allen Bell
    Art Longsjo
    David Rhoads
    Richard Cortright — 15th place
Individual road race
  • Joseph Becker — 5:38:16 (→ 43rd place)
  • David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Erhard Neumann — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • George Van Meter — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 76.77
  • Final — 152.41 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Richard Connor
  • Preliminary Round — 80.24
  • Final — 149.79 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • William Farrell
  • Preliminary Round — 75.07
  • Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 51.28
  • Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Juno Stover-Irwin
  • Preliminary Round — 50.81
  • Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Paula Jean Myers-Pope
  • Preliminary Round — 52.96
  • Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal)

Fencing

18 fencers represented the United States in 1956.

Men's foil
  • Albie Axelrod
  • Hal Goldsmith
  • Byron Krieger
Men's team foil
  • Albie Axelrod, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith, Byron Krieger, Nate Lubell, Sewall Shurtz
Men's épée
  • Richard Pew
  • Sewall Shurtz
  • Kinmont Hoitsma
Men's team épée
  • Sewall Shurtz, Richard Pew, Ralph Goldstein, Abram Cohen, Kinmont Hoitsma
Men's sabre
  • Allan Kwartler
  • George Worth
  • Tibor Nyilas
Men's team sabre
  • Tibor Nyilas, George Worth, Abram Cohen, Rex Dyer, Allan Kwartler, Norman Cohn-Armitage
Women's foil
  • Jan York-Romary
  • Maxine Mitchell
  • Judy Goodrich

Football (soccer)
Main article: Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Preliminary round
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
  • Team roster

Head coach: Jimmy Mills

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Team roster
  • Kurt Ucko

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event.

Individual
Team
  • George Lambert
  • Bill Andre
  • Jack Daniels

Rowing

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956.[3]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
  • Pat Costello
  • Jim Gardiner
Men's coxless pair
  • James Fifer
  • Duvall Hecht
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
  • John Welchli
  • John McKinlay
  • Art McKinlay
  • James McIntosh
Men's coxed four
  • James Wynne
  • Douglas Turner
  • James McMullen
  • Ronald Cardwell
  • Edward Masterson (cox)
Men's eight

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956. Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.

25 m pistol
  • John Beaumont
  • John Forman
50 m pistol
  • Offutt Pinion
  • Joe Benner
300 m rifle, three positions
  • James Smith
  • Herbert Voelcker
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

See also

References
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  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Football at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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