Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Swimming at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre |
Dates | 29 November – 7 December 1956 |
No. of events | 13 |
Competitors | 235 from 33 nations |
Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing.[1][2] For the first time, the butterfly stroke was contested as a separate event. Australia dominated the medal standings with a total of 8 out of a possible 13 gold medals, eventually finishing with 14 medals overall.
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Medalists
[edit]Men's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
Jon Henricks![]() |
55.4 (WR) | John Devitt![]() |
55.8 | Gary Chapman![]() |
56.7 |
400 m freestyle |
Murray Rose![]() |
4:27.3 (WR) | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka![]() |
4:30.4 | George Breen![]() |
4:32.5 |
1500 m freestyle |
Murray Rose![]() |
17:58.9 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka![]() |
18:00.3 | George Breen![]() |
18:08.2 |
100 m backstroke |
David Theile![]() |
1:02.2 (WR) | John Monckton![]() |
1:03.2 | Frank McKinney![]() |
1:04.5 |
200 m breaststroke |
Masaru Furukawa![]() |
2:34.7 | Masahiro Yoshimura![]() |
2:36.7 | Kharis Yunichev![]() |
2:36.8 |
200 m butterfly |
William Yorzyk![]() |
2:19.3 | Takashi Ishimoto![]() |
2:23.8 | György Tumpek![]() |
2:23.9 |
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
![]() Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks |
8:23.6 (WR) | ![]() Dick Hanley George Breen Bill Woolsey Ford Konno |
8:31.5 | ![]() Vitaly Sorokin Vladimir Struzhanov Gennady Nikolayev Boris Nikitin |
8:34.7 |
Women's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
Dawn Fraser![]() |
1:02.0 (WR) | Lorraine Crapp![]() |
1:02.3 | Faith Leech![]() |
1:05.1 |
400 m freestyle |
Lorraine Crapp![]() |
4:54.6 (OR) | Dawn Fraser![]() |
5:02.5 | Sylvia Ruuska![]() |
5:07.1 |
100 m backstroke |
Judy Grinham![]() |
1:12.9 (WR) | Carin Cone![]() |
1:12.9 (WR) | Margaret Edwards![]() |
1:13.1 |
200 m breaststroke |
Ursula Happe![]() |
2:53.1 (OR) | Éva Székely![]() |
2:54.8 | Eva-Maria Elsen![]() |
2:55.1 |
100 m butterfly |
Shelley Mann![]() |
1:11.0 (OR) | Nancy Ramey![]() |
1:11.9 | Mary Sears![]() |
1:14.4 |
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
![]() Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp |
4:17.1 (WR) | ![]() Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza |
4:19.2 | ![]() Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh |
4:25.7 |
Participating nations
[edit]235 swimmers from 33 nations competed.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 December 2023.