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      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.


      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
      Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
      Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
      Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
      Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
      Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
      Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
      Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
      Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
      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 Team
      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
      Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star
      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


      = 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
      John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn
      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


      Athletics



      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




      Boxing




      Canoeing




      Cycling



      Sprint
      Jack Disney — 5th place
      Time trial
      Allen Bell — 1:12.8 (→ 10th place)
      Tandem
      Donald FergusonJames Rossi — 8th place
      Team pursuit
      Allen BellArt LongsjoDavid RhoadsRichard 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

      Gary Tobian
      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

      Pat McCormick
      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)



      Preliminary round
      Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
      Team roster
      John Carden
      Ronald Coder
      Bill Conterio
      Rolf Decker
      Jim Dorrian
      Svend Engedal
      Harry Keough
      Bill Looby
      Alfonso Marina
      Ruben Mendoza
      Lloyd Monsen
      Ed Murphy
      Dick Packer
      Zenon Snylyk
      Herman Wecke
      Siegbert Wirth
      Al Zerhusen
      Head coach: Jimmy Mills


      Gymnastics




      Hockey



      Team roster
      Kurt Ucko


      Modern pentathlon



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

      Individual
      George Lambert
      Bill Andre
      Jack Daniels
      Team
      George Lambert
      Bill Andre
      Jack Daniels


      Rowing



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

      Men's single sculls
      John B. Kelly
      Men's double sculls
      Pat Costello
      Jim Gardiner
      Men's coxless pair
      James Fifer
      Duvall Hecht
      Men's coxed pair
      Dan Ayrault
      Conn Findlay
      Kurt Seiffert (cox)
      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
      Thomas Charlton
      David Wight
      John Cooke
      Donald Beer
      Caldwell Esselstyn
      Charles Grimes
      Rusty Wailes
      Robert Morey
      William Becklean (cox)


      Sailing




      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
      Art Jackson
      Verle Wright, Jr.
      50 m rifle, prone
      Art Jackson
      Verle Wright, Jr.


      Swimming




      Water polo




      Weightlifting




      Wrestling




      See also


      United States at the 1955 Pan American Games


      References

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