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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