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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 1 United States at the1956 Summer OlympicsFlag of the United StatesIOC codeUSANOCUnited States Olympic Committeein Melbourne StockholmCompetitors297 251 men and 46 women in 18 sportsFlag bearerNorman ArmitageMedalsRanked 2ndGold 32 Silver 25 Bronze 17 Total 74Summer Olympics appearances overview 18961900190419081912192019241928193219361948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008201220162020Other related appearances1906 Intercalated Games Contents 1 Medalists 1 1 Gold 1 2 Silver 1 3 Bronze 2 Athletics 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Canoeing 6 Cycling 7 Diving 8 Fencing 9 Football soccer 10 Gymnastics 11 Hockey 12 Modern pentathlon 13 Rowing 14 Sailing 15 Shooting 16 Swimming 17 Water polo 18 Weightlifting 19 Wrestling 20 See also 21 ReferencesMedalists EditGold Edit 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 Team Competition 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 StarSilver Edit 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 Jose 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 Andre 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 MiddleweightBronze Edit 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 FinnAthletics EditMain 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 EditMain article Basketball at the 1956 Summer OlympicsBoxing EditMain article Boxing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsCanoeing EditMain article Canoeing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsCycling EditMain article Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics SprintJack Disney 5th placeTime trialAllen Bell 1 12 8 10th place TandemDonald FergusonJames Rossi 8th placeTeam pursuitAllen BellArt LongsjoDavid RhoadsRichard Cortright 15th placeIndividual road raceJoseph 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 EditMain article Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men s 10m Platform Gary TobianPreliminary Round 76 77 Final 152 41 Silver Medal Richard ConnorPreliminary Round 80 24 Final 149 79 Bronze Medal William FarrellPreliminary Round 75 07 Final 139 12 6th place Women s 10m Platform Pat McCormickPreliminary Round 51 28 Final 84 85 Gold Medal Juno Stover IrwinPreliminary Round 50 81 Final 81 64 Silver Medal Paula Jean Myers PopePreliminary Round 52 96 Final 81 58 Bronze Medal Fencing EditMain article Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics 18 fencers represented the United States in 1956 Men s foilAlbie Axelrod Hal Goldsmith Byron KriegerMen s team foilAlbie Axelrod Daniel Bukantz Hal Goldsmith Byron Krieger Nate Lubell Sewall ShurtzMen s epeeRichard Pew Sewall Shurtz Kinmont HoitsmaMen s team epeeSewall Shurtz Richard Pew Ralph Goldstein Abram Cohen Kinmont HoitsmaMen s sabreAllan Kwartler George Worth Tibor NyilasMen s team sabreTibor Nyilas George Worth Abram Cohen Rex Dyer Allan Kwartler Norman Cohn ArmitageWomen s foilJan York Romary Maxine Mitchell Judy GoodrichFootball soccer EditMain article Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics Preliminary RoundLost to Yugoslavia 1 9 did not advanceTeam RosterJohn Carden citation needed Ronald Coder citation needed Bill Conterio 2 Rolf Decker citation needed Jim Dorrian 2 Svend Engedal 2 Harry Keough 2 Bill Looby 2 Alfonso Marina citation needed Ruben Mendoza 2 Lloyd Monsen 2 Ed Murphy 2 Dick Packer Zenon Snylyk 2 Herman Wecke 2 Siegbert Wirth citation needed Al Zerhusen 2 Head Coach Jimmy Mills citation needed Gymnastics EditMain article Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer OlympicsHockey EditMain article Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics Team RosterKurt UckoModern pentathlon EditMain article Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956 winning silver in the team event IndividualGeorge Lambert Bill Andre Jack DanielsTeamGeorge Lambert Bill Andre Jack DanielsRowing EditMain article Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956 3 Men s single scullsJohn B KellyMen s double scullsPat Costello Jim GardinerMen s coxless pairJames Fifer Duvall HechtMen s coxed pairDan Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert cox Men s coxless fourJohn Welchli John McKinlay Art McKinlay James McIntoshMen s coxed fourJames Wynne Douglas Turner James McMullen Ronald Cardwell Edward Masterson cox Men s eightThomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean cox Sailing EditMain article Sailing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsShooting EditMain article Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956 Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event 25 m pistolJohn Beaumont John Forman50 m pistolOffutt Pinion Joe Benner300 m rifle three positionsJames Smith Herbert Voelcker50 m rifle three positionsArt Jackson Verle Wright Jr 50 m rifle proneArt Jackson Verle Wright Jr Swimming EditMain article Swimming at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWater polo EditMain article Water polo at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting EditMain article Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWrestling EditMain article Wrestling at the 1956 Summer OlympicsSee also EditUnited States at the 1955 Pan American GamesReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media 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