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1906 Intercalated Games 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 ]
The 1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, from November 22 to December 1, 1956.The team was led by 22-year-old Bill Russell, who averaged 14.1 points per game. [1]
United States: 18.57 m (OR) Bill Nieder United States: 18.18 m Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia: 17.65 m Discus throw details: Al Oerter United States: 56.36 m (OR) Fortune Gordien United States: 54.81 m Des Koch United States: 54.40 m Hammer throw details: Hal Connolly United States: 63.19 m (OR) Mikhail Krivonosov Soviet Union: 63.03 m Anatoliy ...
United States: 14.1 400 metres hurdles details: Glenn Davis United States: 50.1 (=OR) Eddie Southern United States: 50.8 Josh Culbreath United States: 51.6 3000 metres steeplechase details: Chris Brasher Great Britain: 8:41.2 (OR) Sándor Rozsnyói Hungary: 8:43.6 Ernst Larsen Norway: 8:44.0 4 × 100 metres relay details United States (USA) Ira ...
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, [1] and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held from 22 November to 8 December in Melbourne, Australia, with the equestrian events being held from 10 to 17 June 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden, [2] due to Australian quarantine regulations that required a six-month pre-shipment ...
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956.
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.
1956 Summer Olympics takes place in Melbourne, Australia Equestrian events take place in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian quarantine laws. USSR wins the most medals (98), and the most gold medals (37). 1956 Winter Olympics takes place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy USSR wins the most medals (16), and the most gold medals (7).