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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 were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956. Athletics Medal table ... List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners.
The Philippines competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 39 competitors, 35 men and 4 women, took part in 30 events in 7 sports. [1]A resolution was filed at the Philippine Congress which sought a Philippine boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics as a protest against the White Australia policy which targeted immigrants with an Asian background. [2]
This was the second time the Olympics were not held entirely in one country, the first being the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, with some events taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Despite uncertainties and various complications encountered during the preparations, the 1956 Games went ahead in Melbourne as planned and turned out ...
Team USA has dominated men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics, winning 16 of 20 gold medals since the event made its debut as a medal sport in 1936. ... 1956 Melbourne Olympics: gold. 1960 Rome ...
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
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.