Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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] For the first time, the butterfly stroke was contested as a separate event. Australia dominated the medal standings with a total of 8 out of a possible 13 gold medals, eventually finishing with 14 medals overall.

Medals Awarded

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Jon Henricks
 Australia		55.4 (WR) John Devitt
 Australia		55.8 Gary Chapman
 Australia		56.7
400 m freestyle
 Murray Rose
 Australia		4:27.3 (WR) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
 Japan		4:30.4 George Breen
 United States		4:32.5
1500 m freestyle
 Murray Rose
 Australia		17:58.9 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
 Japan		18:00.3 George Breen
 United States		18:08.2
100 m backstroke
 David Theile
 Australia		1:02.2 (WR) John Monckton
 Australia		1:03.2 Frank McKinney
 United States		1:04.5
200 m breaststroke
 Masaru Furukawa
 Japan		2:34.7 Masahiro Yoshimura
 Japan		2:36.7 Kharis Yunichev
 Soviet Union		2:36.8
200 m butterfly
 William Yorzyk
 United States		2:19.3 Takashi Ishimoto
 Japan		2:23.8 György Tumpek
 Hungary		2:23.9
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
  Australia (AUS)
Kevin O'Halloran
John Devitt
Murray Rose
Jon Henricks		8:23.6 (WR)  United States (USA)
Dick Hanley
George Breen
Bill Woolsey
Ford Konno		8:31.5  Soviet Union (URS)
Vitaly Sorokin
Vladimir Struzhanov
Gennady Nikolayev
Boris Nikitin		8:34.7

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Dawn Fraser
 Australia		1:02.0 (WR) Lorraine Crapp
 Australia		1:02.3 Faith Leech
 Australia		1:05.1
400 m freestyle
 Lorraine Crapp
 Australia		4:54.6 (OR) Dawn Fraser
 Australia		5:02.5 Sylvia Ruuska
 United States		5:07.1
100 m backstroke
 Judy Grinham
 Great Britain		1:12.9 (WR) Carin Cone
 United States		1:12.9 (WR) Margaret Edwards
 Great Britain		1:13.1
200 m breaststroke
 Ursula Happe
 United Team of Germany		2:53.1 (OR) Éva Székely
 Hungary		2:54.8 Eva-Maria Elsen
 United Team of Germany		2:55.1
100 m butterfly
 Shelley Mann
 United States		1:11.0 (OR) Nancy Ramey
 United States		1:11.9 Mary Sears
 United States		1:14.4
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  Australia (AUS)
Dawn Fraser
Faith Leech
Sandra Morgan
Lorraine Crapp		4:17.1 (WR)  United States (USA)
Sylvia Ruuska
Shelley Mann
Nancy Simons
Joan Rosazza		4:19.2  South Africa (RSA)
Natalie Myburgh
Susan Roberts
Moira Abernethy
Jeanette Myburgh		4:25.7

Participating nations

235 swimmers from 33 nations competed.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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