Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 189 competitors, 163 men and 26 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.[1]

Great Britain at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors189 (163 men and 26 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearerGeorge Mackenzie
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
6
Silver
7
Bronze
11
Total
24
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Melbourne Games saw an improvement on Great Britain and Northern Ireland's performance at the two preceding Games. British athletes won six gold medals (up from just one in 1952). Overall, they won twenty-four medals, finishing eighth.

Medallists

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Boxing 2 1 2 5
Athletics 1 4 2 7
Equestrian 1 0 2 3
Swimming 1 0 1 2
Fencing 1 0 0 1
Cycling 0 1 2 3
Sailing 0 1 2 3
Total 6 7 11 24

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14.8s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500m

  • Final 3:42.6 (→ 5th place)
  • Ian Boyd
  • Final 3:43.0 (→ 8th place)
  • Ken Wood
  • Final 3:44.76 (→ 9th place)

Men's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Round 41.45 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight ( 63.5 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight ( 67 kg)

Men's Middleweight ( 75 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
Team road race
Individual road race

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round 68.34 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Preliminary Round 62.56 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Preliminary Round 60.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round 49.15
  • Final 76.15 (→ 7th place)
  • Preliminary Round 46.55
  • Final 69.05 (→ 12th place)

Fencing

Nine fencers, seven men and two women, represented Great Britain in 1956.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

The British Gymnastics team competed in 15 events, and was made up of 14 gymnasts, (6 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner, competing in his third Summer Olympics.

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1956.

Individual
Team
  • Donald Cobley
  • Thomas Hudson
  • George Norman

Rowing

Great Britain had 12 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's single sculls - unplaced
Men's double sculls - unplaced
Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Great Britain in 1956.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "England Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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