Summer Olympics Games - 1956 - Melbourne - Australia

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Calendar

The competition takes place from 14th June till 8th December .

Click on the day to display the detailed schedule of this day.

	Thu 14	Sun 17	Thu 22	Fri 23	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 01	Mon 03	Tue 04	Wed 05	Thu 06	Fri 07	Sat 08
Amateur Boxing												10
Athletics				3	5		5	4	5	2	3	6
Basketball			Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	2
Canoeing											4	5
Cycling																	2
Diving													1	1		1	1
Equestrian	2	4
Fencing				1			1		1	1	1		1		1
Field hockey				Q	Q		Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	2
Football - Soccer					Q		Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q		Q	Q		1	1
Freestyle wrestling									8
Greco-roman wrestling													8
Gymnastics															5	8	2
Modern Pentathlon									2
Rowing								7
Sailing															5
Shooting sports											1	2		2	2
Swimming										Q	2	2	1	1	2	3	2
Track Cycling					1		1									2
Water Polo									Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q
Weightlifting				2	2		3
	Thu 14	Sun 17	Thu 22	Fri 23	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 01	Mon 03	Tue 04	Wed 05	Thu 06	Fri 07	Sat 08

Events list for the Olympics Games

Medal Table

Click on a country to view medalists

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	37	29	32	98
2	United States	33	25	17	75
3	Australia	13	8	14	35
4	Hungary	9	10	7	26
5	Italy	8	8	9	25
6	Sweden	8	5	6	19
7	Germany	6	13	7	26
8	Great Britain	6	7	11	24
9	Romania	5	3	5	13
10	Japan	4	10	5	19
11	France	4	4	6	14
12	Turkey	3	2	2	7
13	Finland	3	1	11	15
14	Iran	2	2	1	5
15	Canada	2	1	3	6
16	New Zealand	2	0	0	2
17	Poland	1	4	4	9
18	Bulgaria	1	3	1	5
19	Denmark	1	2	1	4
20	Ireland	1	1	3	5
21	Norway	1	0	2	3
22	Mexico	1	0	1	2
23	Brazil	1	0	0	1
23	India	1	0	0	1
25	Czechoslovakia	0	4	1	5
26	Yugoslavia	0	3	0	3
27	Chile	0	2	2	4
28	Belgium	0	2	0	2
29	Argentina	0	1	1	2
29	Republic of Korea	0	1	1	2
31	Iceland	0	1	0	1
31	Pakistan	0	1	0	1
33	South Africa	0	0	4	4
34	Austria	0	0	2	2
35	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
35	Greece	0	0	1	1
35	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
35	Uruguay	0	0	1	1