Melbourne - Australia - OG 1956 - Detailed day schedule : 26th November

Times shown in bold are those of the competition venue and if they do, those in brackets are adjusted to your local time.

Sport	Time	Events
	Not set	Athletics Women's 100 m 1 Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 11.5 2 Christa Stubnick (DDR) 11.7 3 Marlene Matthews (AUS) 11.7 Athletics Men's 800 m 1 Tom Courtney (USA) 1:47.7 2 Derek Johnson (GBR) 1:47.8 3 Audun Boysen (NOR) 1:48.1 Athletics Men's 110 m Hurdles 1 Lee Calhoun (USA) 13.5 2 Jack Davis (USA) 13.5 3 Joel Shankle (USA) 14.1 Athletics Men's Pole vault 1 Bob Richards (USA) 4.56 2 Bob Gutowski (USA) 4.53 3 Georgios Roubanis (GRE) 4.50 Athletics Men's Javelin throw 1 Egil Danielsen (NOR) 85.71 2 Janusz Sidlo (POL) 79.98 3 Viktor Tsybulenko (URS) 79.50
	Not set	Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C Uruguay 83 - 60 Republic of Korea
	Not set	Fencing Men's Foil 1 Christian D'oriola (FRA) 64 2 Giancarlo Bergamini (ITA) 52 3 Antonio Spallino (ITA) 52
	Not set	Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group A India 14 - 0 Afghanistan Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group A Singapore 6 - 1 United States Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group B Australia 3 - 2 Malaysia
	Not set	Football - Soccer First Round United Kingdom 9 - 0 Thailand
	Not set	Track Cycling Men's Tandem 1 Australia (AUS) 2 Czechoslovakia (CZE) 3 Italy (ITA)
	Not set	Weightlifting Men's 75 - 82.5 kg 1 Tommy Kono (USA) 447.5 2 Vaslijs Stepanovs (URS) 427.5 3 Jim George (USA) 417.5 Weightlifting Men's 82.5 - 90 kg 1 Arkady Vorobyov (URS) 462.5 2 Dave Sheppard (USA) 442.5 3 Jean Debuf (FRA) 425.0 Weightlifting Men's + 90 kg 1 Paul Edward Anderson (USA) 500.0 2 Humberto Selvetti (ARG) 500.0 3 Alberto Pigaiani (ITA) 452.5