Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUS |
NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
Competitors | 294 (250 men, 44 women) |
Flag bearer | Mervyn Wood (rower) |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Summer Olympics appearances ( | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games –––– Australasia (1908–1912) |
Australia was the host nation for the equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden. 294 competitors, 250 men and 44 women, took part in 140 events in 18 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Betty Cuthbert – athletics, women's 100 metres
- Betty Cuthbert – athletics, women's 200 metres
- Shirley Strickland – athletics, women's 80 m Hurdles
- Fleur Wenham, and Shirley Strickland– athletics, women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Joey Browne and Anthony Marchant— Cycling, men's 2000 m Tandem
- Jon Henricks — Swimming, men's 100 m Freestyle
- Murray Rose — Swimming, men's 400 m Freestyle
- Murray Rose — Swimming, men's 1500 m Freestyle
- David Theile — Swimming, men's 100 m Backstroke
- John Devitt, Jon Henricks, Kevin O'Halloran, and Murray Rose — Swimming, men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Dawn Fraser — Swimming, women's 100 m Freestyle
- Lorraine Crapp — Swimming, women's 400 m Freestyle
- Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, and Sandra Morgan — Swimming, women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Silver
- Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper, Leon Gregory, and David Lean – athletics, men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Chilla Porter – athletics, men's High Jump
- Stuart Mackenzie – rowing, men's Single Sculls
- John Devitt — Swimming, men's 100 m Freestyle
- John Monckton — Swimming, men's 100 m Backstroke
- Lorraine Crapp — Swimming, women's 100 m Freestyle
- Dawn Fraser — Swimming, women's 400 m Freestyle
- Roland Tasker— Sailing, men's Sharpie 12 m²
Bronze
- Hector Hogan – athletics, men's 100 metres
- John Landy – athletics, men's 1500 metres
- Allan Lawrence– athletics, men's 10.000 metres
- Norma Thrower – athletics, women's 80 m Hurdles
- Marlene Mathews – athletics, women's 100 metres
- Marlene Mathews – athletics, women's 200 metres
- Kevin Hogarth — Boxing, men's Welterweight
- Walter Brown and Dennis Green– canoeing, men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs
- Dick Ploog — Cycling, men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
- Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood – rowing, men's Double Sculls
- Angus Benfield, David Boykett, Bryan Doyle, Harold Hewitt, Jim Howden, Walter Howell, Garth Manton, and Adrian Monger– rowing, men's Eights
- Gary Chapman — Swimming, men's 100 m Freestyle
- Faith Leech — Swimming, women's 100 m Freestyle
- Douglas Buxton, Devereaux Mytton, Ernest Wagstaff and Jock Sturrock — Sailing, men's 5½ Meter Class
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||||
Ted Allsopp | 20 km walk | — | 1:35:43.0 | 10 | |||||||||
50 km walk | — | DSQ | |||||||||||
James Bailey | 800 m | 1:51.1 | 1 Q | — | 1:51.4 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
Jim Bailey | 1500 m | DNS | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Ron Blackney | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:16.0 | 10 | — | DNF | ||||||||
Bill Butchart | 800 m | 1:51.6 | 3 Q | — | 1:53.8 | 4 Q | 1:52.0 | 8 | |||||
Gavin Carragher | 100 m | 11.36 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||||
John Chittick | 110 m hurdles | 15.18 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Ronald Crawford | 20 km walk | — | 1:39:35.0 | 13 | |||||||||
50 km walk | — | 5:22:36.0 | 13 | ||||||||||
Kenneth Doubleday
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110 m hurdles | 14.98 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Graham Gipson | 200 m | 22.06 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
400 m | 47.87 | 2 Q | 47.45 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Geoff Goodacre | 400 m hurdles | 52.5 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
John Goodman | 400 m | 48.73 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Kevan Gosper | 400 m | 48.07 | 1 Q | 46.83 | 1 Q | 46.45 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Hec Hogan
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100 m | 10.72 | 1 Q | 10.78 | 1 Q | 10.62 | 3 Q | 10.77 | |||||
200 m | 21.97 | 2 Q | 21.90 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Bob Joyce | 110 m hurdles | 15.02 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Don Keane
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20 km walk | Did not advance | 1:33:52.0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ray Land | 100 m | 11.05 | 2 Q | 11.15 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||||
John Landy | 1500 m | 3:48.6 | 3 Q | — | 3:42.0 | ||||||||
5000 metres | DNS | Did not advance | |||||||||||
Allan Lawrence
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5000 metres | 14:14.67 | 1 Q | — | DNS | ||||||||
10000 metres
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— | 28:53.6 | |||||||||||
David Lean | 400 m hurdles | 51.4 | 2 Q | — | 51.4 | 2 Q | 51.8 | 5 | |||||
Mervyn Lincoln
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1500 m | 3:45.4 | 1 Q | — | 3:51.9 | 12 | |||||||
Donald MacMillan | 800 m | 1:53.4 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Keith Ollerenshaw | Marathon | — | 2:48:12 | 25 | |||||||||
Ross Parker | 400 m hurdles | 53.5 | 1 Q | — | 52.6 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Les Perry | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||||||
David Power
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10000 metres
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— | 29:49.6 | 7 | |||||||||
Neil Robbins | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:55.62 | 5 Q | — | 8:50.36 | 7 | |||||||
John Russell | Marathon | — | 2:41:44 | 18 | |||||||||
Ray Smith | 50 km walk | — | 4:56:08.0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dave Stephens | 10000 metres
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— | NT | 20 | |||||||||
Albie Thomas | 5000 metres | 14:14.41 | 1 Q | — | 14:05.03 | 5 | |||||||
Graham Thomas
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3000 m steeplechase | 9:09.80 | 10 | — | DNF | ||||||||
Douglas Winston | 200 m | 22.20 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Gavin Carragher Edward McGlynn Ray Land Hector Hogan |
4×100 m relay | 40.72 | 1 Q | — | 40.72 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Leon Gregory Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper David Lean John Goodman |
4×400 m relay | 3:10.57 | 2 Q | — | 3:06.19 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
James Achurch | Javelin throw | 57.09 | 21 | Did not advance | |
Vesmonis Balodis
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Discus throw | 44.24 | 20 | Did not advance | |
Ian Bruce | Long jump | 6.91 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Martin Crowe | Hammer throw | 48.43 | 21 | Did not advance | |
Peter Denton
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Pole vault | 3.85 | 18 | Did not advance | |
Barry Donath | Shot put | 16.57 | 4 Q | 16.52 | 9 |
Neville Gadsen
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Hammer throw | 48.84 | 20 | Did not advance | |
Bob Grant | Javelin throw | 65.76 | 16 | Did not advance | |
Ronald Gray | Triple jump | 14.46 | 25 | Did not advance | |
Robert Hanlin
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Shot put | 15.62 | 11 Q | 16.08 | 11 |
Hugh Jack | Long jump | 6.90 | 24 | Did not advance | |
Charlie Morris | Hammer throw | 49.35 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Mike Moroney | Long jump | 7.09 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Brian Oliver
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Triple jump | 14.74 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Bruce Peever | Pole vault | 3.85 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Chilla Porter | High jump | 1.92 | 4 Q | 2.10 | |
Maurice Rich | Triple jump | 14.26 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Colin Ridgway | High jump | 1.92 | 16 Q | 2.00 | 7 |
John Vernon | 1.82 | 24 | Did not advance |
- Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Bruce | Result | 11.7 | 6.62 | 12.30 | 1.83 | 51.3 | 15.9 | 36.62 | 3.40 | 51.38 | 4:50.4 | 6025 | 11 |
Points | 678 | 672 | 609 | 806 | 751 | 612 | 536 | 476 | 554 | 331 | |||
John Cann | Result | 10.9 | 6.57 | 12.18 | 1.70 | 49.3 | 15.6 | 38.76 | 2.70 | 57.89 | 4:49.2 | 6278 | 10 |
Points | 948 | 659 | 598 | 656 | 900 | 673 | 592 | 226 | 686 | 340 | |||
Pat Leane | Result | 11.4 | 6.79 | 13.26 | 1.86 | 51.0 | 16.4 | 38.86 | 3.50 | 58.83 | 4:56.8 | 6427 | 9 |
Points | 768 | 722 | 696 | 845 | 772 | 523 | 595 | 516 | 706 | 284 |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Gloria Cooke
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80 m hurdles | 11.4 | 3 Q | — | 11.1 | 3 Q | 11.4 | 6 | |
Betty Cuthbert | 100 m | 11.4 OR | 1 Q | — | 12.0 | 2 Q | 11.5 | ||
200 m | 23.5 | 1 Q | — | 23.6 | 1 Q | 23.4 | |||
Norma Croker | 200 m | 24.9 | 2 Q | — | 24.3 | 3 Q | 24.0 | 4 | |
Marlene Mathews-Willard
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100 m | 11.5 | 1 Q | — | 11.6 | 1 Q | 11.7 | ||
200 m | 24.0 | 1 Q | — | 24.3 | 2 Q | 23.8 | |||
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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100 m | 11.7 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
80 m hurdles | 10.8 | 1 Q | — | 10.8 | 1 Q | 10.7 | |||
Norma Thrower | 80 m hurdles | 10.8 OR | 1 Q | — | 11.0 | 2 Q | 11.0 | ||
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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4×100 m relay | 44.9 WR | 1 Q | — | 44.5 WR |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Carole Bernoth
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High jump | 1.58 | 14 Q | 1.60 | 14 |
Nancy Borwick | Long jump | 5.80 | 5 Q | 5.82 | 8 |
Mary Breen | Shot put | 11.28 | 18 | Did not advance | |
Janice Cooper | High jump | 1.58 | 18 Q | 1.55 | 15 |
Shirley Cotton | Discus throw | 40.76 | 17 | Did not advance | |
June Heath | Javelin throw | 38.10 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Heather Innes | 38.72 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
Lois Jackman | Discus throw | 42,21 | 13 Q | 40.84 | 13 |
Margaret Johnson | Long jump | 5.59 | 16 | Did not advance | |
Valerie Dawn Lawrence
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Shot put | 13.43 | 10 Q | 13.12 | 13 |
Discus throw | 36.61 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
Michele Mason
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High jump | 1.58 | 7 Q | 1.67 | 6 |
Erica Willis | Long jump | 5.64 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Margaret Woodlock | Shot put | 11.70 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Maureen Wright | Javelin throw | 38.81 | 17 | Did not advance |
Basketball
- Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 125 | +42 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 134 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | Australia (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 167 | −45 | 2 | 9th–15th classification round |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Classification 9–15
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Formosa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 189 | +29 | 6 | 9th–12th classification playoffs |
2 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 208 | +50 | 5 | |
3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 215 | −15 | 4 | 13th–16th classification playoffs |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 214 | −64 | 3 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Classification matches
Team Roster
- Head coach: Ken Watson
Boxing
- Men
Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Warner Batchelor | Flyweight | BYE | Henryk Kukier (POL) W P |
John Caldwell (IRL) L P |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Robert Bath | Bantamweight | Henry Jayasuriya (CEY )W P |
Song Soon-Chun (KOR )L P |
Did not advance | |||
Noel Hazard | Featherweight | BYE | Thomas Nicholls (GBR) L P |
Did not advance | |||
William Griffiths | Lightweight | BYE | Louis Molina (USA) L P |
Did not advance | |||
Max Carlos | Light Welterweight | BYE | Joseph Shaw (USA) L P |
Did not advance | |||
Kevin Hogarth | Welterweight | Graham Finlay (NZL) W P |
— | András Dori (HUN )W P |
Fred Tiedt (IRL) L P |
— | |
Peter Read | Light Middleweight | José Torres (USA) L P |
Did not advance | ||||
Howard Richter | Middleweight | Július Torma (TCH) L P |
Did not advance | ||||
Anthony Madigan
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Light Heavyweight | BYE | Romualdas Murauskas (URS) L P |
Did not advance |
Canoeing
Sprint
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bryan Harper | C-1 1000 m | — | 5:37.6 | 7 | |
C-1 10000 m | — | 1:02:12.1 | 9 | ||
William Jones Thomas Ohman |
C-2 1000 m | 5:04.6 | 2 Q | 5:03.0 | 5 |
C-2 10000 m | — | 56:18.6 | 7 | ||
Barry Stuart | K-1 1000 m | 4:30.1 | 3 Q | 4:30.7 | 9 |
Max Baldwin | K-1 10000 m | — | 51:49.7 | 9 | |
Walter Brown Dennis Green |
K-2 1000 m | 4:03.0 | 1 Q | 3:59.1 | 7 |
K-2 10000 m | — | 43:43.2 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Edith Cochrane | K-1 500 m | 2:24.0 | 3 Q | 2:23.8 | 5 |
Cycling
- Road
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
John O'Sullivan | Men's road race | 5:36:58 | 41 |
Jim Nevin | 5:47:02 | 44 | |
Jim Nestor | DNF | ||
Jack Trickey | DNF | ||
John O'Sullivan Jim Nevin Jim Nestor Jack Trickey |
Team road race | DNF |
Track
- 1000m time trial
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Warren Scarfe | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:12.1 | 4 |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage 1 | Repechage finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | ||
Dick Ploog | Men's sprint | Godefroid (BEL) Văn Phước (VIE) W 11.40 WR |
BYE | Disney (USA) W 12.4 11.6 |
Pesenti (ITA) L 12.2 |
Johnston (NZL) W 11.6 11.4 |
- Tandem
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
Rank | ||
Joey Browne
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Tandem | Robinson Shardelow (RSA) Neuser Ziegler (EUA) L |
Fouček Machek (TCH) L |
Robinson Shardelow (RSA) W 10.8 |
Pinarello Ogna (ITA) W 10.8 |
Fouček Machek (TCH) W10.8 |
- Pursuit
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Cliff Burvill Frank Brazier Roy Moore Warren Scarfe |
Men's team pursuit | France (FRA) L OT |
Did not advance | 9 |
Diving
- Men
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | ||
Ronald Faulds | 3 m springboard | 68.84 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
Barry Holmes | 10m platform | 58.01 | 22 | Did not advance | ||
Joseph McCann | 3 m springboard | 69.18 | 19 | Did not advance | ||
Francis Murphy | 10m platform | 66.29 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
William Tully | 65.49 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
Arthur Winther | 3 m springboard | 71.04 | 17 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | |||||
Rosalyn Barton | 3 m springboard | 58.50 | 15 | Did not advance | |||||
10m platform | 41.96 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||||
Pat Howard | 3 m springboard | 53.89 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
Barbara McAulay | 60.19 | 13 | Did not advance | ||||||
10m platform | 45.67 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||||
Adele Price | 35.28 | 18 | Did not advance |
Fencing
21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Australia in 1956.
- Men
Ranks given are within the pool.
- Women
Ranks given are within the pool.
Fencer | Event | Elimination round | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Joy Hardon | Women's foil | Nyári-Kovács (HUN )
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8 | did not advance | 23 | ||
Lois Joseph | ) | 8 | did not advance | 22 | |||
Denise O'Brien | Mitchell (USA) Yefimova (URS) Sákovicsné Dömölky (HUN) Delbarre (FRA) Cesari (ITA) Glen-Haig (GBR) |
7 | did not advance | 19 |
Football
First round
Quarter-finals
Australia | 2–4 | India |
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Morrow 17', 41' |
Report | D'Souza 9', 33', 50' Krishnaswamy 80' |
Men's team squads
Head coach: Richard Telfer
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
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1 | GK |
Billy Henderson |
November 23, 1929 | 26 | 5 | Granville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
2 | GK |
Ron Lord | August 25, 1929 | 27 | 1 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | FW |
Col Kitching |
November 11, 1933 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | |
4 | MF |
Pete Stone | 0 | Bankstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||
5 | MF |
Ted Smith |
September 24, 1935 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | George Arthur |
1925 | 31 | 0 | Wallsend FC | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | Bill Harburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
8 | Alwyn Warren |
November 1, 1931 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | Alastair Rattray | February 16, 1925 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||
10 | Alec Beattie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
11 | DF |
Bob Bignall | March 14, 1922 | 34 | 5 | Corrimal | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | DF |
John Pettigrew |
October 31, 1934 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | MF |
Francis Loughran | January 31, 1931 | 25 | 3 | Moreland F.C. |
2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Bob Wemyss | July 1, 1928 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||
15 | MF |
Jack Lennard | April 2, 1930 | 26 | 3 | Cessnock | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF |
Brian Vogler | May 30, 1932 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | |
17 | FW |
Bruce Morrow |
May 5, 1936 | 20 | 0 | Wallsend FC | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Con Purser | August 2, 1931 | 25 | 1 | North Perth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | |
19 | FW |
Graham McMillan | January 21, 1936 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | Cliff Sander | November 11, 1931 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
Gymnastics
Hockey
Preliminary round
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
2 | Australia (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Malaya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
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Play–off match
- At the conclusion of the pool stage, Australia and Great Britain finished equal on points, resulting in a play–off match to determine number one position in the pool.
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Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Alan Barblett
- Geoffrey Bennett
- Brian Booth
- Kevin Carton
- Kenneth Clarke
- Ian Dick
- John Dwyer
- Maurice Foley
- Louis Hailey
- Glen Jobson
- Dennis Kemp
- Keith Leeson
- Donald Mecklem
- Eric Pearce
- Gordon Pearce
- Melville Pearce
- Kenneth Reid
- Raymond Whiteside
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1956.
- Individual
- Team
- Neville Sayers
- Sven Coomer
- George Nicoll
Rowing
Australia had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956.[2]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Stuart Mackenzie | Single sculls | 7:28.8 | 2 Q | BYE | 9:19.5 | 2 Q | 8:07.7 | ||
Murray Riley Mervyn Wood |
Double sculls | 7:01.2 | 3 R | 8:12.2 | 1 Q | BYE | 7:37.4 | ||
Peter Raper Maurice Grace |
Coxless pair | 7:37.2 | 2 Q | BYE | 8:48.2 | 2 Q | 8:22.2 | 4 | |
Robert Duncan Bruce Dickson John Cockbill |
Coxed pair | 8:15.9 | 2 Q | BYE | 9:37.7 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
John Harrison Peter Evatt Geoff Williamson Dave Anderson |
Coxless four | 6:52.7 | 3 R | 8:10.4 | 1 Q | 8:22.4 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Mick Allen
John Jenkinson |
Coxed four | 7:01.9 | 2 Q | BYE | 7:59.8 | 2 Q | 7:31.1 | 4 | |
Michael Aikman David Boykett Angus Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Bryan Doyle Harold Hewitt |
Eight | 6:05.8 | 1 Q | BYE | 6:55.6 | 2 Q | 6:39,2 |
Sailing
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Colin Ryrie | Finn | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2965 | 10 | |
Rolly Tasker John Scott |
12m² Sharpie
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1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6086 | ||
Robert French Jack Downey |
Star | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1409 | 9 | |
Jim Carolan
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Dragon | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3769 | 5 | |
Jock Sturrock Devereaux Mytton Douglas Buxton |
5.5 Metre | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4022 |
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented Australia in 1956.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
---|---|---|---|
Score | Rank | ||
Colin Anderson | 100m running deer | 357 | 10 |
John Bryant | Trap | 176 | 9 |
Norman Goff | 300 m rifle | 1010 | 17 |
Noel Hall | 100m running deer | 339 | 11 |
Rodney Johnson | 50 m pistol | 506 | 27 |
Johnnie Maitland | 25 m pistol | 526 | 28 |
Clement Mudford | Trap | 164 | 20 |
Peter Papps | 25 m pistol | 469 | 35 |
Norman Rule | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1114 | 34 |
50 m rifle, prone
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594 | 22 | |
Don Tolhurst | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1131 | 27 |
50 m rifle, prone
|
596 | 10 | |
Len Tolhurst | 50 m pistol | 541 | 8 |
Ian Wrigley | 300 m rifle | 1021 | 16 |
Swimming
- Men
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Beverley Bainbridge | 100 metre butterfly | 1:14.4 | 1 Q | — | 1:15.2 | 5 | |
Gergaynia Beckett | 100 metre backstroke | 1:14.8 | 2 Q | — | 1:14.7 | 8 | |
Lorraine Crapp | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.4 | 2 Q OR | 1:03.1 | 2 Q | 1:02.4 | |
400 metre freestyle | 5:00.2 | 1 Q | — | 4:54.6 CR | |||
Barbara Evans
|
200 metre breaststroke | 3:03.6 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
Dawn Fraser | 100 metre freestyle | 1:02.4 | 1 Q OR | 1:03.0 | 1 Q | 1:02.0 WR | |
400 metre freestyle | 5:02.5 | 1 Q | — | 5:02.5 | |||
Maureen Giles | 100 metre butterfly | 1:19.4 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Patricia Huntingford | 100 metre backstroke | 1:16.0 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Faith Leech | 100 metre freestyle | 1:04.9 | 3 Q | 1:05.2 | 3 Q | 1:05.1 | |
Sandra Morgan | 400 metre freestyle | 5:07.8 | 2 Q | — | 5:14.3 | 6 | |
Pam Singleton | 100 metre backstroke | 1:17.0 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp Margaret Gibson Elizabeth Fraser |
4x100 m freestyle relay | 4:25.0 | 1 Q | — | 4:17.1 WR |
Water polo
Preliminary round
The preliminary round consisted of a round-robin tournament held in three groups. Each team played the other teams in its group once.
Group A
Nation | Pld. | Win | Loss | Tie | GF | GA | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Romania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
28 November
- 14:00 - Romania def. Australia, 4-2
29 November
- 22:15 - Yugoslavia def. Australia, 9-1
30 November
- 16:00 - Soviet Union def. Australia, 3-0
Consolation
Rank | Nation | Pld. | Win | Loss | Tie | GF | GA | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 6 |
8 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 4 |
9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
10 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 0 |
- Great Britain def. Australia, 5-2
- Australia def. Singapore, 3-2
- Romania def. Australia, 4-2
Weightlifting
- Men
Athlete | Event | Military Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Charles Henderson | 56 kg | 72.5 | 15 | 85 | 9 | 115 | 10 | 272.5 | 13 |
Keith Caple | 60 kg | 87.5 | 19 | 90 | 17 | 110 | 17 | 287.5 | 16 |
Vern Barberis | 67.5 kg | 105 | 13 | 105 | 10 | 137.5 | 9 | 347.5 | 11 |
Fred Baugh | 75 kg | 107.5 | 11 | 95 | 15 | 122.5 | 13 | 325 | 13 |
John Powell | 82.5 kg | 120 | 8 | 117.5 | 7 | 145 | 8 | 382.5 | 8 |
Leonard Treganowan | 90 kg | 122.5 | 8 | 117.5 | 8 | 150 | 9 | 390 | 8 |
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Australia 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.