List of gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics

This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne from 22 November to 8 December 1956. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.^[1]

Female artistic gymnasts

	Name	Country	Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor	Muriel Davis-Grossfeld	United States	(1940-10-07)7 October 1940 (aged 16)
Oldest competitor	Pat Hirst	United Kingdom	(1918-11-18)18 November 1918 (aged 38)

NOC	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Hometown
Australia	Barbara Cunningham	(1926-07-28)28 July 1926 (aged 30)	Adelaide, South Australia
	Ing Fraser	1928	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
	Wendy Nicholls	(1937-05-22)22 May 1937 (aged 19)
Bulgaria	Ivanka Dolzheva	(1935-09-10)10 September 1935 (aged 21)	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova	(1933-07-22)22 July 1933 (aged 23)	Gulyantsi, Bulgaria
	Tsvetanka Stancheva	(1929-08-18)18 August 1929 (aged 27)
Canada	Ernestine Russell	(1938-10-06)6 October 1938 (aged 18)	Windsor, Ontario
Czechoslovakia	Eva Bosáková	(1931-12-18)18 December 1931 (aged 24)	Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
	Miroslava Brdíčková	(1927-09-04)4 September 1927 (aged 29)	Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia
	Věra Drazdíková	(1933-02-01)1 February 1933 (aged 23)	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Anna Marejková	(1933-10-24)24 October 1933 (aged 23)	Turzovka, Czechoslovakia
	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	(1933-03-29)29 March 1933 (aged 23)	Brno, Czechoslovakia
	Alena Reichová	(1933-07-27)27 July 1933 (aged 23)	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
France	Jacqueline Dieudonné	(1933-06-30)30 June 1933 (aged 23)	Mérignac, France
	Danièle Sicot-Coulon	(1935-03-24)24 March 1935 (aged 21)	Châteaudun, France
Great Britain	Pat Hirst	(1918-11-18)18 November 1918 (aged 38)	Wortley, England
Hungary	Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles	(1924-11-03)3 November 1924 (aged 32)	Budapest, Hungary
	Ágnes Keleti	(1921-01-09)9 January 1921 (aged 35)	Budapest, Hungary
	Alice Kertész	(1935-11-17)17 November 1935 (aged 21)	Budapest, Hungary
	Margit Korondi	(1932-06-24)24 June 1932 (aged 24)	Celje, Yugoslavia
	Andrea Molnár-Bodó	(1934-08-04)4 August 1934 (aged 22)	Budapest, Hungary
	Olga Tass	(1929-03-29)29 March 1929 (aged 27)	Pécs, Hungary
Italy	Elisa Calsi	(1937-03-06)6 March 1937 (aged 19)	Lodi, Italy
	Miranda Cicognani	(1936-09-12)12 September 1936 (aged 20)	Forlì, Italy
	Rosella Cicognani	(1939-10-01)1 October 1939 (aged 17)	Forlì, Italy
	Elena Lagorara	(1939-05-10)10 May 1939 (aged 17)	Sestri Ponente, Italy
	Luciana Lagorara	(1936-11-25)25 November 1936 (aged 19)	Sestri Ponente, Italy
	Luciana Reali	(1936-03-04)4 March 1936 (aged 20)
Japan	Mitsuka Ikeda	(1932-09-15)15 September 1932 (aged 24)
	Kyoko Kubota	(1933-01-02)2 January 1933 (aged 23)
	Shizuko Sakashita	(1933-12-08)8 December 1933 (aged 22)
	Suzuko Seki	(1936-02-18)18 February 1936 (aged 20)
	Kazuko Sogabe	(1936-03-27)27 March 1936 (aged 20)	Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	(1933-11-11)11 November 1933 (aged 23)	Mihara, Japan
Luxembourg	Annette Krier	(1937-08-10)10 August 1937 (aged 19)	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Poland	Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel	(1934-02-03)3 February 1934 (aged 22)	Nowy Bytom, Poland
	Natalia Kot	(1938-06-29)29 June 1938 (aged 18)	Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	(1934-08-22)22 August 1934 (aged 22)	Gdynia, Poland
	Helena Rakoczy	(1921-12-23)23 December 1921 (aged 34)	Kraków, Poland
	Lidia Szczerbińska	(1934-04-30)30 April 1934 (aged 22)	Warsaw, Poland
	Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	(1935-02-04)4 February 1935 (aged 21)	Kraków, Poland
Romania	Georgeta Hurmuzachi	(1936-01-23)23 January 1936 (aged 20)
	Sonia Iovan	(1935-09-29)29 September 1935 (aged 21)	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
	Elena Leușteanu	(1935-07-04)4 July 1935 (aged 21)	Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR
	Elena Mărgărit	(1936-10-25)25 October 1936 (aged 20)	Timișoara, Romania
	Elena Săcălici	(1935-07-18)18 July 1935 (aged 21)	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
	Emilia Vătășoiu	(1933-10-20)20 October 1933 (aged 23)	Câineni, Romania
Soviet Union	Polina Astakhova	(1936-10-30)30 October 1936 (aged 20)	Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR
	Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova	(1937-01-27)27 January 1937 (aged 19)	Moscow, Russian SFSR
	Larisa Latynina	(1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 21)	Kherson, Ukrainian SSR
	Tamara Manina	(1934-09-05)5 September 1934 (aged 22)	Petrozavodsk, Russian SFSR
	Sofia Muratova	(1929-07-13)13 July 1929 (aged 27)	Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
	Lyudmila Yegorova	(1931-02-24)24 February 1931 (aged 25)	Lomonosov, Russian SFSR
Sweden	Evy Berggren	(1934-06-16)16 June 1934 (aged 22)	Skellefteå, Sweden
	Doris Hedberg	(1936-02-18)18 February 1936 (aged 20)	Skellefteå, Sweden
	Maude Karlén	(1932-11-25)25 November 1932 (aged 23)	Stockholm, Sweden
	Karin Lindberg	(1929-10-06)6 October 1929 (aged 27)	Kalix, Sweden
	Ann-Sofi Pettersson	(1932-01-01)1 January 1932 (aged 24)	Stockholm, Sweden
	Eva Rönström	(1932-12-29)29 December 1932 (aged 23)	Stockholm, Sweden
United States	Muriel Davis-Grossfeld	(1940-10-07)7 October 1940 (aged 16)	Speedway, Indiana
	Doris Fuchs	(1938-06-11)11 June 1938 (aged 18)	Villingen, Germany
	Judy Howe	(1935-06-25)25 June 1935 (aged 21)	Shippingport, Pennsylvania
	Jackie Klein	(1937-07-11)11 July 1937 (aged 19)	Chicago, Illinois
	Joyce Racek	(1938-08-16)16 August 1938 (aged 18)	West Point, Wisconsin
	Sandra Ruddick	(1932-09-03)3 September 1932 (aged 24)	Indianapolis, Indiana

Male artistic gymnasts

	Name	Country	Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor	Sham Lal	India	(1938-07-15)15 July 1938 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor	Masao Takemoto	Japan	(1919-09-29)29 September 1919 (aged 37)

NOC	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Hometown
Australia	Brian Blackburn	(1928-10-15)15 October 1928 (aged 28)	Sydney, New South Wales
	Graham Bond	(1937-05-06)6 May 1937 (aged 19)	Wondai, Queensland
	David Gourlay	1937
	John Lees	1931
	Noel Punton	(1931-12-23)23 December 1931 (aged 24)
	Bruce Sharp	(1931-03-24)24 March 1931 (aged 25)
Austria	Hans Sauter	(1925-06-06)6 June 1925 (aged 31)	Bregenz, Austria
Bulgaria	Velik Kapsazov	(1935-04-15)15 April 1935 (aged 21)	Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
	Stoyan Stoyanov	(1931-10-25)25 October 1931 (aged 25)	Nikolovo, Bulgaria
	Mincho Todorov	(1931-12-26)26 December 1931 (aged 24)	Krivnya, Bulgaria
Canada	Ed Gagnier	(1936-02-01)1 February 1936 (aged 20)	Windsor, Ontario
Cuba	Rafael Lecuona	(1928-06-02)2 June 1928 (aged 28)	Havana, Cuba
Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Bím	(1931-01-12)12 January 1931 (aged 25)	Kyjov, Czechoslovakia
	Ferdinand Daniš	(1929-01-07)7 January 1929 (aged 27)	Lučenec, Czechoslovakia
	Vladimír Kejř	(1929-01-20)20 January 1929 (aged 27)	Úvaly, Czechoslovakia
	Jaroslav Mikoška	(1933-12-21)21 December 1933 (aged 22)	Zlín, Czechoslovakia
	Zdeněk Růžička	(1925-04-15)15 April 1925 (aged 31)	Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
	Josef Škvor	(1929-12-08)8 December 1929 (aged 26)	Dojetřice, Czechoslovakia
Finland	Raimo Heinonen	(1935-05-29)29 May 1935 (aged 21)	Turku, Finland
	Onni Lappalainen	(1922-07-30)30 July 1922 (aged 34)	Mikkeli, Finland
	Olavi Leimuvirta	(1935-11-26)26 November 1935 (aged 20)	Helsinki, Finland
	Berndt Lindfors	(1932-10-21)21 October 1932 (aged 24)	Helsinki, Finland
	Martti Mansikka	(1933-10-25)25 October 1933 (aged 23)	Antrea, Finland
	Kalevi Suoniemi	(1931-07-14)14 July 1931 (aged 25)	Tampere, Finland
France	Raymond Dot	(1926-12-20)20 December 1926 (aged 29)	Puteaux, France
	Jean Guillou	(1931-06-24)24 June 1931 (aged 25)	Plouédern, France
	Michel Mathiot	(1926-08-23)23 August 1926 (aged 30)	Besançon, France
United Team of Germany	Helmut Bantz	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 35)	Speyer, Germany
	Jakob Kiefer	(1919-12-03)3 December 1919 (aged 36)	Bad Kreuznach, Germany
	Robert Klein	(1925-12-10)10 December 1925 (aged 30)	Cologne, Germany
	Hans Pfann	(1920-09-14)14 September 1920 (aged 36)	Nuremberg, Germany
	Erich Wied	(1923-02-06)6 February 1923 (aged 33)	Stuttgart, Germany
	Theo Wied	(1923-02-06)6 February 1923 (aged 33)	Stuttgart, Germany
Great Britain	Nik Stuart	(1927-07-20)20 July 1927 (aged 29)	Thirsk, England
	Frank Turner	(1922-11-05)5 November 1922 (aged 34)
Hungary	János Héder	(1933-10-20)20 October 1933 (aged 23)	Budapest, Hungary
	Attila Takács	(1929-01-19)19 January 1929 (aged 27)	Budapest, Hungary
India	Sham Lal	(1938-07-15)15 July 1938 (aged 18)	Lahore, India
	Anant Ram	(1932-10-21)21 October 1932 (aged 24)	Behran, India
	Pritam Singh	(1924-10-17)17 October 1924 (aged 32)	Garhshankar, India
Japan	Nobuyuki Aihara	(1934-12-16)16 December 1934 (aged 21)	Takasaki, Japan
	Akira Kono	(1929-09-11)11 September 1929 (aged 27)	Uwajima, Japan
	Masami Kubota	(1931-12-06)6 December 1931 (aged 24)	Okayama, Japan
	Takashi Ono	(1931-07-26)26 July 1931 (aged 25)	Noshiro, Japan
	Masao Takemoto	(1919-09-29)29 September 1919 (aged 37)	Hamada, Japan
	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	(1931-01-03)3 January 1931 (aged 25)	Omuta, Japan
Luxembourg	Josy Stoffel	(1928-06-27)27 June 1928 (aged 28)	Differdange, Luxembourg
South Africa	Ronnie Lombard	(1928-07-28)28 July 1928 (aged 28)	Namibia
	Jack Wells	(1926-10-03)3 October 1926 (aged 30)	Bloemfontein, South Africa
Soviet Union	Albert Azaryan	(1929-03-11)11 March 1929 (aged 27)	Ganja, Azerbaijan SSR
	Viktor Chukarin	(1921-11-09)9 November 1921 (aged 35)	Krasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSR
	Valentin Muratov	(1928-07-30)30 July 1928 (aged 28)	Kostyukovo, Russian SFSR
	Boris Shakhlin	(1932-01-27)27 January 1932 (aged 24)	Ishim, Russian SFSR
	Pavel Stolbov	(1929-08-30)30 August 1929 (aged 27)	Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR
	Yuri Titov	(1935-11-27)27 November 1935 (aged 20)	Omsk, Russian SFSR
Sweden	William Thoresson	(1932-05-31)31 May 1932 (aged 24)	Gothenburg, Sweden
	Kurt Wigartz	(1933-03-21)21 March 1933 (aged 23)	Mariestad, Sweden
United States	Dick Beckner	(1927-11-24)24 November 1927 (aged 28)	Los Angeles, California
	Jack Beckner	(1930-06-09)9 June 1930 (aged 26)	Los Angeles, California
	Abie Grossfeld	(1934-03-01)1 March 1934 (aged 22)	New York, New York
	Charles Simms	(1928-01-24)24 January 1928 (aged 28)	New York, New York
	Bill Tom	(1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 33)	San Francisco, California
	Armando Vega	(1935-10-24)24 October 1935 (aged 21)	Hurley, New Mexico

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