Olympic Data Project

Filter: Games: Melbourne 1956 Sport: All Nation: USA United States of America

Athletics

Men: 100m

1	Bobby Joe Morrow
2	Thane Baker

Men: 200m

1	Bobby Joe Morrow
2	Andy Stanfield
3	Thane Baker

Men: 400m

1	Charles Jenkins

Men: 800m

1	Thomas Courtney

Men: 110m Hurdles

1	Lee Calhoun
2	Jack Davis
3	Joel Shankle

Men: 400m Hurdles

1	Glenn Davis
2	Eddie Southern
3	Josh Culbreath

Men: 4x100m Relay

1	Thane Baker; Leamon King; Bobby Joe Morrow; Ira Murchison

Men: 4x400m Relay

1	Thomas Courtney; Charles Jenkins; Louis Jones; Jesse Mashburn

Men: High Jump

1	Charles Dumas

Men: Pole Vault

1	Bob Richards
2	Robert Gutowski

Men: Long Jump

1	Gregory Bell
2	John Bennett

Men: Shot Put

1	Parry O'Brien
2	William Nieder

Men: Discus Throw

1	Al Oerter
2	Fortune Gordien
3	Desmond Koch

Men: Hammer Throw

1	Harold Connolly

Men: Decathlon

1	Milton Campbell
2	Rafer Johnson

Women: 4x100m Relay

3	Isabelle Daniels; Mae Faggs; Margaret Matthews; Wilma Rudolph

Women: High Jump

1	Mildred McDaniel

Women: Long Jump

2	Willye White

Basketball

Mens

1	Carl Cain; Bill Hougland; K.C. Jones; Bill Russell; Jim Walsh; Billy Evans; Burdie Haldorson; Ron Tomsic; Dick Boushka; Gib Ford; Bob Jeangerard; Chuck Darling

Rowing

Men: Single Sculls

3	Jack Kelly Jr.

Men: Coxless Pair

1	Jim Fifer; Duvall Hecht

Men: Double Sculls

2	Pat Costello; Jim Gardiner

Men: Coxed Pair

1	Dan Ayrault; Conn Findlay; Kurt Seiffert

Men: Coxless Four

2	John Welchli; John McKinlay; Art McKinlay; Jim McIntosh

Men: Eight

1	Tom Charlton; Dave Wight; John Cooke; Don Beer; Caldwell Esselstyn; Charles Grimes; Rusty Wailes; Jack Morey; William Becklean

Sailing

Open / Mixed: Finn

3	John Marvin

Open / Mixed: Star

1	Herbert Williams; Lawrence Low

Swimming

Men: 400m freestyle

3	George Breen

Men: 1500m freestyle

3	George Breen

Men: 100m backstroke

3	Frank McKinney

Men: 200m butterfly

1	William Yorzyk

Men: 4x200m freestyle relay

2	Richard Hanley; George Breen; William Woolsey; Ford Konno; Perry Jecko; Richard Tenabe

Women: 400m freestyle

3	Sylvia Ruuska

Women: 100m backstroke

2	Carin Cone

Women: 100m butterfly

1	Shelley Mann
2	Nancy Ramey
3	Mary Jane Sears

Women: 4x100m freestyle relay

2	Sylvia Ruuska; Shelley Mann; Nancy Simons; Joan Rosazza; Betty Brey; Kathryn Knapp; Marley Shriver

Weightlifting

Men: Bantamweight

1	Chuck Vinci

Men: Featherweight

1	Ike Berger

Men: Middleweight

2	Pete George

Men: Light Heavyweight

1	Tommy Kono
3	Jim George

Men: Middle Heavyweight

2	Dave Sheppard

Men: Heavyweight

1	Paul Anderson