1956 Summer Olympics medal table

March 2024 July 2019 1956 Summer Olympics medals Melbourne, AUS 1956 Summer File:Ágnes Keleti 1960 (cropped).jpg Ágnes Keleti of Hungary was the most successful competitor at the games, winning four gold medals and two silver medals in women's gymnastics. Gymnast Ágnes Keleti assisting another gymnast Most total medals URS 1956 Summer 98 Most gold medals URS 1956 Summer 37 Medalling NOCs 38 1952 Olympics medal tables 1960 thumb|right|380px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1956 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #00FF00 represents countries that participated in the equestrian events in Stockholm, but did not attend the games in Melbourne due to boycott and did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad,Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad 1958 4 and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held from 22 November to 8 December in Melbourne, Australia, with the equestrian events being held from 10 to 17 June 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden,Swedish Equestrian Federation 1959 259 due to Australian quarantine regulations that required a six-month pre-shipment quarantine on horses.https://www.fei.org/stories/100-years/equestrian-olympics-1948-1956 https://web.archive.org/web/20240916105516/https://www.fei.org/stories/100-years/equestrian-olympics-1948-1956 16 September 2024 International Federation for Equestrian Sports Equestrian at the Olympics: 1948-1956 24 February 2020 1 January 2025 live Medals awarded in these cities bore different designs.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956/medal-design https://web.archive.org/web/20240911065007/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956/medal-design 11 September 2024 Melbourne 1956 Olympic Medals - Design, History & Photos International Olympic Committee 2 January 2025 live A total of 3,314 athletesA total of 3,155 athletes participated in Melbourne and 159 athletes in Stockholm. representing 72 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which was a record for the most NOCs at a single Olympics at the time.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-72-nations-now-o/162008805/ 72 Nations Now On Olympic List The Des Moines Register Associated Press 27 April 1956 1 January 2025 Newspapers.com 17 This figure included first-time entrants Cambodia,https://oca.asia/news/2138-noc-cambodia-calls-for-support-back-home.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250101075236/https://oca.asia/news/2138-noc-cambodia-calls-for-support-back-home.html 1 January 2025 NOC Cambodia calls for support back home Olympic Council of Asia 26 July 2021 1 January 2025 live Ethiopia,https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ethiopia https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043125/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/ethiopia 6 October 2024 International Olympic Committee 1 January 2025 Ethiopia - Profile live Fiji,https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/sports/olympics/fiji-gold-medal-rugby-sevens.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230627090707/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/sports/olympics/fiji-gold-medal-rugby-sevens.html 27 June 2023 Fiji Wins Its First Medal: a Gold in Rugby Mather Victor The New York Times 11 August 2016 1 January 2025 live subscription Kenya,https://www.voanews.com/a/africa-fastest-man-omanyala-carries-kenya-s-hopes-for-first-olympic-gold-in-100-meters-/7725954.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240815140254/https://www.voanews.com/a/africa-fastest-man-omanyala-carries-kenya-s-hopes-for-first-olympic-gold-in-100-meters-/7725954.html 15 August 2024 Voice of America Africa's fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya's hopes for first Olympic gold in 100 meters 1 August 2024 Associated Press 1 January 2025 live Liberia,https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/liberia-tokyo-olympics-fashion-winners/100336050 https://web.archive.org/web/20240722233342/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/liberia-tokyo-olympics-fashion-winners/100336050 22 July 2024 1 January 2025 30 July 2021 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Liberia's athletes came to perform at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning with designer outfits Holmes Tracey live Malaya,https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MAL/ https://web.archive.org/web/20241202082232/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MAL/ 2 December 2024 1 January 2025 Olympedia Malaya Overview live North Borneo,https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-north-borneo-in-ol/162008727/ 10 April 1956 Staten Island Advance North Borneo in Olympic Games 1 January 2025 Newspapers.com 16 and Uganda.https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/lifestyle/reviews-profiles/untold-story-of-uganda-s-first-olympic-gold-medal-1664738 https://web.archive.org/web/20240303161224/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/lifestyle/reviews-profiles/untold-story-of-uganda-s-first-olympic-gold-medal-1664738 3 March 2024 2 September 2016 1 January 2025 Untold story of Uganda's first Olympic gold medal Mugagga Robert Daily Monitor live subscription The games featured 151 eventsThere were 145 events held in Melbourne and 6 events in Stockholm. in 17 sports across 23 disciplines.https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240911134901/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf 11 September 2024 Factsheet The Games of the Olympiad International Olympic Committee 1 January 2025 20 June 2024 liveOrganizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad 1958 77–78https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/1956-melbourne-australia-1.1285979 https://web.archive.org/web/20250101055419/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/1956-melbourne-australia-1.1285979 1 January 2025 1 January 2025 15 June 2012 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1956: Melbourne, Australia live The 1956 Summer Games were the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, and the first games to hold events in two different countries, continents, and seasons.https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956 https://web.archive.org/web/20240926070124/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956 26 September 2024 International Olympic Committee Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - Athletes Medals & Results live 1 January 2025 Multiple boycotts were enacted by nine teams against the games, though five of them competed in the equestrian events.Cambodia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Spain, and SwitzerlandSwedish Equestrian Federation 1959 23 Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon boycotted the games in response to the Suez Crisis. Kaufman Burton I. Kaufman Diane The A to Z of the Eisenhower Era Scarecrow Press 6 October 2009 176 https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6cdte1qViIC&pg=PA176 978-0810870635 Cambodia, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland boycotted the games in response to the Hungarian Revolution, during which the Soviet Union invaded the country.Büchel Donat 31 December 2011 Kalter Krieg https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kalter_Krieg 28 September 2023 3 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241203181553/https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kalter_Krieg Historisches Lexikon de live https://www.reuters.com/article/world/past-boycotts-and-cancellations-idUSKBN21A1KP/ https://archive.today/20241230095315/https://www.reuters.com/article/world/past-boycotts-and-cancellations-idUSKBN21A1KP/ 30 December 2024 23 March 2020 Past boycotts and cancellations Reuters Nair Rohith Radnenge Christian 30 December 2024 live China continued its boycott of the games, which began in 1952 and lasted until 1984, over the participation of Taiwan.What, exactly, is a 'diplomatic boycott' of the Beijing Olympics? https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32831100/what-exactly-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-olympics ESPN 10 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20240702091939/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32831100/what-exactly-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-olympics 2 July 2024 live Hamilton Tom 25 July 2024 en Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-winter-olympics-politics-sports-protests-and-demonstrations-8808adcab94bcc3eedc1fdd2fd8441a0 Associated Press 2023-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20240616235458/https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-winter-olympics-politics-sports-protests-and-demonstrations-8808adcab94bcc3eedc1fdd2fd8441a0 2024-06-16 live 25 July 2024 en Athletes representing 38 NOCs received at least one medal, and 25 NOCs won at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 37 and 98 respectively. Iranhttps://www.tehrantimes.com/news/499164/Iran-s-first-Olympics-gold-medal-winner-Habibi-turns-93 https://web.archive.org/web/20240529014251/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/499164/Iran-s-first-Olympics-gold-medal-winner-Habibi-turns-93 29 May 2024 28 May 2024 Iran's first Olympics gold medal winner Habibi turns 93 Tehran Times 1 January 2025 and Bulgaria won their first Olympic gold medals.https://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=4324041 https://web.archive.org/web/20240726190202/https://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=4324041 26 July 2024 13 July 2009 Associated Press Former wrestler Stanchev dies ESPN 1 January 2025 live The Bahamas,https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BAH https://web.archive.org/web/20241222133401/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BAH 22 December 2024 2 January 2025 Olympedia Bahamas Overview live Iceland,https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2008/08/15/olympic-medal/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240615133840/https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2008/08/15/olympic-medal/ 15 June 2024 Great Moments In Icelandic History: Iceland gets its first Olympic Medal 15 August 2008 2 January 2025 The Reykjavík Grapevine Crugnale James live and Pakistan won their first Olympic medals.https://asiahockey.org/news/1956-olympic-silver-medalist-and-1958-asian-gold-medalist-qazi-musarrat-passes-away/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240718010034/https://asiahockey.org/news/1956-olympic-silver-medalist-and-1958-asian-gold-medalist-qazi-musarrat-passes-away/ 18 July 2024 2 January 2025 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1958 Asian Gold Medalist Qazi Musarrat Passes Away Asian Hockey Federation live Gymnast Ágnes Keleti of Hungary was the most successful competitor of the games, winning four gold medals and two silver medals for a total of six medals. Gymnast Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union tied with Keleti for the most gold and overall medals for a competitor at the games, winning six medals with four gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/ 14 January 2020 Sports Reference 1956 Melbourne Summer Games 9 January 2025 dead Medal table Wrestler Emam-Ali Habibi, the first-ever Olympic gold medalist for Iran.|thumb|alt=A shirtless man with a medal draped around his neck Triple jumper Adhemar da Silva of Brazil holding the gold medal he won at the games.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/adhemar-ferreira-da-silva https://web.archive.org/web/20240820014104/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/adhemar-ferreira-da-silva 20 August 2024 Adhemar Ferreira Da Silva International Olympic Committee 9 January 2025 live |thumb|alt=A man smiling, holding an opened box with an Olympic gold medal The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is considered next, followed by the number of bronze medals.Townsend Mark US finds its own way to top the medal table at Tokyo Olympics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/us-finds-its-own-way-to-top-the-medal-table-at-tokyo-olympics The Observer The Guardian 10 July 2024 7 August 2021 17 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717122912/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/us-finds-its-own-way-to-top-the-medal-table-at-tokyo-olympics live How does the Olympic medal table work? https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/how-olympic-medal-table-work-8647081 Daily Mirror 18 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20240710191151/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/how-olympic-medal-table-work-8647081 10 July 2024 live Flanagan Aaron 10 July 2024 en Two bronze medals were awarded in each boxing event to the losing semi-finalists, instead of the competitors fighting in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 In the gymnastics events, there were eight ties for medals. Two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded in the men's vault and women's floor exercise due to a first-place tie in both events. No bronze medals were awarded in the men's floor exercise and women's balance beam due to a second-place tie in both events, with the former being a three-way tie and all second-place athletes awarded a silver medal. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's parallel bars, men's rings, women's team portable apparatus, and women's vault due to third-place ties in these events.https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports/GAR https://web.archive.org/web/20241219123949/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports/GAR 19 December 2024 2 January 2025 Olympedia Artistic Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics live In athletics, two silver medals and no bronze medals were awarded in the women's high jump due to a second-place tie. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's 400 metres due to a third-place tie.https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports/ATH https://web.archive.org/web/20240505215409/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports/ATH 5 May 2024 2 January 2025 Olympedia Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics live 1956 Summer Olympics medal tablehttps://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956/medals https://web.archive.org/web/20240911072226/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956/medals 11 September 2024 International Olympic Committee 30 December 2024 Melbourne 1956 Olympic Medal Table - Gold, Silver & Bronze live https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-german-riders-take-olymp/163317407/ German Riders Take Olympic Team Title Chicago Tribune Associated Press 18 June 1956 64 Newspapers.com An additional bronze medal, not included in the table, was presented to John Ian Wing, an Australian resident, for advocating that the closing ceremony have athletes walk freely rather than marching under their own flag.https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/08/1025404479/why-olympic-athletes-dont-march-behind-their-own-flag-at-the-closing-ceremony Why the Olympic Athletes Don't March Behind Their Own Flag at the Closing Ceremony NPR 8 August 2021 Chappell Bill 2 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20231203221939/https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/08/1025404479/why-olympic-athletes-dont-march-behind-their-own-flag-at-the-closing-ceremony 3 December 2023 live AUS flagIOC 1956 Summer A unified team comprising East Germany and West Germany competed from the 1956 Winter Olympics to the 1964 Winter Olympics. This decision was made because of the splitting of Germany after World War II and a condition that the National Olympic Committee of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) would be recognized if both nations agreed to compete under the same team.https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GER https://web.archive.org/web/20240429041245/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GER Germany Overview 29 April 2024 22 July 2024 Olympedia https://www.jstor.org/stable/40542796 'The Continuation of Politics by Other Means': Britain, the Two Germanys and the Olympic Games, 1949–1972 Hughes R. Gerald Owens Rachel 18 4 443 Contemporary European History November 2009 10.1017/S0960777309990099 40542796 22 July 2024 37 29 32 32 25 17 13 8 14 yes 9 10 7 8 8 9 8 5 6 6 13 7 6 7 11 5 3 5 4 10 5 4 4 6 3 2 2 3 1 11 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Notes See also Olympics All-time Olympic Games medal table 1988 Summer Paralympics medal table 1988 Winter Olympics medal table References Citations Bibliography http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080409031939/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf 9 April 2008 The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 LA84 Foundation XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 1958 dead Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad 1958 http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/or1956eq.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091101/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/or1956eq.pdf 11 April 2008 Swedish Equestrian Federation Officiell rapport av organisationskommittén för den XVI Olympiadens Ryttartävlingar The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad sv 1959 LA84 Foundation Swedish Equestrian Federation 1959 dead External links 1956 Summer Olympics 1956 Summer Olympics medal table Olympics.com https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956/medals 16 January 2025 Medal count 1956