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United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
inMelbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	297 (251 men and 46 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Norman Armitage
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 32 Silver 25 Bronze 17 Total 74
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

TheUnited States competed at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne,Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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Further information:1956 Summer Olympics medal table andList of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Charles Dumas	Athletics	Men's high jump	November 23
Gold	Charles Vinci	Weightlifting	56 kg	November 23
Gold	Issac Berger	Weightlifting	60 kg	November 23
Gold	Bobby Morrow	Athletics	Men's 100 m	November 24
Gold	Glenn Davis	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	November 24
Gold	Greg Bell	Athletics	Men's long jump	November 24
Gold	Hal Connolly	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	November 24
Gold	Tom Courtney	Athletics	Men's 800 m	November 26
Gold	Bob Richards	Athletics	Men's pole vault	November 26
Gold	Tommy Kono	Weightlifting	82.5 kg	November 26
Gold	Paul Anderson	Weightlifting	+90 kg	November 26
Gold	Bobby Morrow	Athletics	Men's 200 m	November 27
Gold	Tom Courtney Charles Jenkins Sr. Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	November 27
Gold	Al Oerter	Athletics	Men's discus throw	November 27
Gold	James Fifer Duvall Hecht	Rowing	Coxless pair	November 27
Gold	Dan Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert (c)	Rowing	Coxed pair	November 27
Gold	William Becklean (c) Donald Beer Thomas Charlton John Cooke Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Robert Morey Rusty Wailes David Wight	Rowing	Eight	November 27
Gold	Lee Calhoun	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	November 28
Gold	Parry O'Brien	Athletics	Men's shot put	November 28
Gold	Charles Jenkins Sr.	Athletics	Men's 400 m	November 29
Gold	Milt Campbell	Athletics	Men's decathlon	November 30
Gold	Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	December 1
Gold	Mildred McDaniel	Athletics	Women's high jump	December 1
Gold	United States men's national basketball team Dick Boushka Carl Cain Chuck Darling Billy Evans Gilbert Ford Burdette Haldorson Bill Hougland Robert Jeangerard K.C. Jones Bill Russell Ron Tomsic Jim Walsh	Basketball	Men's tournament	December 1
Gold	James Boyd	Boxing	Light heavyweight	December 1
Gold	Pete Rademacher	Boxing	Heavyweight	December 1
Gold	Bob Clotworthy	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	December 1
Gold	William Yorzyk	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	December 1
Gold	Pat McCormick	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	December 4
Gold	Lawrence Low Herbert Williams	Sailing	Star	December 5
Gold	Shelley Mann	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	December 5
Gold	Pat McCormick	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	December 7
Silver	Thane Baker	Athletics	Men's 100 m	November 24
Silver	Eddie Southern	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	November 24
Silver	John Bennett	Athletics	Men's long jump	November 24
Silver	Pete George	Weightlifting	75 kg	November 24
Silver	Bob Gutowski	Athletics	Men's pole vault	November 26
Silver	Dave Sheppard	Weightlifting	90 kg	November 26
Silver	Andy Stanfield	Athletics	Men's 200 m	November 27
Silver	Fortune Gordien	Athletics	Men's discus throw	November 27
Silver	Willye White	Athletics	Women's long jump	November 27
Silver	Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	Rowing	Double sculls	November 27
Silver	James McIntosh Art McKinlay John McKinlay John Welchli	Rowing	Coxless four	November 27
Silver	Jack Davis	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	November 28
Silver	Bill Nieder	Athletics	Men's shot put	November 28
Silver	William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert	Modern pentathlon	Team	November 28
Silver	Rafer Johnson	Athletics	Men's decathlon	November 30
Silver	José Torres	Boxing	Light middleweight	December 1
Silver	Donald Harper	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	December 1
Silver	Danny Hodge	Wrestling	Freestyle middleweight	December 1
Silver	George Breen Dick Hanley Tim Jecko^[a] Ford Konno Sonny Tanabe^[a] Bill Woolsey	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	December 3
Silver	Jeanne Stunyo	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	December 4
Silver	Carin Cone	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	December 5
Silver	Nancy Ramey	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	December 5
Silver	Gary Tobian	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	December 6
Silver	Betty Brey^[a] Kay Knapp^[a] Shelley Mann Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Marley Shriver^[a] Nancy Simons	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	December 6
Silver	Juno Stover-Irwin	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	December 7
Bronze	Josh Culbreath	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	November 24
Bronze	Jim George	Weightlifting	82.5 kg	November 26
Bronze	Thane Baker	Athletics	Men's 200 m	November 27
Bronze	Des Koch	Athletics	Men's discus throw	November 27
Bronze	Jack Kelly Jr.	Rowing	Single sculls	November 27
Bronze	Joel Shankle	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	November 28
Bronze	Offutt Pinion	Shooting	50 m pistol	November 30
Bronze	Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	December 1
Bronze	Peter Blair	Wrestling	Freestyle light heavyweight	December 1
Bronze	George Breen	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	December 4
Bronze	John Marvin	Sailing	Finn	December 5
Bronze	Mary Sears	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	December 5
Bronze	Richard Conner	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	December 6
Bronze	Frank McKinney	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	December 6
Bronze	Paula Jean Myers	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	December 7
Bronze	George Breen	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	December 7
Bronze	Sylvia Ruuska	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	December 7

Medals by sport
Total	32	25	17	74
Sport				Total
Athletics	16	10	5	31
Weightlifting	4	2	1	7
Diving	3	4	2	9
Rowing	3	2	1	6
Swimming	2	4	5	11
Boxing	2	1	0	3
Sailing	1	0	1	2
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	1	1	2
Modern pentathlon	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	0	1	1

Medals by day
Total		32	25	17	74
Day	Date				Total
1	November 23	3	0	0	3
2	November 24	4	4	1	9
3	November 25	0	0	0	0
4	November 26	4	2	1	7
5	November 27	6	5	3	14
6	November 28	2	3	1	6
7	November 29	1	0	0	1
8	November 30	1	1	1	3
9	December 1	7	3	2	12
10	December 2	0	0	0	0
11	December 3	0	1	0	1
12	December 4	1	1	1	3
13	December 5	2	2	2	6
14	December 6	0	2	2	4
15	December 7	1	1	3	5
16	December 8	0	0	0	0

Medals by gender
Total	32	25	17	74
Gender				Total
Male	28	19	13	60
Female	4	6	4	14

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Bobby Morrow	Athletics	3	0	0	3
Thane Baker	Athletics	1	1	1	3
George Breen	Swimming	0	1	2	3
Tom Courtney	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Charles Jenkins Sr.	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Pat McCormick	Diving	2	0	0	2
Shelley Mann	Swimming	1	1	0	2
Sylvia Ruuska	Swimming	0	1	1	2

^a Athletes who participated in preliminary round(s) but not the final.

Athletics

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Main article:Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loseror, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thane Baker	100 m	10.93	1Q	10.62	1Q	10.61	2Q	10.5
Bobby Morrow		10.90	1Q	10.3	1Q	10.3	1Q	10.5
Ira Murchison		10.67	1Q	10.3	1Q	10.79	1Q	10.6	4
Thane Baker	200 m	21.92	1Q	21.34	1Q	21.21	1Q	20.9
Bobby Morrow		21.95	1Q	22.03	1Q	21.43	2Q	20.6OR
Andy Stanfield		21.69	1Q	21.22	1Q	21.35	1Q	20.7
Charles Jenkins Sr.	400 m	48.7	3Q	47.5	1Q	46.1	1Q	46.7
Lou Jones		48.1	1Q	47.4	1Q	47.3	2Q	48.1	5
Jim Lea		48.3	3Q	48.1	5	Did not advance
Tom Courtney	800 m	1:52.7	1Q	—		1:53.6	1Q	1:47.7OR
Arnie Sowell		1:51.3	2Q			1:50.0	1Q	1:48.3	4
Lonnie Spurrier		1:51.5	2Q			1:53.6	2Q	1:49.3	6
Don Bowden	1500 m	—				3:59.7	11	Did not advance
Ted Wheeler						3:50.1	8	Did not advance
Jerome Walters						3:55.7	8	Did not advance
Bill Dellinger	5000 m	14:26.8	Q	—				DNF
Curt Stone	5000 m	14:52.0		—				Did not advance
Dick Hart	10,000 m	—							21
Gordon McKenzie									18
Max Truex								DNF
Lee Calhoun	110 m hurdles	14.1	1Q	—		14.0	1Q	13.5OR
Jack Davis		14.0	1Q			14.0	1Q	13.5OR
Joel Shankle		14.0	1Q			14.0	2Q	14.1
Josh Culbreath	400 m hurdles	—		50.9	1Q	50.9	1Q	51.6
Glenn Davis				51.3	1Q	50.7	2Q	50.1
Eddie Southern				51.3	1Q	50.1OR	1Q	50.8
Horace Ashenfelter	3000 m steeplechase	8:51.0		—				Did not advance
Phil Coleman		9:10.0						Did not advance
Deacon Jones		8:47.4	Q					9:13.0	9
Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison	4 × 100 m relay	40.5	1Q	—		40.3	1Q	39.5 WR
Tom Courtney Charles Jenkins Sr. Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.6	Q	—				3:04.7
Nick Costes	Marathon	—						2:42:20	20
John J. Kelley								2:43:40	21
Dean Thackwray								DNF
James Hewson	20 km walk	—						1:46:24.8	17
Henry Laskau								1:36:46.8	12
Bruce MacDonald								1:43:25.6	16
Elliott Denman	50 km walk	—						5:12:14.0	11
Leo Sjogren								5:12:34.0	12
Adolf Weinacker								5:00:16.0	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isabelle Daniels	100 m	11.6	2Q	11.7	3Q	11.8	4
Mae Faggs		12.2	3	Did not advance
Lucinda Williams		12.0	3	Did not advance
Meredith Ellis	200 m	26.3	4	Did not advance
Mae Faggs		24.9	2Q	24.8	5	Did not advance
Wilma Rudolph		24.6	3	Did not advance
Constance Darnowski	80 m hurdles	11.9		Did not advance
Barbara Mueller		11.6		Did not advance
Irene Robertson		11.9		Did not advance
Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph	4 × 100 m relay	45.4	Q	—		44.9

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Greg Bell	Long jump	7.35	7Q	7.83
John Bennett		7.50	2Q	7.68
Rafer Johnson		DNS		Did not advance
Ira Davis	Triple jump	14.93	16Q	15.40	11
Bill Sharpe		15.16	9Q	15.88	4
George Shaw		15.23	7Q	15.33	12
Charles Dumas	High jump	1.92	=4Q	2.12OR
Phil Reavis		1.92	=7Q	2.00	=7
Vern Wilson		1.92	=7Q	2.00	10
Bob Gutowski	Pole vault	4.15	7Q	4.53
George Mattos		4.15	1Q	4.35	4
Bob Richards		4.15	11Q	4.56OR
Ken Bantum	Shot put	15.76	8Q	17.48	4
Bill Nieder		16.76	2Q	18.18
Parry O'Brien		16.63	3Q	18.57OR
Fortune Gordien	Discus throw	47.67	12Q	54.81
Des Koch		47.14	16Q	54.40
Al Oerter		51.19	1Q	56.36OR
Phil Conley	Javelin throw		Q	69.74	10
Benjamin Garcia			Q	NM
Cy Young			Q	68.64	11
Cliff Blair	Hammer throw	DNS		Did not advance
Hal Connolly		59.05	3Q	63.19OR
Albert Hall		57.50	7Q	61.96	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Margaret Matthews	Long jump			Did not advance
Willye White	Long jump		Q	6.09
Ann Marie Flynn	High jump	1.50	19	Did not advance
Mildred McDaniel	High jump		Q	1.76 WR
Earlene Brown	Shot put		Q	15.12	6
Paula Deubel				Did not advance
Lois Testa			Q	13.06	14
Earlene Brown	Discus throw		Q	41.35	4
Pamela Kurrell				Did not advance
Marjorie Larney				Did not advance
Karen Anderson	Javelin throw		Q	48.00	8
Marjorie Larney			Q	45.27	11
Amelia Wershoven			Q	44.29	14

Combined event –Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points
Milt Campbell	Result	10.8	7.33	14.76	1.89	48.8	14.0	44.98	3.40	57.08	4:50.6	7937
Milt Campbell	Points	990	898	850	886	940	1124	775	476	668	330	7937
Rafer Johnson	Result	10.9	7.34	14.48	1.83	49.3	15.1	42.17	3.90	60.27	4:54.2	7587
Rafer Johnson	Points	948	902	819	806	900	788	688	695	738	303	7587
Bob Richards	Result	11.7	6.39	12.52	1.75	52.3	16.8	37.77	4.45	44.09	DNS	DNF
Bob Richards	Points	678	610	628	711	684	458	566	1023	423	DNS	DNF

Basketball

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Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal				Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Japan W 98–40	Thailand W 101–29	Philippines W 121–53	1Q	Bulgaria W 85–44	Brazil W 113–51	Soviet Union W 85–55	1Q	Uruguay W 101–38	Soviet Union W 89–55

Roster

	Position	Height	Weight	Age	Hometown	Team
Dick Boushka	Forward	6'5"	195	22	Springfield, Illinois	Wichita Vickers (Saint Louis)
Carl Cain	Forward	6'3"	190	22	Freeport, Illinois	University of Iowa Hawkeyes
Charles Darling	Center	6'8"	225	26	Denver, Colorado	Phillips 66ers (Iowa)
William Evans	Guard	6'1"	185	24	Berea, Kentucky	U.S. Armed Forces (Kentucky)
Gilbert Ford	Guard	6'4"	200	25	Amarillo, Texas	U.S. Armed Forces (Texas)
Burdette Haldorson	Forward	6'7"	207	22	Austin, Minnesota	Phillips 66ers (Colorado)
Bill Hougland	Forward	6'5"	190	26	Beloit, Kansas	Phillips 66ers (Kansas)
Robert Jeangerard	Forward	6'3"	190	23	Winnetka, Illinois	Phillips 66ers (Colorado)
K. C. Jones	Guard	6'1"	201	24	San Francisco, California	University of San Francisco
Bill Russell	Center	6'10"	220	22	Oakland, California	University of San Francisco
Ron Tomsic	Guard	5'11"	185	23	Oakland, California	U.S. Armed Forces (Stanford)
Jim Walsh	Guard	6'4"	190	26	San Francisco, California	Phillips 66ers (Stanford)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	320	122	+198	6	Quarterfinals
2	Philippines	3	2	1	224	237	−13	5	Quarterfinals
3	Japan	3	1	2	171	225	−54	4	9th–15th classification round
4	Thailand	3	0	3	134	265	−131	3	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.

23 November

United States	98–40	Japan
Scoring by half:33–20,65–20

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24 November

United States	101–29	Thailand
Scoring by half:54–12,47–17

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26 November

United States	121–53	Philippines
Scoring by half:66–23,55–30

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Quarterfinal

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	283	150	+133	6	Semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	208	209	−1	5	Semifinals
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	182	224	−42	4	5th–8th classification playoffs
4	Brazil	3	0	3	192	282	−90	3	5th–8th classification playoffs

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.

Bulgaria	44–85	United States
Scoring by half: 19–48, 25–37

United States	113–51	Brazil
Scoring by half:50–22,63–29

Soviet Union	55–85	United States
Scoring by half: 32–39, 23–46

Semifinal

30 November
21:30

Boxscore

Uruguay	38–101	United States
Scoring by half: 10–51, 28–50
Pts:Mera,Blixen 8 each		Pts:Tomsic 18

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Final

1 December
21:30

Boxscore

Soviet Union	55–89	United States
Scoring by half: 27–56, 28–33
Pts:Semyonov 15		Pts:Jeangerard 16

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Boxing

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Key:

PTS - Win by points
RSC - Referee stopped contest
KO - Win byknockout

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ray Perez	Flyweight	Bye	Majdloch (TCH) W PTS	Dobrescu (ROU) L PTS	Did not advance
Luis Molina	Lightweight	Bye	Griffiths (AUS) W PTS	Byrne (IRL) L PTS	Did not advance
Joseph Shaw	Light welterweight	Bye	Carlos (AUS) W PTS	Loubscher (RSA) L PTS	Did not advance
Pearce Lane	Welterweight	—	Tovar (VEN) W PTS	Tiedt (IRL) L PTS	Did not advance
José Torres	Light middleweight	—	Read (AUS) W PTS	Scisciana (ITA) W PTS	McCormack (GBR) W PTS	Papp (HUN) L PTS
Roger Rouse	Middleweight	—	Bye	Chapron (FRA) L PTS	Did not advance
James Boyd	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Díaz (ARG) W PTS	Murauskas (URS) W PTS	Negrea (ROU) W PTS
Pete Rademacher	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Němec (TCH) W KO	Bekker (RSA) W KO	Mukhin (URS) W KO

Canoeing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
William Schuette	C-1 1000 m	—		5:47.7	9
Frank Havens	C-1 10,000 m	—		1:01:23.6	8
George Byers Richard Moran	C-2 1000 m	5:16.1	5	Did not advance
John Haas Frank Krick	C-2 10,000 m	—		58:30.0	10
David Merwin	K-1 1000 m	4:35.9	4	Did not advance
Robert O'Brien	K-1 10,000 m	—		53:02.8	11
Russell Dermond John Pagkos	K-2 1000 m	4:22.7	5	Did not advance
Edward Houston Kenneth Wilson	K-2 10,000 m	—		51:25.8	12

Cycling

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Road

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Athlete	Event	Time / Points	Rank
Joe Becker	Individual	5:38:16	43
Erhard Neumann		DNF
David Rhoads		DNF
George Van Meter		DNF
Joe Becker Erhard Neumann David Rhoads George Van Meter	Team	DNF

Track

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Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jack Disney	Sprint	Harrison (GBR), Mejía (COL) W 13.0	Bye		Ploog (AUS) L,L	Did not advance		=5
Donald Ferguson James Rossi	Tandem	W	Bye		L	Did not advance		=5

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Elimination round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Allen Bell Richard Cortright Art Longsjo David Rhoads	Team		Did not advance			=9

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Allen Bell	1000 m	1:12.8	10

Diving

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Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Bob Clotworthy	3 m springboard	90.07	2Q	69.49	2	159.56
Donald Harper		83.42	5Q	72.81	1	156.23
Glen Whitten		89.20	3Q	59.35	4	148.55	4
Richard Conner	10 m platform	80.24	1Q	69.55	4	149.79
William Farrell		75.07	6Q	64.05	7	139.12	6
Gary Tobian		76.77	4Q	75.64	1	152.41

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Barbara Gilders-Dudeck	3 m springboard	71.47	3Q	49.29	4	120.76	4
Pat McCormick		76.80	1Q	65.56	1	142.36
Jeanne Stunyo		71.04	4Q	54.85	2	125.89
Pat McCormick	10 m platform	51.28	4Q	33.57	1	84.85
Paula Jean Myers		52.96	1Q	28.62	4	81.58
Juno Stover-Irwin		50.81	5Q	30.83	2	81.64

Equestrian

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Dressage

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Robert Borg	Bill Biddle	Individual	720.0	17
Elaine Watt	Connecticut Yankee	Individual	568.0	30

Eventing

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country				Jumping
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Rank	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Rank
Jack Burton	Huntingfield	Individual	155.60	47	120.0	141.00	416.60	36Q	DNS		DNF
Frank Duffy	Drop Dead		162.40	50	EL				Did not advance
Walter Staley	Mud Dauber		182.00	56	0.0	-47.43	134.57	10	EL
Jack Burton Frank Duffy Walter Staley	See above	Team	500.00	17	EL				Did not advance

Jumping

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Penalties	Rank
Frank Chapot	Belair	Individual	35	1.25	36.25	16	0.0	16.0	52.25	27
William Steinkraus	Night Owl		20	0.0	20.0	8	0.0	8.0	28.0	15
Hugh Wiley	Trail Guide		16	0.0	16.0	8	0.0	8.0	24.0	11
Frank Chapot William Steinkraus Hugh Wiley	See above	Team	—		72.25	—		32.0	104.25	5

Fencing

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Main article:Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

18 fencers represented the United States in 1956.

Individual
Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Barrage 1		Quarterfinal		Barrage 2		Semifinal		Barrage 3		Final		Medal barrage
Athlete	Event	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank
Albert Axelrod	Foil	—				5–2	3Q	Bye		1–5	7	Did not advance
Harold Goldsmith						3–4	5	—		Did not advance
Byron Krieger						1–6	8	Did not advance
Kinmont Hoitsma	Épée	3–3	4Q	—		2–4	6	—		Did not advance
Richard Pew		5–0	1Q			3–3	=2B	2–0	1Q	6–1	1Q	Bye		4–3	4	Did not advance
Sewall Shurtz		4–2	2Q			4–1	=1Q	—		2–5	7	Did not advance
Allan Kwartler	Sabre	2–1	3Q	—		3–2	4Q	—		2–5	7	—		Did not advance
Tibor Nyilas		5–0	1Q	Bye		2–4	5	—		Did not advance				Did not advance
George Worth		3–1	3Q	Bye		3–3	=3B	1–1	1Q	2–5	7			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final		Medal barrage
Athlete	Event	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank	V–D	Rank
Judy Goodrich	Foil	3–4	6	Did not advance
Maxine Mitchell		5–1	1Q	0–5	6	Did not advance
Janice York-Romary		5–2	1Q	3–2	2Q	4–3	4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition result	Opposition result	Rank	Opposition result	Opposition result	Rank	Opposition result	Opposition result	Opposition result	Rank
Albert Axelrod Daniel Bukantz Harold Goldsmith Byron Krieger Nathaniel Lubell Sewall Shurtz	Foil	Australia W 13–3	Bye	1Q	Great Britain W 9–7	Italy L 4–8	2Q	France L 6–10	Italy L 7–9	Hungary L 5–9	4
Abram Cohen Ralph Goldstein Kinmont Hoitsma Richard Pew Sewall Shurtz	Épée	Great Britain L 7–9	Italy L 8–8	3	Did not advance
Norman Armitage Abram Cohen Rex Dyer Allan Kwartler Tibor Nyilas George Worth	Sabre	Bye			Poland L 6–10	Hungary L 1–9	3	Did not advance

Field hockey

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Main article:Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Classification round				Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Singapore L 1–6	India L 0–16	Afghanistan L 1–5	4	Kenya L 0–3	Malaya L 0–3	Afghanistan T 1–1	4	Did not advance		12

RosterThe following players represented the United States:^[2]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	36	0	+36	6	Advanced toSemi-finals
2	Singapore	3	2	1	11	7	+4	4
3	Afghanistan	3	1	2	5	20	−15	2
4	United States	3	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source:LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.

26 November 1956
11:30

Singapore	6–1	United States
	Report

Umpires:
L. La Mothe (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)

28 November 1956
14:30

India	16–0	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Mahan Singh (KEN)
W. Scott (NZL)

30 November 1956
14:30

Afghanistan	5–1	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Alan Cowan (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)

9th-12th Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Malaya	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	6
10	Kenya	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	4
11	Afghanistan^[a]	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
12	United States^[a]	3	0	1	2	1	18	−17	1

Source:Sports Reference
Notes:

^^a ^bAfghanistan finished above theUnited States after beating them in Group A.

3 December 1956

Kenya	3–0	United States

Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne

4 December 1956

Malaya	3–0	United States

Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne

6 December 1956

United States	1–1	Afghanistan

Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne

Football (soccer)

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Main article:Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Bye	Yugoslavia L 1–9	Did not advance

Roster

Main article:United States men's national soccer team

Head coach:Jimmy Mills

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played
1	MF	John Carden			0	Armed Forces Service Team	0	0	0
2	GK	Ronald Coder	1929	0	0	Armed Forces Service Team	0	0	0
3	MF	Bill Conterio	November 29, 1929	27	0	Chicago Falcons	1	0	90
4	MF	Jim Dorrian	March 6, 1931	25	0	Danish F.C.	1	0	90
5	GK	Svend Engedal	June 23, 1928	28	0	Danish-American SC	1	0	90
6	DF	Harry Keough	November 15, 1927	28	13	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	0	90
7	FW	William Looby	November 11, 1931	25	5	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	0	90
8	DF	Alfonso Marina			0	Brooklyn Hispano	0	0	0
9	FW	Ruben Mendoza	June 2, 1931	25	1	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	0	90
10	FW	Lloyd Monsen	May 7, 1931	25	2	New York Hakoah-Americans	1	0	90
11	FW	Ed Murphy	November 6, 1930	26	1	Chicago Falcons	1	0	90
12	FW	Dick Packer			0	Uhrik Truckers	0	0	0
13	DF	Zenon Snylyk	November 14, 1933	23	0	Chicago Levy	1	0	90
14	DF	Herman Wecke	March 10, 1927	29	3	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	0	90
15	DF	Siegbert Wirth			0	Armed Forces Service Team	0	0	0
16	MF	Al Zerhusen	December 4, 1931	25	0	Kolping SC	1	1	90

Quarterfinal

28 November 1956

16:30AEST (UTC+10)

Yugoslavia	9–1	United States
Veselinović 10',84',90' Antić 12',73' Mujić 16',35',56' Papec 20'	Report	Zerhusen 42'

Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne

Attendance: 5,292

Referee: Maurice Swain (New Zealand)

Gymnastics

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Main article:Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																								Total
		Floor exercise				Rings				Pommel horse				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar				Total
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Dick Beckner	Individual	8.85	9.05	17.90	=41	9.35	9.30	18.65	17	8.70	8.80	17.50	47	8.85	9.20	18.05	=43	8.55	9.20	17.75	47	9.10	9.35	18.45	=29	108.30	35
Jack Beckner		9.25	9.25	18.50	=16	8.70	9.05	17.75	31	9.30	9.10	18.40	25	9.25	9.35	18.60	=7	9.40	9.35	18.75	15	9.40	9.60	19.00	7	111.00	17
Abie Grossfeld		9.10	9.30	18.40	=23	9.20	~~8.30~~	17.50	=34	8.65	~~8.65~~	17.30	=51	~~8.85~~	~~9.10~~	17.95	=47	8.75	~~9.10~~	17.85	=43	9.35	9.40	18.75	=13	107.75	39
Charles Simms		~~8.55~~	~~8.70~~	17.25	50	8.70	8.80	17.50	=34	9.35	8.80	18.15	=30	9.15	9.30	18.45	=19	9.10	9.30	18.40	=28	9.20	9.45	18.65	=22	108.40	=32
Bill Tom		9.00	9.20	18.20	=29	~~8.10~~	8.75	16.85	=42	8.60	9.15	17.75	44	9.10	9.25	18.35	=28	9.05	9.30	18.35	=31	~~8.80~~	9.05	17.85	46	107.35	43
Armando Vega		9.20	9.40	18.60	15	9.05	9.40	18.45	=20	~~8.60~~	8.75	17.35	50	9.10	9.30	18.40	=23	~~8.10~~	9.50	17.60	51	9.15	~~8.90~~	18.05	=40	108.45	31
Total	Team	45.40	46.20	—		45.00	45.30	—		44.60	44.60	—		45.45	46.40	—		44.85	46.65	—		46.20	46.85	—		547.50	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																		Total
		Floor exercise				Balance beam				Uneven bars				Vault				Portable apparatus		Total
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Muriel Davis	Individual	9.100	9.033	18.133	=25	8.633	8.966	17.600	32	8.533	~~7.700~~	16.233	59	8.633	8.333	16.966	58	—		68.933	52
Doris Fuchs		8.966	8.833	17.800	=44	~~8.300~~	~~6.633~~	14.933	63	8.500	8.500	17.000	=52	8.966	9.033	18.000	=35			67.733	57
Judy Howe		~~8.733~~	~~8.333~~	17.066	60	8.466	8.400	16.866	=52	8.500	8.500	17.000	=52	~~8.600~~	~~7.666~~	16.266	59			67.200	58
Jackie Klein		8.900	8.533	17.433	=57	8.366	8.733	17.100	49	~~8.233~~	8.233	16.466	56	8.633	8.666	17.300	57			68.300	55
Joyce Racek		8.766	9.066	17.833	=42	8.600	7.733	16.333	58	8.266	8.033	16.300	57	8.900	9.133	18.033	=32			68.500	54
Sandra Ruddick		9.100	8.433	17.533	=53	8.333	8.133	16.466	55	8.800	8.533	17.333	=46	8.933	8.866	17.800	=46			69.133	51
Total	Team	44.832	43.898	—		42.398	41.965	—		42.599	41.799	—		44.065	44.031	—		67.60	9	413.20	9

Modern pentathlon

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Main article:Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event.

Athlete	Event	Riding (Show jumping)				Fencing (Épée one-touch)			Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Faults	Rank	MP points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Score	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank
William Andre	Individual	9:57	120	8	887.5	23	4	889	188	8	860	4:26.2	17	870	14:19.2	11	1123	4629.5	7
Jack Daniels		9:35	0	2	1062.5	9	36	371	185	13	800	4:13.3	11	935	15:30.4	25	910	4078.5	13
George Lambert		9:32	0	1	1070.0	17	17	667	190	4	900	4:05.8	7	975	14:33.2	15	1081	4693.0	5
William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert	Team	—			3020.0	—		2008	—		2560	—		2780	—		3114	13482.0

Rowing

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Main article:Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all sevenrowing events in 1956.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Kelly Jr.	Single sculls	7:24.8	1SF	Bye		9:12.5	1F	8:11.8
James Fifer Duvall Hecht	Coxless pair	7:19.5	1SF	Bye		8:37.7	1F	7:55.4
Dan Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert (c)	Coxed pair	7:42.8	1SF	Bye		9:25.1	2F	8:26.1
Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	Double sculls	6:54.5	1F	Bye		—		7:32.2
James McIntosh Art McKinlay John McKinlay John Welchli	Coxless four					—
Ronald Cardwell Edward Masterson (c) James McMullen Douglas Turner James Wynne	Coxed four	7:01.8	1SF	Bye		8:24.3	4	Did not advance
William Becklean (c) Donald Beer Thomas Charlton John Cooke Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Robert Morey Rusty Wailes David Wight	Eight	6:09.1	3R	7:09.9	1SF	6:55.1	1F	6:35.2

Sailing

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Main article:Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
John Marvin	Finn	2	1101	2	1101	8	~~499~~	3	925	3	925	2	1101	4	800	5953
Eric Olsen Stan Renehan	12 m² Sharpie	~~DNF~~	0	5	516	DNF	0	5	516	7	370	10	215	8	312	1929	9
Lawrence Low Herbert Williams	Star	1	1180	5	~~481~~	2	879	1	1180	2	879	2	879	2	879	5876
Carlos Echeverria Danny Killeen Gene Walet Jr. Gene Walet III	Dragon	~~DNF~~	0	11	264	11	264	6	527	1	1305	6	527	11	264	3151	9
John Bryant Andy Schoettle Victor Sheronas Robert Stinson	5.5 Meter	2	800	3	624	3	624	2	800	6	323	2	800	8	~~198~~	3971	4

Shooting

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Main article:Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956.Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
John Beaumont	25 m rapid fire pistol	572	9
John Forman	25 m rapid fire pistol	566	13
Huelet Benner	50 m pistol	537	11
Offutt Pinion	50 m pistol	551
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, prone	593	31
Verle Wright Jr.	50 m rifle, prone	590	36
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, three position	1153	12
Verle Wright Jr.	50 m rifle, three position	1151	14
James Smith	300 m rifle, three position	1082	8
Herbert Voelcker	300 m rifle, three position	1075	10

Swimming

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Main article:Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dick Hanley	100 m freestyle	57.8	6Q	56.9	=3Q	57.6	5
Reid Patterson		56.8OR	1Q	57.1	5Q	57.2	4
Bill Woolsey		58.2	9Q	58.0	=7Q	57.6	6
George Breen	400 m freestyle	4:35.7	=5Q	—		4:32.5
George Onekea		4:41.6	14			Did not advance
Bill Woolsey		4:38.2	10			Did not advance
George Breen	1500 m freestyle	17:52.9	1Q	—		18:08.2
George Onekea		19:13.8	13			Did not advance
David Radcliff		19:09.6	11			Did not advance
Frank McKinney	100 m backstroke	1:06.0	6Q	1:05.3	6Q	1:04.5
Yoshi Oyakawa		1:05.2	5Q	1:05.0	=5Q	1:06.9	8
Albert Wiggins		1:06.2	=9Q	1:06.4	7Q	1:05.8	7
Robert Hughes	200 m breaststroke	2:52.2	14	—		Did not advance
Jack Nelson	200 m butterfly	2:29.4	7Q	—		2:26.6	4
William Yorzyk	200 m butterfly	2:18.6	1Q	—		2:19.3
George Breen Dick Hanley Tim Jecko^[b] Ford Konno Sonny Tanabe^[b] Bill Woolsey	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:38.3	2Q	—		8:31.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shelley Mann	100 me freestyle	1:05.4	6Q	1:05.5	6Q	1:05.6	6
Joan Rosazza		1:05.5	7Q	1:05.9	7Q	1:05.2	4
Nancy Simons		1:06.5	=9Q	1:06.1	9	Did not advance
Susan Gray	400 m freestyle	5:16.7	9	—		Did not advance
Sylvia Ruuska		5:10.3	5Q			5:07.1
Marley Shriver		5:07.6	3Q			5:12.9	4
Carin Cone	100 m backstroke	1:13.9	3Q	—		1:13.1
Mary Anne Marchino		1:16.2	=15			Did not advance
Maureen Murphy		1:14.8	=7Q			1:14.1	5
Mary Sears	200 m breaststroke	2:58.2	=7Q	—		2:57.2	7
Shelley Mann	100 m butterfly	1:11.2	1Q	—		1:11.0OR
Nancy Ramey		1:13.4	2Q			1:11.9
Mary Sears		1:15.1	4Q			1:14.4
Betty Brey^[b] Kay Knapp^[b] Shelley Mann Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Marley Shriver^[b] Nancy Simons	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:27.3	3Q	—		4:19.2

^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Water polo

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Main article:Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round			Final round
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Great Britain W 5–3	Hungary L 2–6	2Q	Yugoslavia L 1–5	United Team of Germany W 4–3	Italy L 2–3	Soviet Union L 1–3	5

Roster
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 15 goals but only three scorers are known.^[4]

Head coach:Neill Kohlhase (coach),Sam Greller (manager)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Robert Frojen	1 December 1930	25	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	6	?
	James Gaughran	5 July 1932	24	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	2	?
	Donald Good			?		0	0
GK	Kenneth Hahn	5 June 1928	28	?	Illinois Athletic Club	1	?
GK	Robert Horn	1 November 1931	27	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	5	?
	Robert Hughes	15 December 1930	25	?	University of Southern California	5	?
	William Kooistra	26 August 1926	30	?	Illinois Athletic Club	5	1
	Sam Kooistra	18 August 1935	21	?	Northwestern University	4	1
	William Ross	6 July 1928	28	?	Southern California Water Polo Club	6	1
	Ronald Severa	13 August 1936	20	?	Lynwood Swim Club	3	?
	Wally Wolf	2 October 1930	26	?	Lynwood Swim Club	5	?

Weightlifting

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Main article:Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Charles Vinci	56 kg	105	=1	105	=1	132.5	2	342.5 WR
Issac Berger	60 kg	107.5	2	107.5OR	1	137.5OR	1	352.5 WR
Pete George	75 kg	122.5	=3	127.5	1	162.5	2	412.5
Jim George	82.5 kg	120	=7	130	=2	167.5	2	417.5
Tommy Kono	82.5 kg	140OR	1	132.5OR	1	175 WR	1	447.5 WR
Dave Sheppard	90 kg	140	=2	137.5	=1	165	3	442.5
Paul Anderson	+90 kg	167.5	2	145	1	187.5OR	1	500OR

Wrestling

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Main article:Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Key:

TF –Victory by fall.
WO - Win byWalkover
PP - Win by decision

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage						Final stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
Dick Delgado	Freestyle flyweight	Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L 0–3PP (3)	Bye	Khojastehpour (IRN) L 0–3PP (3)	EL	—	6	—	EL		=5
Lee Allen	Freestyle bantamweight	Jaskari (FIN) L 0–3PP (3)	Dağıstanlı (TUR) L TF (3)	EL			6	—		EL	=11
Myron Roderick	Freestyle featherweight	Galántai (HUN) W 3–0PP (1)	Elliott (AUS) W TF (0)	Geldenhuys (RSA) W 3–0PP (1)	Sasahara (JPN) L 0–3PP (3)	—	5	EL			=4
Jay Thomas Evans	Freestyle lightweight	Taylor (GBR) W TF (0)	Kasahara (JPN) W 3–0PP (1)	Tovar (MEX) W 3–0PP (1)	Tóth (HUN) L 0–3PP (3)	EL	5	—	EL		=5
Jay Thomas Evans	Greco-Roman lightweight	Lehtonen (FIN) L TF (3)	Stoyanov (BUL) L 0–3PP (3)	EL			6	EL			=7
Ernie Fischer	Freestyle welterweight	Ikeda (JPN) L 0–3PP (3)	Sorouri (IRN) W 3–0PP (1)	Zengin (TUR) L 0–3PP (3)	EL	—	7	—	EL		=9
Danny Hodge	Freestyle middleweight	Farquhar (GBR) W TF (0)	Punkari (FIN) W 3–0PP (1)	Davies (AUS) W TF (0)	Zandi (IRN) W TF (0)	Stanchev (BUL) L TF (3)	4	—	Skhirtladze (URS) W TF (0)	3
Peter Blair	Freestyle light heavyweight	Lahti (FIN) W TF (0)	Palm (SWE) L 0–3PP (3)	Theron (RSA) W TF (0)	Atan (TUR) W 3–0PP (1)	—	4	Kulaev (URS) L TF (3)	Takhti (IRN) L 0–3PP (3)	6
William Kerslake	Freestyle heavyweight	Kaplan (TUR) L 1–2PP (3)	Mitchell (AUS) W TF (0)	Richmond (GBR) L TF (3)	EL	—	6	EL			=7
Dick Wilson	Greco-Roman flyweight	Zoete (FRA) W 3–0PP (1)	Fabra (ITA) L 0–3PP (3)	Eğribaş (TUR) L TF (3)	EL	—	7	—	EL		9
Kent Townley	Greco-Roman bantamweight	Bye	Hódos (HUN) L 0–3PP (3)	Kämmerer (EUA) L 0–3PP (3)	EL	—	6	EL			8
Alan Rice	Greco-Roman featherweight	Popescu (ROU) L 0–3PP (3)	Polyák (HUN) L 0–3PP (3)	EL		—	6	EL			=8
Jay Holt	Greco-Roman welterweight	Bye	Szilvásy (HUN) L 0–3PP (3)	Bayrak (TUR) L 0–3PP (3)	EL	—	6	EL			=5
Jim Peckham	Greco-Roman middleweight	Gurics (HUN) L 1–2PP (3)	Sterr (EUA) W 2–1PP (1)	Jansson (SWE) L 1–2PP (3)	EL	—	7	—	EL		7
Dale O. Thomas	Greco-Roman light heavyweight	Wiesberger Jr. (AUT) W TF (0)	Lahti (FIN) L TF (3)	Sirakov (BUL) L TF (3)	EL	—	6	—	EL		5
Dale Lewis	Greco-Roman heavyweight	Antonsson (SWE) L TF (3)	Kangasniemi (FIN) L TF (3)	EL		—	6	EL			=9

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v t e Nations at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne, Australia andStockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)

United States at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Intercalated Games	1906

The United States hosted the1904,1932,1984,1996, and2028 Summer Olympics, as well as the1932,1960,1980, and2002 Winter Olympics. The United States did not participate in 1980 due to aboycott.