United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
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flagbearer=Norman Armitage
gold=32
silver=25
bronze=17
total=74
rank=2

The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

*Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
*Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
*Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
*Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
*Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
*Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
*Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
*Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
*Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
*Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
*Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
*Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
*Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
*Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
*Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
*Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
*Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, Bill Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
*Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
*Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
*Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
*Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
*Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
*Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
*Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
*William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
*William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
*Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
*Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
*Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
*Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
*Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
*Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star

Silver

*Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
*Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
*Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
*Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
*Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
*John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
*Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
*Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
*Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
*Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
*José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
*Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
*Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
*Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
*Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
*Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
*Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
*James McIntosh, Arthur McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
*George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and William Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
*Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
*Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
*David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
*Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Bronze

*Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
*Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
*Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
*Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
*Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
*Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
*Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
*John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
*Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
*George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
*George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
*Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
*Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
*Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
*James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
*Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
*John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's Marathon
*Nick Costes — 2:42:20 (→ 20th place)
*John J. Kelley — 2:43:40 (→ 21st place)
*Dean Thackwray — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Diving=

Men's 10m Platform
*Gary Tobian :* Preliminary Round — 76.77:* Final — 152.41 (→ Silver Medal)

*Richard Connor :* Preliminary Round — 80.24:* Final — 149.79 (→ Bronze Medal)

*William Farrell :* Preliminary Round — 75.07:* Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place)

Women's 10m Platform
*Pat McCormick :* Preliminary Round — 51.28:* Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal)

*Juno Stover-Irwin :* Preliminary Round — 50.81:* Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal)

*Paula Myers-Pope :* Preliminary Round — 52.96:* Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal)

=Cycling=

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
*Jack Disney — 5th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Allen Bell — 1:12.8 (→ 10th place)

Men's 2.000m Tandem
*Donald Ferguson
James Rossi — 8th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
*Allen Bell
Art Longsjo
David Rhoads
Richard Cortright — 15th place

Men's Individual Road Race
*Joseph Becker — 5:38:16 (→ 43rd place)
*David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Erhard Neumann — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*George Van Meter — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Football (soccer)=

*Preliminary Round:* Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
*Team Roster:* John Carden:* Ronald Coder:* Bill Conterio:* Rolf Decker:* James Dorrian:* Svend Engedal:* Harry Keough:* Bill Looby:* Alfonso Marina:* Ruben Mendoza:* Lloyd Monsen:* Ed Murphy:* Richard Packer:* Zenon Snylyk:* Herman Wecke:* Siegbert Wirth:* Al ZerhusenHead Coach: Jimmy Mills