Summer Olympics : Australia : 1956 medals

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 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
SPORT
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


Track & FieldTrack & Field
12
4
2
6



BoxingBoxing
1
0
0
1



Canoe/KayakCanoe/Kayak
1
0
0
1



CyclingCycling
2
1
0
1



RowingRowing
3
0
1
2



SailingSailing
2
0
1
1



SwimmingSwimming
14
8
4
2



ALLALL
35
13
8
14





 MEDAL WINNERS:

 Boxing         Men's Welterweight(67kg)           BRONZE  Kevin John Hogarth                     
 Canoe/Kayak    Men's 10,000 m Kayak Pairs         BRONZE  Dennis Green / Walter Brown     43:43.2
 Cycling        Men's 1,000 m Sprint               BRONZE  Richard Ploog                          
 Cycling        Men's 2,000 m Tandem               GOLD    Australia                              
 Rowing         Men's Single Sculls                SILVER  Stuart MacKenzie                 8:07.7
 Rowing         Men's Double Sculls                BRONZE  Murray Riley / Mervyn Wood       7:37.4
 Rowing         Men's Eights                       BRONZE  Australia                        6:39.2
 Sailing        5.5 Metre                          BRONZE  Australia                          4022
 Sailing        Sharpie                            SILVER  Rolland Tasker / John Scott        6086
 Swimming       Men's 100 m Freestyle              GOLD    John Henricks                      55.4
 Swimming       Men's 100 m Freestyle              SILVER  John Devitt                        55.8
 Swimming       Men's 100 m Freestyle              BRONZE  Gary Chapman                       56.7
 Swimming       Men's 400 m Freestyle              GOLD    Murray Rose                      4:27.3
 Swimming       Men's 1,500 m Freestyle            GOLD    Murray Rose                     17:58.9
 Swimming       Men's 100 m Backstroke             GOLD    David Theile                     1:02.2
 Swimming       Men's 100 m Backstroke             SILVER  John Monckton                    1:03.2
 Swimming       Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay    GOLD    Australia                        8:23.6
 Swimming       Women's 100 m Freestyle            GOLD    Dawn Fraser                      1:02.0
 Swimming       Women's 100 m Freestyle            SILVER  Lorraine Crapp                   1:02.3
 Swimming       Women's 100 m Freestyle            BRONZE  Faith Leech                      1:05.1
 Swimming       Women's 400 m Freestyle            GOLD    Lorraine Crapp                   4:54.6
 Swimming       Women's 400 m Freestyle            SILVER  Dawn Fraser                      5:02.5
 Swimming       Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay  GOLD    Australia                        4:17.1
 Track & Field  Men's 100 m                        BRONZE  Hector Hogan                       10.6
 Track & Field  Men's 1,500 m                      BRONZE  John Landy                       3:42.0
 Track & Field  Men's 10,000 m                     BRONZE  Allan Lawrence                  28:53.6
 Track & Field  Men's 4 x 400 m Relay              SILVER  Australia                        3:06.2
 Track & Field  Men's High Jump                    SILVER  Charles Porter                    2.10m
 Track & Field  Women's 100 m                      GOLD    Betty Cuthbert                     11.5
 Track & Field  Women's 100 m                      BRONZE   Marlene Mathews-Willard           11.7
 Track & Field  Women's 200 m                      GOLD    Betty Cuthbert                     23.4
 Track & Field  Women's 200 m                      BRONZE  Marlene Matthews                   23.8
 Track & Field  Women's 4 x 100 m Relay            GOLD    Australia                          44.5
 Track & Field  Women's 80 m Hurdles               GOLD    Shirley Strickland de la Hunty     10.7
 Track & Field  Women's 80 m Hurdles               BRONZE  Norma Thrower                      11.0