Summer Olympics : United States : 1956 medals

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 MEDAL COUNTS:
SPORT TOTAL  GOLD SILVER BRONZE
WeightliftingWeightlifting 7 4 2 1
BasketballBasketball 1 1 0 0
BoxingBoxing 3 2 1 0
DivingDiving 9 3 4 2
Freestyle WrestlingFreestyle Wrestling 2 0 1 1
Modern PentathlonModern Pentathlon 1 0 1 0
RowingRowing 6 3 2 1
SailingSailing 2 1 0 1
ShootingShooting 1 0 0 1
SwimmingSwimming 11 2 4 5
Track & FieldTrack & Field 31 16 10 5
ALLALL 74 32 25 17
MEDAL WINNERS: Basketball Men's Basketball GOLD United States Boxing Men's Light-Middleweight(71kg) SILVER Jose Torres Boxing Men's Light-Heavyweight(81kg) GOLD James Felton Boyd Boxing Men's Heavyweight(+81kg) GOLD Peter Rademacher Diving Men's Springboard GOLD Robert Clotworthy 159.56 Diving Men's Springboard SILVER Donald Harper 156.23 Diving Men's Platform SILVER Gary Tobian 152.41 Diving Men's Platform BRONZE Richard Connor 149.79 Diving Women's Springboard GOLD Patricia McCormick 142.36 Diving Women's Springboard SILVER Jeanne Stunyo 125.89 Diving Women's Platform GOLD Patricia McCormick 84.85 Diving Women's Platform SILVER Juno Stover-Irwin 81.64 Diving Women's Platform BRONZE Paula Jean Myers-Pope 81.58 Freestyle Wrestling Men's Middleweight(79kg) SILVER Daniel Hodge Freestyle Wrestling Men's Light-Heavyweight(87kg) BRONZE Peter Blair Modern Pentathlon Men's Team SILVER United States 13482.0 Rowing Men's Single Sculls BRONZE John Kelly Jr. 8:11.8 Rowing Men's Double Sculls SILVER Pat Costello / James Gardiner 7:32.2 Rowing Men's Coxless Pairs GOLD James Fifer / Duvall Hecht 7:55.4 Rowing Men's Coxless Fours SILVER United States 7:18.4 Rowing Men's Eights GOLD United States 6:35.2 Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs GOLD United States 8:26.1 Sailing Finn BRONZE John Marvin 5953 Sailing Star GOLD Herbert Williams / Lawrence Low 5876 Shooting Men's Free Pistol(50m) BRONZE Offutt Pinion 551 Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle BRONZE George Breen 4:32.5 Swimming Men's 1,500 m Freestyle BRONZE George Breen 18:08.2 Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke BRONZE Frank McKinney 1:04.5 Swimming Men's 200 m Butterfly GOLD William Yorzik 2:19.3 Swimming Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay SILVER United States 8:31.5 Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle BRONZE Sylvia Ruuska 5:07.1 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke SILVER Carin Cone 1:12.9 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly GOLD Shelley Mann 1:11.0 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly SILVER Nancy Ramey 1:11.9 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly BRONZE Mary Sears 1:14.4 Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay SILVER United States 4:19.2 Track & Field Men's 100 m GOLD Robert Morrow 10.5 Track & Field Men's 100 m SILVER Thane Baker 10.5 Track & Field Men's 200 m GOLD Robert Morrow 20.6 Track & Field Men's 200 m SILVER Andrew Stanfield 20.7 Track & Field Men's 200 m BRONZE Thane Baker 20.9 Track & Field Men's 400 m GOLD Charles Jenkins 46.7 Track & Field Men's 800 m GOLD Tom Courtney 1:47.7 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles GOLD Lee Calhoun 13.5 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles SILVER Jack Davis 13.5 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles BRONZE Joel Shankle 14.1 Track & Field Men's 400 m Hurdles GOLD Glenn Davis 50.1 Track & Field Men's 400 m Hurdles SILVER Eddie Southern 50.8 Track & Field Men's 400 m Hurdles BRONZE Joshua Culbreath 51.6 Track & Field Men's 4 x 100 m Relay GOLD United States 39.5 Track & Field Men's 4 x 400 m Relay GOLD United States 3:04.8 Track & Field Men's Long Jump GOLD Greg Bell 7.83m Track & Field Men's Long Jump SILVER John Bennett 7.68m Track & Field Men's High Jump GOLD Charles Dumas 2.12m Track & Field Men's Pole Vault GOLD Bob Richards 4.56m Track & Field Men's Pole Vault SILVER Bob Gutowski 4.53m Track & Field Men's Discus GOLD Al Oerter 56.36m Track & Field Men's Discus SILVER Fortune Gordien 54.81m Track & Field Men's Discus BRONZE Desmond Koch 54.40m Track & Field Men's Hammer Throw GOLD Harold Connolly 63.19m Track & Field Men's Shot Put GOLD Parry O'Brien 18.57m Track & Field Men's Shot Put SILVER Bill Nieder 18.18m Track & Field Men's Decathlon GOLD Milton Campbell 7937 Track & Field Men's Decathlon SILVER Rafer Johnson 7587 Track & Field Women's 4 x 100 m Relay BRONZE United States 44.9 Track & Field Women's Long Jump SILVER Willye White 6.09m Track & Field Women's High Jump GOLD Mildred McDaniel 1.76m Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight(56kg) GOLD Charles Vinci 342.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Featherweight(60kg) GOLD Isaac Berger 352.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Middleweight(75kg) SILVER Peter George 412.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Light-Heavyweight(82.5kg) GOLD Thomas Kono 447.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Light-Heavyweight(82.5kg) BRONZE James George 417.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Middle-Heavyweight(90kg) SILVER David Sheppard 442.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight(+90 kg) GOLD Paul Anderson 500.0 kg
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