1956 Sailing medal counts

                                    Total    Gold   Silver  Bronze
United Kingdom (Great Britain)         3       0       1       2
Sweden                                 2       2       0       0
Denmark                                2       1       1       0
United States                          2       1       0       1
Australia                              2       0       1       1
New Zealand                            1       1       0       0
Belgium                                1       0       1       0
Italy                                  1       0       1       0
The Bahamas                            1       0       0       1

Medal winners:
      Event     Gold                Silver              Bronze           
1956  Finn      Paul Elvstrom DEN   Andre Nelis   BEL   John Marvin   USA
1956  Star      United States USA   Italy         ITA   Bahamas       BAH
1956  Sharpie   New Zeland    NZL   Australia     AUS   Great Britain GBR
1956  Dragon    Sweden        SWE   Denmark       DEN   Great Britain GBR
1956  5.5 m     Sweden        SWE   Great Britain GBR   Australia     AUS