Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
6		 Silver
7		 Bronze
11		 Total
24
Olympic history (summary)
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

The Melbourne Games saw an improvement on Great Britain and Northern Ireland's performance at the two preceding Games. British athletes won six gold medals (up from just one in 1952). Overall, they won twenty-four medals, finishing eighth.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Derek Ibbotson — Athletics, Men's 5.000m
  • Michael Wheeler, Peter Higgins, Derek Johnson, and John Salisbury — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
  • Nicholas Gargano — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
  • John McCormack — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Thomas Simpson, Donald Burgess, Michael Gambrill, and John Geddes — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
  • Alan Jackson — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Frank Weldon — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
  • Peter Robeson, Patricia Smythe, and Wilf White — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Margaret Edwards — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Terrence Smith and Jasper Blackall — Sailing, Men's Sharpie 12m²
  • Graham Mann, Ronald Backus, and Jonathan Janson — Sailing, Men's Dragon

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Peter Hildreth
  • Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14.8s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Harry Hicks — 2:39:55 (→ 15th place)
  • Fred Norris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Ron Clark — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Owen Reilly

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Ron Redrup

[edit] Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

  • Keith Harrison — 15th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Alan Danson — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)

Men's 2.000m Tandem

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Donald Burgess
    John Geddes
    Michael Gambrill
    Thomas Simpson — 4:42.2 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's Team Time Trial

  • Alan Jackson
    Arthur Brittain
    William Holmes — 23 points (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Alan Jackson — 5:23:16 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Arthur Brittain — 5:23:40 (→ 6th place)
  • William Holmes — 5:23:40 (→ 14th place)
  • Harold Reynolds — 5:24:44 (→ 19th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 10m Platform

  • Peter Tarsey
  • Preliminary Round — 68.34 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Roy Walsh
  • Preliminary Round — 62.56 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Raymond Cann
  • Preliminary Round — 60.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Phyllis Long
  • Preliminary Round — 49.15
  • Final — 76.15 (→ 7th place)
  • Charmain Welsh
  • Preliminary Round — 46.55
  • Final — 69.05 (→ 12th place)


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