Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
| Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing. For the first time, the butterfly stroke was contested as a separate event. Australia dominated the medal standings with a total of 14 medals.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Dawn Fraser Australia (AUS) | 1:02.0 (WR) | Lorraine Crapp Australia (AUS) | 1:02.3 | Faith Leech Australia (AUS) | 1:05.1 |
| 400 m freestyle | Lorraine Crapp Australia (AUS) | 4:54.6 (OR) | Dawn Fraser Australia (AUS) | 5:02.5 | Sylvia Ruuska United States (USA) | 5:07.1 |
| 100 m backstroke | Judith Grinham Great Britain (GBR) | 1:12.9 (WR) | Carin Cone United States (USA) | 1:12.9 (=WR) | Margaret Edwards Great Britain (GBR) | 1:13.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ursula Happe Germany (EUA) | 2:53.1 (OR) | Éva Székely Hungary (HUN) | 2:54.8 | Eva-Maria Elsen Germany (EUA) | 2:55.1 |
| 100 m butterfly | Shelley Mann United States (USA) | 1:11.0 (OR) | Nancy Ramey United States (USA) | 1:11.9 | Mary Sears United States (USA) | 1:14.4 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Australia (AUS) Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp | 4:17.1 (WR) | United States (USA) Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza | 4:19.2 | South Africa (RSA) Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh | 4:25.7 |
References
- 1956 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-25.
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