Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian events). 92 competitors, 77 men and 15 women, took part in 81 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Archibald MacKinnon Archibald MacKinnon (born January 13, 1937 in Cranbrook, British Columbia) is a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Lo ...

, Kenneth Loomer, Walter D'Hondt, and

Donald Arnold Donald John Arnold (July 14, 1935 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbour ...

Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

, men's Coxless Four * Gerald Ouellette in

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...

, men's 50m Rifle Prone

Silver

* Philip Kueber, Richard McClure, Robert Wilson, David Helliwell,

Wayne Pretty Donald WaynneI am his niece. His name constantly gets spelled wrong. Pretty (born June 11, 1936) is a Canadian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Toky ...

, Bill McKerlich, Douglas McDonald, Lawrence West, Carlton Ogawa –

, men's eight with coxswain

Bronze

Irene MacDonald Irene Margaret MacDonald, (November 22, 1931 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster from Hamilton, Ontario. She won Canada's first-ever Olympic diving medal, a bronze, at the 1956 Summer Games. Orphan ...

–

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

, women's 3m springboard * Stuart Boa –

, men's 50m Rifle Prone * John Rumble, James Elder, Brian Herbinson –

Equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

, Team Three-Day Event

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

; Sprint * Fred Markus – 17th place ;

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

* James Davies – 1:15.2 (→ 17th place) ; Individual road race * Patrick Murphy – 5:27:28 (→ 29th place) *Fred Markus – did not finish (→ no ranking) *James Davies – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m platform * William Patrick ** Preliminary round – 67.71 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Fencing

One fencer represented Canada in 1956. ; Men's foil *

Roland Asselin Roland George Arthur Asselin (May 18, 1917 – December 7, 2003) was a Canadian fencer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business dist ...

; Men's épée *

; Men's sabre *

Gymnastics

Rowing

Canada had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

events in 1956. ; Men's coxless four *

Lorne Loomer Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Archibald MacKinnon, Walter D'Ho ...

* Walter D'Hondt *

; Men's eight * Philip Kueber * Richard McClure * Robert Wilson * David Helliwell *

* Bill McKerlich * Douglas McDonald * Lawrence West * Carlton Ogawa (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Five shooters represented Canada in 1956. In the 50 m rifle, prone event, Gerald Ouellette won gold and Gil Boa won bronze. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* James Zavitz ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* James Zavitz ; 300 m rifle, three positions * Gerald Ouellette ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Gil Boa * Gerald Ouellette ; 50 m rifle, prone * Gil Boa * Gerald Ouellette ;

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* Earl Caldwell * Frank Opsal

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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