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competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Bobby Morrow Bobby Joe Morrow (October 15, 1935May 30, 2020) was an American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics. He has been called "the dominant sprinter of the 1950s" and "the most relaxed sprinter of all time, even more so than his ...

— Athletics, Men's 100 metres *

— Athletics, Men's 200 metres * Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres * Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres *

Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun (February 23, 1933 – June 21, 1989) was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games. Biography Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Lee Calhoun, representing North Carolina Central University, won ...

— Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles * Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles *

Thane Baker Walter Thane Baker (born October 4, 1931) is an American former sprinter and winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a new world record of 39.5 seconds. At those Olympics Baker a ...

, Leamon King,

, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and

Jesse Mashburn Jesse William Mashburn (born February 14, 1933) is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He is also a homebuilder. Born in Seminole, Oklahoma, Mashburn won the AAU championships in in ...

— Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Charles Dumas Charles Everett "Charlie" Dumas (February 12, 1937 – January 5, 2004) was an American high jumper, the 1956 Olympic champion, and the first person to clear 7 ft.(2.13 m) While attending Compton College, near Los Angeles, D ...

— Athletics, Men's High Jump *

Bob Richards Robert Eugene Richards (born February 20, 1926) is an American retired athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He ...

— Athletics, Men's Pole Vault * Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump *

Parry O'Brien William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (January 28, 1932 – April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic c ...

— Athletics, Men's Shot Put *

Harold Connolly Harold Joseph Connolly (8 September 1901 – 17 May 1980) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 15th premier of Nova Scotia in 1954. Connolly was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Richard Joseph ...

— Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw *

Milt Campbell Milton Gray Campbell (December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012) was an American decathlete of the 1950s. In 1956, he became the first African American to win the gold medal in the decathlon of the Summer Olympic Games.Millie McDaniel Mildred "Millie" Louise McDaniel-Singleton ( McDaniel, November 4, 1933 – September 30, 2004) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the women's high jump event during her career. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she attended David T. ...

— Athletics, Women's High Jump *

Al Oerter Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Ga ...

— Athletics, Men's Discus Throw *

Dick Boushka Richard James Boushka (July 29, 1934 – February 19, 2019) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Springfield, Illinois, Boushka played collegiately at Saint Louis University. In addition to h ...

Carl Cain Carl Cecil Cain (born August 2, 1934) is an American retired basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Freeport, Illinois, Cain played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes. His number is retired by the University ...

Chuck Darling :''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.'' Charles Frick Darling (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darl ...

, William Evans, Gib Ford,

Burdette Haldorson Burdette Eliele "Burdie" Haldorson (born January 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Haldorson played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was p ...

Bill Hougland William Marion Hougland (June 20, 1930 – March 6, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympi ...

Bob Jeangerard Robert Eugene Jeangerard (June 20, 1933 – July 5, 2014) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Jeangerard played collegiately at the University of Colorado. He then played for th ...

, K C Jones,

Bill Russell William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Va ...

Ron Tomsic Ronald Paul Tomsic (born April 3, 1933) is an American former basketball player. Tomsic, a guard born in Oakland, California, played college basketball at Stanford University from 1951–1955. A three-time All-PCC selection, he scored 1,416 po ...

, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition * Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight *

Pete Rademacher Thomas Peter Rademacher (November 20, 1928 – June 4, 2020) was an American heavyweight boxer. A gold medalist at the 1956 Olympics, he became the only person to challenge for the world heavyweight championship in his first professional bo ...

— Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard * Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard * Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform * Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs * Dan Ayrault,

Conn Findlay Francis Conn Findlay (April 24, 1930April 8, 2021) was an American Olympic rower and sailor. He won four Olympic medals in those two sports, including two golds in coxed pair. He was also part of the America's Cup sailing crews that won in 19 ...

, and

Kurt Seiffert Armin Kurt Seiffert (born December 21, 1935) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm ...

— Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs * William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke,

Caldwell Esselstyn Caldwell may refer to: People * Caldwell (surname) * Caldwell (given name) * Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada Places Great Britain * Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet * Caldwell, East ...

, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey,

Rusty Wailes Richard "Rusty" Donald Wailes, a.k.a. ''Perfect Oarsman'' (March 21, 1936 in Edmonds, Washington – October 11, 2002 on Lake Washington) was an American rower. Wailes began sport rowing when he entered Yale University in the fall of 1954. ...

, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights *

William Yorzyk William Albert Yorzyk Jr. (May 29, 1933 – September 2, 2020) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and one-time world record-holder. Yorzyk represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.Spor ...

— Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly * Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly *

Charles Vinci Charles Thomas Vinci Jr. (February 28, 1933 – June 13, 2018) was an American weightlifter and Olympic champion. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Vinci was the United States Senior National Champion from 1954 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1961. He rece ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight *

Isaac Berger Isaac "Ike" Berger (November 16, 1936 – June 4, 2022) was an American weightlifter, who competed for the United States at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. He held eight world records (four official and f ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight *

Tommy Kono Tamio "Tommy" Kono (June 27, 1930 – April 24, 2016) was a Japanese American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s. Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight (149 pounds or 67.5 kilograms), middleweight (165 lb or ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight *

Paul Edward Anderson Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, strongman, and powerlifter. He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting. Anderson contributed s ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight * Lawrence Low and

Bert Williams Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He is credited as being ...

— Sailing, Men's Star

Silver

— Athletics, Men's 100 metres * Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres * Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles *

Eddie Southern Silas Edward Southern (January 4, 1938 – May 17, 2023) was an American sprinter and hurdler who won a silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at 1956 Olympics. He won another silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1959 Pan American Games. ...

— Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles *

Bob Gutowski Robert Allen "Bob" Gutowski (25 April 1935 – 2 August 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the Pole Vault where he w ...

— Athletics, Men's Pole Vault * John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump *

Bill Nieder William Henry Nieder (August 10, 1933 – October 7, 2022) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put. Nieder was born in Hempstead, New York, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas.Fortune Gordien Fortune Everett Gordien (September 9, 1922 – April 10, 1990) was an American discus thrower and shot putter who set four world records in the discus throw. He competed in this event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed third, fourth ...

— Athletics, Men's Discus Throw *

Rafer Johnson Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlon, decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold in the 1955 Pan Amer ...

— Athletics, Men's Decathlon *

Willye White Willye Brown White (December 31, 1939 – February 6, 2007) was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972. She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. ...

— Athletics, Women's Long Jump *

José Torres José ("Chegüi") Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born American professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he d ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight *

Don Harper Don Harper (192130 May 1999) was an Australian composer. Born in Melbourne in 1921, Don Harper showed an interest in music from an early age, learning to play the violin as a child. His formal study began at the New South Wales Conservatorium ...

— Diving, Men's Springboard *

Gary Tobian Gary Milburn Tobian (born August 14, 1935) is a retired American diver. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in all his events: a gold in the 3 m springboard in 1960 and two silvers in the 10 m platform. ...

— Diving, Men's Platform * Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard * Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform * Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition * Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls *

James McIntosh James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy McIntosh may refer to: * James Mackintosh (percussionist), Scottish percussionist and drummer * James M. McIntosh (1828–1862), Confederate Army general * James McIntosh (Medal of Honor) (1829–1908), American Medal o ...

, Art McKinlay,

John McKinlay John McKinlay (26 August 1819 – 31 December 1872)
, John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours *

George Breen George Thomas Breen (July 19, 1935 – November 9, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in three events. After retiring as a swimmer, he became a coach at Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in New ...

, Richard Hanley,

Ford Konno Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933) is a Japanese–American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Konno was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Ho ...

, and

Bill Woolsey William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's ...

— Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

Carin Cone Carin Alice Cone (born April 18, 1940), also known by her married name Carin Cone Vanderbush, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Au ...

— Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke * Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly * Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight *

David Sheppard David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 – 5 March 2005) was a Church of England Bishop of Liverpool who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played T ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight *

Daniel Hodge Daniel Hodge (born ) is a Curaçaoan politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Curaçao. He was sworn in on by Acting Governor An acting governor is a person who acts in the role of governor. In Commonwealth jurisdictions where th ...

— Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Bronze

— Athletics, Men's 200 metres *

Joel Shankle Joel Shankle (March 2, 1933 – April 8, 2015) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 110 meter hurdles where he ...

— Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles *

Josh Culbreath Joshua Culbreath (September 14, 1932 – July 1, 2021) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles—the national outdoor champion from 1953 to 1955; three-time winner of the event in the Penn Relays in the same year ...

— Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles * Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw *

Isabelle Daniels Isabelle Frances Daniels (later ''Holston''; July 31, 1937 – September 8, 2017) was an American sprinter. Daniels attended Tennessee State University, where she was part of their Amateur Athletic Union, AAU champion relay team for 5 years ...

Mae Faggs Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (April 10, 1932 in Mays Landing, New Jersey – January 27, 2000 in Cincinnati) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee S ...

, Margaret Matthews, and

Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. ...

— Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay * Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform * Paula Jean Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform * John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls * Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol *

— Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle *

— Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle * Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke * Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle * Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly * James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight * Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight * John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn

Athletics

Men's Marathon * Nick Costes — 2:42:20 (→ 20th place) * John J. Kelley — 2:43:40 (→ 21st place) * Dean Thackwray — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

; Sprint * Jack Disney — 5th 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 ...

* Allen Bell — 1:12.8 (→ 10th place) ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

Donald Ferguson Donald Ferguson may refer to: *Donald Ferguson (politician) (1839–1909), Canadian politician *Donald Ferguson (cyclist) (born 1931), American cyclist *Donald F. Ferguson (born 1960), Dell executive See also

*Don Ferguson (disambiguation) *Fer ...

James Rossi — 8th place ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Allen Bell
Art Longsjo
David Rhoads
Richard Cortright — 15th place ; Individual road race * Joseph Becker — 5:38:16 (→ 43rd place) * David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Erhard Neumann — did not finish (→ no ranking) * George Van Meter — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m Platform *

:* Preliminary Round — 76.77 :* Final — 152.41 (→ Silver Medal) * Richard Connor :* Preliminary Round — 80.24 :* Final — 149.79 (→ Bronze Medal) * William Farrell :* Preliminary Round — 75.07 :* Final — 139.12 (→ 6th place) Women's 10m Platform * Pat McCormick :* Preliminary Round — 51.28 :* Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal) * Juno Stover-Irwin :* Preliminary Round — 50.81 :* Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal) * Paula Jean Myers-Pope :* Preliminary Round — 52.96 :* Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal)

Fencing

18 fencers represented the United States in 1956. ; Men's foil * Albie Axelrod * Hal Goldsmith *

Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American foil, sabre and épée fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pan American Games where he ...

; Men's team foil * Albie Axelrod,

Daniel Bukantz Daniel Bukantz (December 4, 1917 – July 26, 2008) was an American four-time individual United States national foil fencing champion, Maccabiah Games individual foil champion, four-time Olympic fencer, fencing referee, and a dentist. He has been ...

, Hal Goldsmith,

, Nate Lubell, Sewall Shurtz ; Men's épée * Richard Pew * Sewall Shurtz * Kinmont Hoitsma ; Men's team épée * Sewall Shurtz, Richard Pew,

Ralph Goldstein Ralph Myer Goldstein (October 6, 1913 – July 25, 1997) was an American Olympic épée fencer. Early and personal life Goldstein was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and was Jewish.Abram Cohen Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, epee, and sabre fencer.Bob Wechsler''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''/ref>Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver''Encyclopedia of Jews in ...

, Kinmont Hoitsma ; Men's sabre *

Allan Kwartler Allan S. Kwartler (nicknamed "Doc"; September 10, 1917 – November 11, 1998), born in New York City, was an American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian, and twice a member of sabre teams that earned ...

* George Worth * Tibor Nyilas ; Men's team sabre * Tibor Nyilas, George Worth,

Abram Cohen Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, epee, and sabre fencer.Bob Wechsler''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''/ref>Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver''Encyclopedia of Jews in ...

, Rex Dyer,

, Norman Cohn-Armitage ; Women's foil * Jan York-Romary * Maxine Mitchell * Judy Goodrich

Football (soccer)

*Preliminary round :* Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance *Team roster :* John Carden :* Ronald Coder :*

Bill Conterio William Amedeo Conterio (November 29, 1929 – August 9, 2017) was an American soccer midfielder. He was a member of the United States soccer teams at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. Career Conterio was born in Chicago, Illinois at the st ...

:* Rolf Decker :* Jim Dorrian :* Svend Engedal :*

Harry Keough Harry Joseph Keough (November 15, 1927 – February 7, 2012) was an American soccer defender who played on the United States national team in their 1–0 upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He spent most of his club career in his ...

Bill Looby Bill Looby (November 20, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri – December 9, 1998 in St. Louis) was an American soccer forward who spent his entire career in the St. Louis Leagues. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1956 Summer O ...

:* Alfonso Marina :* Ruben Mendoza :*

Lloyd Monsen Lloyd Monsen (born May 7, 1931) is a retired American soccer Striker (association football), forward and baseball pitcher. Monsen spent eleven seasons in the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League as well as several years i ...

:* Ed Murphy :* Dick Packer :* Zenon Snylyk :* Herman Wecke :* Siegbert Wirth :*

Al Zerhusen Albert Ferdinand Zerhusen (December 4, 1931 – January 29, 2018) was a U.S. soccer midfielder who played extensively for the U.S. national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Biography When Zerhusen was five, his famil ...

Head coach:

Jimmy Mills Jimmy Mills (1 July 1894 – 8 October 1990) was a Scottish-American soccer wing-half and coach. He gained his greatest fame as a coach, taking his teams to five league, three league cup titles and two McGuire Cup titles In 1956, he coached the ...

Gymnastics

Hockey

*Team roster :* Kurt Ucko

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event. ;Individual * George Lambert * Bill Andre * Jack Daniels ;Team * George Lambert * Bill Andre * Jack Daniels

Rowing

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all 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 single sculls * John B. Kelly ; Men's double sculls * Pat Costello * Jim Gardiner ; Men's coxless pair * James Fifer * Duvall Hecht ; Men's coxed pair * Dan Ayrault *

(cox) ; Men's coxless four * John Welchli *

John McKinlay John McKinlay (26 August 1819 – 31 December 1872)
, Art McKinlay *

; Men's coxed four * James Wynne * Douglas Turner * James McMullen * Ronald Cardwell * Edward Masterson (cox) ; Men's eight * Thomas Charlton * David Wight * John Cooke * Donald Beer *

* Charles Grimes *

* Robert Morey * William Becklean (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956. Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event. ;

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 ...

* John Beaumont * John Forman ;

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 ...

* Offutt Pinion * Joe Benner ; 300 m rifle, three positions * James Smith * Herbert Voelcker ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Art Jackson * Verle Wright, Jr. ; 50 m rifle, prone * Art Jackson * Verle Wright, Jr.

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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