1956 Summer Olympics
Host city | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events) | ||
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Nations | 72 | ||
Athletes | 3,314 (2,938 men, 376 women) | ||
Events | 151 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
Opening | 22 November | ||
Closing | 8 December | ||
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Cauldron | |||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held at Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.[2]
Melbourne was chosen as the host city over instead of Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Montreal and six American cities on 28 April 1949 at the 43rd IOC session.
The equestrian events were not held in Australia because of quarantine regulations. These events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden, making it the second time that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.[3]
Participating nations
[change | change source]A total of 67 nations sent athletes to compete at the Melbourne games.[4]
Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
British Guiana
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
Republic of China
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Liberia
Luxembourg
Malaya
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Borneo
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Soviet Union
Sweden
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Five nations competed in the horse riding events in Stockholm; however, athletes from these nations did not take part in the Games in Melbourne. The five were Cambodia, Egypt, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.[5]
Related pages
[change | change source]Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ The Duke of Edinburgh did not regain the title "Prince" until the following year. See List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 13 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1956 Melbourne Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
- ↑ In the Antwerp, Belgium Olympics of 1920 one sailing event had been held in Dutch waters.
- ↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were Ethiopia, Fiji, Kenya, Liberia, Malaya, North Borneo and Uganda.
- ↑ Egypt did not compete in Melbourne because of the Suez Crisis. The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland did not participate because they wanted to protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to 1956 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons