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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 13 swimming events were contested. The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. ...
Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ...
MEN'S EVENTS
100 m Freestyle, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
 Jon Malcolm Henricks (AUS) | 55.4 | | Silver |
John Devitt (AUS) | 55.8 | | Bronze |
Gary Chapman (AUS) | 56.7 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
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400 m Freestyle, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Murray Rose (AUS) | 17:58.9 | | Silver |
 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (JPN) | 18:00.3 | | Bronze |
 George Thomas Breen (USA) | 18:08.2 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
Iain Murray Rose (born: January 6, 1939) in Nairn but he moved to Australia with his family as a toddler. ...
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1500 m Freestyle, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Murray Rose (AUS) | 4:27.3 | | Silver |
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (JPN) | 4:30.4 | | Bronze |
George Thomas Breen (USA) | 4:32.5 | [Note: times for the 400m and 1500m appear to be reversed in this display. No source available to check for accurate times.] Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
Iain Murray Rose (born: January 6, 1939) in Nairn but he moved to Australia with his family as a toddler. ...
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100 m Backstroke, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
David Egmont Theile (AUS) | 1:02.2 | | Silver |
John James Monckton (AUS) | 1:03.2 | | Bronze |
Frank Edward McKinney Jr. (USA) | 1:04.5 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
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200 m Breaststroke, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Masaru Furukawa (JPN) | 2:34.7 | | Silver |
Masahiro Yoshimura (JPN) | 2:36.7 | | Bronze |
 Kharis Yunichev (URS) | 2:36.8 | Large flag of Japan (10:7 (length:width) white rectangle with a centered red circle with a diameter of 3/5 of the width) Dimensions as stated and colors as used on the Homepage of the Japanese embassy to germany. ...
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200 m Butterfly, Men | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
William Albert Yorzyk Jr. (USA) | 2:19.3 | | Silver |
Takashi Ishimoto (JPN) | 2:23.8 | | Bronze |
 György Tumpek (HUN) | 2:23.9 | Download high resolution version (1520x800, 15 KB)48-star Old Glory flag of the United States (1912 _ 1959) File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of the United States 1936 Summer Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics 1948 Summer Olympics Iona Nikitchenko 1928 Winter Olympics 1924 Winter Olympics...
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4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men | Pos | Team | Time | | Gold |
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, John Malcolm Henricks (AUS) | 8:23.6 | | Silver |
Richard Dennis Hanley, George Thomas Breen, William Tripp Woolsey, Ford Hiroshi Konno (USA) | 8:31.5 | | Bronze |
Vitali Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennadi Nikolaev, Boris Nikitin (URS) | 8:34.7 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
Iain Murray Rose (born: January 6, 1939) in Nairn but he moved to Australia with his family as a toddler. ...
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WOMEN'S EVENTS
100 m Freestyle, Women | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Dawn Fraser (AUS) | 1:02.0 | | Silver |
Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 1:02.3 | | Bronze |
Faith Yvonne Leech (AUS) | 1:05.1 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
Dawn Fraser, AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ...
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400 m Freestyle, Women | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 4:54.6 | | Silver |
Dawn Fraser (AUS) | 5:02.5 | | Bronze |
Sylvia Eliina Ruuska (USA) | 5:07.1 | Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Australia_flag_large. ...
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Dawn Fraser, AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ...
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100 m Backstroke, Women | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
 Judith Brenda Grinham (GBR) | 1:12.9 | | Silver |
Carin Alice Cone (USA) | 1:12.9 | | Bronze |
Margaret Edwards (GBR) | 1:13.1 | Image File history File links Uk_flag_large. ...
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200 m Breaststroke, Women | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
 Ursula Happe-Krey (EUA) | 2:53.1 | | Silver |
Éva Székely (HUN) | 2:54.8 | | Bronze |
Eva-Maria Ten Elsen (EUA) | 2:55.1 | Image File history File links Unified German Olympic Flag was used 1960-1968 for the German Unified Team. ...
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100 m Butterfly, Women | Pos | Athlete | Time | | Gold |
Shelley Isabel Mann (USA) | 1:11.0 | | Silver |
Nancy Jane Ramey (USA) | 1:11.9 | | Bronze |
Mary Jane Sears (USA) | 1:14.4 | Download high resolution version (1520x800, 15 KB)48-star Old Glory flag of the United States (1912 _ 1959) File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of the United States 1936 Summer Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics 1948 Summer Olympics Iona Nikitchenko 1928 Winter Olympics 1924 Winter Olympics...
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4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women | Pos | Team | Time | | Gold |
Dawn Fraser, Faith Yvonne Leech, Sandra Anne Morgan, Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 4:17.1 | | Silver |
Sylvia Eliina Ruuska, Shelley Isabel Mann, Nancy Joan Simons, Joan Ann Alderson-Rosazza (USA) | 4:19.2 | | Bronze |
 Natalie Ann Myburgh, Susan Elizabeth Roberts, Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Evelyn Myburgh (RSA) | 4:25.7 |
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Dawn Fraser, AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ...
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Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ...
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, six swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ...
Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ...
Jump to: navigation, search At the 1928 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
At the 1932 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
Jump to: navigation, search At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
Jump to: navigation, search At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
Jump to: navigation, search At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ...
Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Water Polo and Diving. ...
Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS ...
The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. ...
MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Categories: 1992 Summer Olympics ...
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ...
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. ...
| Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne and Stockholm) | | Athletics | Australian Football (demostration sport) | Baseball (demostration sport) | Basketball | Boxing | Canoeing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrian | Fencing | Football | Gymnastics | Hockey | Modern Pentathlon | Rowing | Shooting | Swimming | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling | Yachting | The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Old town in Stockholm from the air Stockholm [▶] is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ...
Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. ...
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. ...
The Equestrian Events were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarentine regulations. ...
Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics: Only a mens competition occurred that year. ...
10 nations competed in Water Polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. ...
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