List of Gold, Silver & Bronze medals won by Australia in 1956 Olympic games.

Australia at 1956 Olympics


Total Medals in 1956 Olympics : 35
Gold Medals : 13 Silver Medals : 8 Bronze Medals : 14 Rank : 3

Australia medals table at 1956 Melbourne (XVI) Olympics

Gold Medal Winners

Players
Sports
Events
Betty Cuthbert Women Athletics Women's 100 Meter
Betty Cuthbert Women Athletics Women's 200 Meter
David Theile Men's Swimming Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
Dawn Fraser Women's Swimming Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
Joey Browne and Anthony Marchant Cycling Men's Tandem
John Devitt, Jon Henricks, Kevin O'Halloran, and Murray Rose Men's Swimming Men's 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
Jon Henricks Men's Swimming Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming
Lorraine Crapp Women's Swimming Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, and Sandra Morgan Women's Swimming Women's 4 x 100 Meter Freestyle Relay
Murray Rose Men's Swimming Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
Murray Rose Men's Swimming Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle Swimming
Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Wenham, and Shirley Strickland Women Athletics Women's 4 x 100 Meter Relay
Shirley Strickland Women Athletics Women's 80 Meter Hurdles

Silver Medal Winners

Players
Sports
Events
Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper, Leon Gregory, and David Lean Athletics Men Men's 4 x 400 Meter Relay
Chilla Porter Athletics Men Men's High Jump
Stuart MacKenzie Rowing Men's Single Sculls
John Devitt Men's Swimming Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming
John Monckton Men's Swimming Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
Lorraine Crapp Women's Swimming Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
Dawn Fraser Women's Swimming Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
John Scott and Roland Tasker Sailing Men's Sharpie 12 Meter Square

Bronze Medal Winners

Players
Sports
Events
Hector Hogan Athletics Men Men's 100 Meter
John Landy Athletics Men Men's 1500 Meter
Allan Lawrence Athletics Men Men's 10 KM
Norma Thrower Women Athletics Women's 80 Meter Hurdles
Marlene Mathews Women Athletics Women's 100 Meter
Marlene Mathews Women Athletics Women's 200 Meter
Kevin Hogarth Boxing Men's Welterweight
Walter Brown and Dennis Green Canoe / Kayak Men's K-2 10 KM Kayak Pairs
Dick Ploog Cycling Men's Sprint
Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood Rowing Men's Double Sculls (2x)
Michael Aikman, Angus Benfield, David Boykett, Bryan Doyle, Harold Hewitt, James Howden, Walter Howell, Garth Manton, and Adrian Monger Rowing Men's Coxed Eights
Gary Chapman Men's Swimming Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming
Faith Leech Women's Swimming Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
Douglas Buxton, Devereaux Mytton and Jock Sturrock Sailing Men's 5.5 Meter Class