United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, William Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Pete Rademacher — 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
- Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
- William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
- Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star
Silver
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Gary Tobian — 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, Art McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Carin Cone — 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 — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Bronze
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — 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
- George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
- George Breen — 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
- Nick Costes — 2:42:20
- John J. Kelley — 2:43:40
- Dean Thackwray — did not finish
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
;Sprint- Jack Disney — 5th place
- Allen Bell — 1:12.8
- Donald Ferguson
;Team pursuit
- Allen Bell
David Rhoads
Richard Cortright — 15th place
;Individual road race
- Joseph Becker — 5:38:16
- David Rhoads — did not finish
- Erhard Neumann — did not finish
- George Van Meter — did not finish
Diving
- Gary Tobian
- Richard Connor
- William Farrell
- Pat McCormick
- Juno Stover-Irwin
- Paula Jean Myers-Pope
Fencing
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Albie Axelrod, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith, Byron Krieger, Nate Lubell, Sewall Shurtz
- Richard Pew
- Sewall Shurtz
- Kinmont Hoitsma
- Sewall Shurtz, Richard Pew, Ralph Goldstein, Abram Cohen, Kinmont Hoitsma
;Men's team sabre
- Tibor Nyilas, George Worth, Abram Cohen, Rex Dyer, Allan Kwartler, Norman Cohn-Armitage
- Jan York-Romary
- Maxine Mitchell
- Judy Goodrich
Football (soccer)
- Preliminary Round
- Team Roster
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Team Roster
Modern pentathlon
;Individual
- George Lambert
- Bill Andre
- Jack Daniels
- George Lambert
- Bill Andre
- Jack Daniels
Rowing
; Men's single sculls
- John B. Kelly
- Pat Costello
- Jim Gardiner
- James Fifer
- Duvall Hecht
- Arthur Ayrault
- Conn Findlay
- Kurt Seiffert
- John Welchli
- John McKinlay
- Art McKinlay
- James McIntosh
; Men's eight
- Thomas Charlton
- David Wight
- John Cooke
- Donald Beer
- Caldwell Esselstyn
- Charles Grimes
- Rusty Wailes
- Robert Morey
- William Becklean
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
;50 m pistol
- Offutt Pinion
- Joe Benner
;50 m rifle, three positions
- Art Jackson
- Verle Wright, Jr.
- Art Jackson
- Verle Wright, Jr.
Swimming