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159 relations: ABN (TV station), ABV (TV station), Ampol, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Argentina, Athens, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw, ATN, Australia, Australian Government, Australian Olympic Committee, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Avery Brundage, Betty Cuthbert, Blood in the Water match, Bobby Morrow, Brisbane, Broadmeadows, Victoria, Buenos Aires, Cairns, Cambodia, Chicago, China, Chris Brasher, Czechoslovak Olympic Committee, Darwin, Northern Territory, Davy lamp, Dawn Fraser, Derek Johnson (runner), Detroit, Die casting, East Germany, Egil Danielsen, Egypt, English Electric Canberra, Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Ernst Larsen, Ervin Zádor, Ethiopia, Federation of Malaya, Festival Hall (Melbourne), Fiji, France, FT Magazine, GamesBids, GTV (Australian TV station), Hal Connolly, Heidelberg West, Victoria, ... Expand index (109 more) »
- 1950s in Melbourne
- 1950s in Stockholm
- 1956 in Australian sport
- 1956 in Swedish sport
- 1956 in multi-sport events
- December 1956 sports events in Australia
- International sports boycotts
- June 1956 sports events in Europe
- November 1956 sports events in Australia
- Sports competitions in Stockholm
- Summer Olympics by year
ABN (TV station)
ABC Television in New South Wales comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian state of New South Wales, headquartered in Sydney.
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ABV (TV station)
ABV is the call sign of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Ampol
Ampol Limited is an Australian petroleum company headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
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ATN
ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
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Australian Olympic Committee
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the National Olympic Committee responsible for developing, promoting, and protecting the Olympic Movement in Australia.
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Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service was the Australian government agency responsible for enforcing Australian quarantine laws, as part of the Department of Agriculture.
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Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and only non-European to attain that position.
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Betty Cuthbert
Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017), was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion.
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Blood in the Water match
The "Blood in the Water" match (melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Blood in the swimming pool) was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. 1956 Summer Olympics and Blood in the Water match are December 1956 sports events in Australia.
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Bobby Morrow
Bobby Joe Morrow (October 15, 1935May 30, 2020) was an American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics.
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Brisbane
Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.
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Broadmeadows, Victoria
Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District and the council seat of the City of Hume local government area.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Cairns
Cairns (Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland.
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Chris Brasher
Christopher William Brasher CBE (21 August 1928 – 28 February 2003) was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon.
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Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
The Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (Czech and Československý olympijský výbor) was the non-profit organization representing athletes from Czechoslovakia in the International Olympic Committee.
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin (Larrakia) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
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Davy lamp
The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.
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Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer, eight-time olympic medallist, a 15-year world record holder in the 100-metre freestyle, and former politician.
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Derek Johnson (runner)
Derek James Neville Johnson (5 January 1933 – 30 August 2004) was a British track and field athlete.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Die casting
Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity.
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East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
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Egil Danielsen
Egil Danielsen (9 November 1933 – 29 July 2019) was a Norwegian javelin thrower.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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English Electric Canberra
The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber.
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Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. 1956 Summer Olympics and equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics are 1950s in Stockholm, 1956 in Swedish sport and June 1956 sports events in Europe.
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Ernst Larsen
Ernst Willy Larsen (18 July 1926 – 2 December 2015) was a Norwegian athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase.
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Ervin Zádor
Ervin Zádor (7 June 1934 – 28 April 2012) was a Hungarian water polo player and member of the Hungarian national team.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
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Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya.
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Festival Hall (Melbourne)
Festival Hall is a heritage listed entertainment venue located at 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.
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Fiji
Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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FT Magazine
FT Magazine, also known as FT Weekend Magazine, is a supplement to the weekend edition of the Financial Times newspaper.
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GamesBids
GamesBids.com launched July 27, 1998 as Torontosummergames.com, and was published to follow the bid by the city of Toronto to organize the Games of the XXIXth Olympiad in 2008.
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GTV (Australian TV station)
GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network.
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Hal Connolly
Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly (August 1, 1931 – August 18, 2010) was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Heidelberg West, Victoria
Heidelberg West is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area.
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Heinz Laufer
Heinz Laufer (23 May 1925 – 26 March 2010) was a German middle-distance runner.
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Housing Commission of Victoria
The Housing Commission of Victoria (often shortened to Housing Commission, especially colloquially) was a Government of Victoria body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia.
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HSV (TV station)
HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia.
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Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR).
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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India men's national field hockey team
The India men's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions, and is governed by Hockey India.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
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John Ian Wing
John Ian Wing (born 18 November 1939) is an Olympic bronze medal recipient and an Australian-born British resident of Chinese descent who, as a student in Australia in 1956, wrote an anonymous letter to the International Olympic Committee suggesting the athletes from all countries mingle during the closing parade of the Summer Olympics held in Melbourne that year.
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John Landy
John Michael Landy (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Austro-Hungarian-born - American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor.
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José Torres
José Louis "Chegüi" Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
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Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree is an artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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László Papp
László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.
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Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
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Lill-Jansskogen
Lill-Janskogen, (English: "Little Jan's Forest"), is a park in Stockholm, Sweden.
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List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics
This is a list of flag bearers who have represented United States at the Olympics. Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony and closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
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List of IOC country codes
This is a list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) country codes.
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List of IOC meetings
This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.
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List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments, both before and during his time as consort to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American aircraft, a member of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft line.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as The 'G, is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.
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Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
The Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre (originally known as the Swimming and Diving Stadium and now known commercially as the AIA Vitality Centre) is a sports administration and training facility located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Australia.
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Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct
The Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct is a series of sports stadiums and venues, located in Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
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Mildred 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.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.
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Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
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Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.
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Murray Rose
Iain Murray Rose, (6 January 1939 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian swimmer, actor, sports commentator and marketing executive.
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Netherlands at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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North Borneo
North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah).
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Oaklands Hunt Club
The Oaklands Hunt Club is an Australian fox hunting club located in the Greenvale, Victoria.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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Olga Fikotová
Olga Fikotová (13 November 1932 – 12 April 2024) was a Czechoslovak, and later American, discus thrower.
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Olympia, Greece
Olympia (Ολυμπία; Ὀλυμπία), officially Archaia Olympia (Αρχαία Ολυμπία), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.
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Olympic flame
The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement.
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Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne, Australia.
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Olympic sports
Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
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Olympic Village
An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations.
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Ostend
Ostend (Oostende,; Ostende; Ostende; Ostende, literally "East End") is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Podium sweep
A podium sweep is where a team or nation comes in first, second and third, such as at the Olympics, and wins all available medals, which are recognized by a podium ceremony.
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Port Phillip
Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas, is the flag carrier of Australia, and is the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and Oceania.
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Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
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RAAF Williams
RAAF Williams is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base set across two locations, at Point Cook and Laverton, located approximately south-west of the Melbourne central business district in Victoria, Australia.
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Ron Clarke
Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 – 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012.
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Ron Delany
Ronald Michael Delany (born 6 March 1935) is an Irish former athlete who specialised in middle-distance running.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.
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Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe.
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Sabah
Sabah, or given nickname Sabah Bumi Di Bawah Bayu (means Sabah Land Below The Wind) is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Sándor Rozsnyói
Sándor Rozsnyói (born Sándor Rosner, 24 November 1930 – 2 September 2014) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000-metre steeple chase.
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Shirley Strickland
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Soviet Union at the Olympics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Summer and Winter Games on 18 occasions subsequently.
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Spain at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Spain boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary.
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St Kilda Town Hall
St Kilda Town Hall is a grand, classically styled city hall, located on the corner of Brighton Road and Carlisle Street in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
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Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.
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Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Stockholm Olympic Stadium (Stockholms Olympiastadion), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956.
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Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Switzerland boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
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TCN
TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia.
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Television in Australia
Television in Australia began experimentally as early as 1929 in Melbourne with radio stations 3DB and 3UZ, and 2UE in Sydney, using the Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donald McDonald, and later from other locations, such as Brisbane in 1934.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Tom Courtney
Thomas William Courtney (August 17, 1933 – August 22, 2023) was an American athlete and winner of two gold medals in the 1956 Olympic Games.
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Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
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Ulriksdal dirt course
The Ulriksdal dirt course was a course located 6 km north of Stockholm, Sweden at Ulriksdal.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
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United Team of Germany at the Olympics
The United Team of Germany (Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
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Valentin Prokopov
Valentin Prokopov (Валенти́н Ива́нович Проко́пов, October 2, 1929 – November 5, 2016) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Veterinary surgery
Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on non-human animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/respiratory tracts), and neurosurgery.
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Victoria (state)
Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.
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Victoria State Government
The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive branch of the Australian state of Victoria.
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Vladimir Kuts
Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts (Володимир Петрович Куц, Владимир Петрович Куц, 7 February 1927 – 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner.
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Wendy Lewis
Wendy Lewis is an Australian writer working in Sydney who has written a number of non-fiction books about Australian people, history and events.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Williamstown, Victoria
Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area.
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1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade; Spiele der VII.) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (Anvers 1920; Dutch and German: Antwerpen 1920), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
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1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (Spiele der XI.) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics are international sports boycotts and Summer Olympics by year.
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1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
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1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (XV olympiadin kisat), and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
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1956 Olympic flame hoax
The 1956 Olympic flame hoax was a hoax during the 1956 Summer Olympics, in which Barry Larkin, a veterinary student from Melbourne, ran with a homemade torch and fooled spectators, including a police escort and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, into thinking he was the torchbearer of the Olympic flame.
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1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Anpezo 1956 or Ampëz 1956), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956 Winter Olympics are 1956 in multi-sport events.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956 Winter Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 (Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley (now known as Olympic Valley), California, United States.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The, officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics are international sports boycotts and Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1976), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad (Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade) and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (Montréal 1976), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics are international sports boycotts and Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. 1956 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1956 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics
2005 Summer Deaflympics
The 2005 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 20th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 January to 16 January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. 1956 Summer Olympics and 2005 Summer Deaflympics are sports competitions in Melbourne.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 2005 Summer Deaflympics
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. 1956 Summer Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games are sports competitions in Melbourne.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games
2032 Summer Olympics
The 2032 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXV Olympiad and also known as Brisbane 2032, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 23 July to 8 August 2032, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 1956 Summer Olympics and 2032 Summer Olympics are Summer Olympics by year.
See 1956 Summer Olympics and 2032 Summer Olympics
See also
1950s in Melbourne
- 1951 Balaclava by-election
- 1952 Port Melbourne state by-election
- 1954 Melbourne Cup
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Logie Awards of 1959
- Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954
1950s in Stockholm
- 1951 World Fencing Championships
- 1954 Ice Hockey World Championships
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1957 Individual Long Track European Championship
- 1957 World Table Tennis Championships
- 1958 European Athletics Championships
- 1959 World Archery Championships
- Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Miss Europe 1956
1956 in Australian sport
- 1956 Claxton Shield
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1956 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Australia men's national soccer team results (1950–1979)
1956 in Swedish sport
- 1956 Davis Cup
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics
1956 in multi-sport events
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1956 Winter Olympics
December 1956 sports events in Australia
- 1956 Australian Grand Prix
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1956 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- Blood in the Water match
International sports boycotts
- 1936 Summer Olympics
- 1938 FIFA World Cup
- 1939 International University Games (Vienna)
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1957 Bandy World Championship
- 1964 Summer Olympics
- 1966 FIFA World Cup
- 1967 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
- 1969 Bandy World Championship
- 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1980 Summer Olympics boycott
- 1984 Summer Olympics boycott
- 1986 Asian Games
- 1986 Commonwealth Games
- 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1995 South Pacific Games
- 1996 Indianapolis 500
- 2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
- 2015 Bandy World Championship
- 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9
- 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships
- 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships
- Antisemitism in the Olympic Games
- Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics
- Boycotts of Israel in sports
- GANEFO
- Kun Khmer at the 2023 SEA Games
- Liberty Bell Classic
- List of Olympic Games boycotts
- One team in Tallinn
- People's Olympiad
- South African Games
- Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era
- USGF International Invitational 1980
June 1956 sports events in Europe
- 1956 Belgian Grand Prix
- 1956 Copa del Generalísimo final
- 1956 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1956 Giro d'Italia
- 1956 Latin Cup
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- EuroBasket Women 1956
November 1956 sports events in Australia
- 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy
- 1956 Summer Olympics
Sports competitions in Stockholm
- 1904 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1906 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1912 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1915 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1916 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1917 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1919 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1920 Svenska Mästerskapet final
- 1930 European Wrestling Championships
- 1934 European Wrestling Championships
- 1946 European Wrestling Championships
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1957 Individual Long Track European Championship
- 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship
- 2004 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
- 2008 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
- 2010 Svenska Cupen final
- 2018 Svenska Cupen final
- 2021 Svenska Cupen final
- 2021 World Figure Skating Championships
- 2022 Svenska Cupen final
- 2025 IIHF World Championship
- BAUHAUS-galan
- Bellmanstafetten
- Globen Galan
- Rilton Cup
- Round Lidingö Race
- Stockholm Half Marathon
- Stockholm Horse Show
- Stockholm Marathon
Summer Olympics by year
- 1896 Summer Olympics
- 1900 Summer Olympics
- 1904 Summer Olympics
- 1908 Summer Olympics
- 1912 Summer Olympics
- 1916 Summer Olympics
- 1920 Summer Olympics
- 1924 Summer Olympics
- 1928 Summer Olympics
- 1932 Summer Olympics
- 1936 Summer Olympics
- 1940 Summer Olympics
- 1944 Summer Olympics
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- 1952 Summer Olympics
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1960 Summer Olympics
- 1964 Summer Olympics
- 1968 Summer Olympics
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1980 Summer Olympics
- 1984 Summer Olympics
- 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- 2020 Summer Olympics
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2028 Summer Olympics
- 2032 Summer Olympics
References
Also known as 1956 Melbourne, 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, 1956 Melbourne Olympics, 1956 Summer Games, 1956 Summer Olympic Games, Australia 1956, Bids for the 1956 Summer Olympics, Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956, Melbourne Olympic Games, Melbourne Olympics, Melbourne/Stockholm 1956, Stockholm 1956, The 1956 Summer Olympics, XVIth Olympiad.