1956 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m Free | Jon Henricks, AUS | 55.4 | OR |
| John Devitt, AUS | 55.8 | ||
| Gary Chapman, AUS | 56.7 | ||
| 400m Free | Murray Rose, AUS | 4:27.3 | OR |
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN | 4:30.4 | ||
| George Breen, USA | 4:32.5 | ||
| 1500m Free | Murray Rose, AUS | 17:58.9 | |
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN | 18:00.3 | ||
| George Breen, USA | 18:08.2 | ||
| 100m Back | David Theile, AUS | 1:02.2 | OR |
| John Monckton, AUS | 1:03.2 | ||
| Frank McKinney, USA | 1:04.5 | ||
| 200m Brst | Masaru Furukawa, JPN | 2:34.7 | OR |
| Masahiro Yoshimura, JPN | 2:36.7 | ||
| Charis Yunitschev, USSR | 2:36.8 | ||
| 200m Fly | Bill Yorzyk, USA | 2:19.3 | OR |
| Takashi Ishimoto, JPN | 2:23.8 | ||
| György Tumpek, HUN | 2:23.9 | ||
| 4x200m Free | AUS (Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks) |
8:23.6 | WR |
| United States | 8:31.5 | ||
| Soviet Union | 8:34.7 |
| Diving | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Joaquin Capilla, MEX | 152.44 |
| Gary Tobian, USA | 152.41 | |
| Richard Connor, USA | 149.79 | |
| Spring | Bob Clotworthy, USA | 159.56 |
| Donald Harper, USA | 156.23 | |
| Joaquin Capilla, MEX | 150.69 |
| Swimming | Women |
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