| 释义 |
- Medallists Gold Silver Bronze
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Fencing
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- References
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = GBR
| NOCname = British Olympic Association
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1956
| flagcaption = Flag of the United Kingdom
| oldcode =
| website =
| location = Melbourne/Stockholm
| competitors = 189 (163 men and 26 women)
| sports = 17
| flagbearer = George Mackenzie
| rank = 8
| gold = 6
| silver = 7
| bronze = 11
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 189 competitors, 163 men and 26 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.[1]The Melbourne Games saw an improvement on Great Britain and Northern Ireland's performance at the two preceding Games. British athletes won six gold medals (up from just one in 1952). Overall, they won twenty-four medals, finishing eighth. Medallists Medals by sport| Sport | Total |
|---|
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | Athletics | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | | Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | Fencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | Total | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
|---|
|
Gold- Chris Brasher — Athletics, Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
- Terence Spinks — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Richard McTaggart — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Bertie Hill, Arthur Rook, and Francis Weldon — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Gillian Sheen — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Judy Grinham — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Silver- Derek Johnson — Athletics, Men's 800m
- Gordon Pirie — Athletics, Men's 5.000m
- Jean Scrivens, Heather Armitage, June Foulds, and Anne Pashley — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Thelma Hopkins — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Thomas Nicholls — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
- Arthur Brittain, William Holmes, and Alan Jackson — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
- Robert Perry, David Bowker, John Dillon, and Neil Kennedy-Cochran — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Classo
Bronze- Derek Ibbotson — Athletics, Men's 5.000m
- Michael Wheeler, Peter Higgins, Derek Johnson, and John Salisbury — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Nicholas Gargano — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- John McCormack — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Tom Simpson, Donald Burgess, Michael Gambrill, and John Geddes — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Alan Jackson — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Francis Weldon — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Peter Robeson, Pat Smythe, and Wilf White — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Margaret Edwards — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Terence Smith and Jasper Blackall — Sailing, Men's Sharpie 12m²
- Graham Mann, Ronald Backus, and Jonathan Janson — Sailing, Men's Dragon
Athletics{{main article|Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Men's 110m Hurdles- Peter Hildreth
- Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance)
- Jack Parker
- Heat — 14.8s (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500m- Brian Hewson
- Final— 3:42.6 (→ 5th place)
- Ian Boyd
- Final— 3:43.0 (→ 8th place)
- Ken Wood
- Final— 3:44.76 (→ 9th place)
Men's Marathon- Harry Hicks — 2:39:55 (→ 15th place)
- Fred Norris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Ron Clark — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw- Suzanne Allday
- Qualifying Round — 41.45 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Boxing{{main article|Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)Men's Light Middleweight (– 67 kg)Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)Canoeing{{main article|Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Cycling{{main article|Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint">Sprint
- Keith Harrison — 15th place
- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial">Time trial
- Alan Danson — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)
- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem">Tandem
- Eric Thompson
Peter Brotherton — 4th place
- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit">Team pursuit
- Donald Burgess
John Geddes
Michael Gambrill
Tom Simpson — 4:42.2 (→ Bronze Medal)
- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race">Team road race
- Alan Jackson
Arthur Brittain
William Holmes — 23 points (→ Silver Medal)
- //Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race">Individual road race
- Alan Jackson — 5:23:16 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Arthur Brittain — 5:23:40 (→ 6th place)
- William Holmes — 5:23:40 (→ 14th place)
- Harold Reynolds — 5:24:44 (→ 19th place)
Diving{{main article|Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Men's 10m Platform- Peter Tarsey
- Preliminary Round — 68.34 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
- Roy Walsh
- Preliminary Round — 62.56 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- Raymond Cann
- Preliminary Round — 60.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 10m Platform- Phyllis Long
- Preliminary Round — 49.15
- Final — 76.15 (→ 7th place)
- Charmain Welsh
- Preliminary Round — 46.55
- Final — 69.05 (→ 12th place)
Fencing{{main article|Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Nine fencers, seven men and two women, represented Great Britain in 1956. - //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's foil">Men's foil
- Allan Jay
- Raymond Paul
- René Paul
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil">Men's team foil
- René Paul, Bill Hoskyns, Raymond Paul, Allan Jay, Ralph Cooperman
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée
- Bill Hoskyns
- Allan Jay
- Michael Howard
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée">Men's team épée
- René Paul, Raymond Paul, Michael Howard, Bill Hoskyns, Allan Jay
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre">Men's sabre
- Olgierd Porebski
- Ralph Cooperman
- Bill Hoskyns
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre">Men's team sabre
- Olgierd Porebski, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Cooperman, Allan Jay, Raymond Paul
- //Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil">Women's foil
- Gillian Sheen
- Mary Glen-Haig
Football{{main article|Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Gymnastics{{main article|Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}The British Gymnastics team competed in 15 events, and was made up of 14 gymnasts, (6 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner, competing in his third Summer Olympics. Hockey{{main article|Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Modern pentathlon{{main article|Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1956. - Individual
- Donald Cobley
- Thomas Hudson
- George Norman
- Team
- Donald Cobley
- Thomas Hudson
- George Norman
Rowing{{main article|Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Great Britain had 12 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2] -
- //Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls">Men's single sculls - unplaced
-
- //Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls">Men's double sculls - unplaced
-
- //Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's eight">Men's eight
- Richard Wheadon
- Michael Delahooke
- Ian Welsh
- Kenneth Masser
- Simon Tozer
- Alan Watson
- John A. Russell
- Chris Davidge
- John Hinde (cox)
Sailing{{main article|Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Shooting{{main article|Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Six shooters represented Great Britain in 1956. - //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol">25 m pistol
- Henry Steele
- Frederick Cooper
- //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol">50 m pistol
- Frederick Cooper
- Henry Steele
- //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions">300 m rifle, three positions
- //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions">50 m rifle, three positions
- Steffen Cranmer
- Frederick Hopkinson
- //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone">50 m rifle, prone
- Steffen Cranmer
- Frederick Hopkinson
- //Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's trap">Trap
Swimming{{main article|Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Water polo{{main article|Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Weightlifting{{main article|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}Wrestling{{main article|Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1956/ |title=Great Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |accessdate=2010-10-16 |work=sports-reference.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123003354/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1956/ |archivedate=2010-01-23 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1956/ROW/ |title=England Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |accessdate= 28 February 2018}}
{{country at games navbox|Great Britain|Olympics}}{{Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Great Britain At The 1956 Summer Olympics}} 3 : Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Great Britain at the Summer Olympics by year|1956 in British sport |