This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne from 22 November to 8 December 1956. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.[1]

Female artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Muriel Davis-Grossfeld  United States 7 October 1940 (aged 16)
Oldest competitor Pat Hirst  United Kingdom 18 November 1918 (aged 38)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Barbara Cunningham 28 July 1926 (aged 30) Adelaide, South Australia
Ing Fraser 1928 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Wendy Nicholls 22 May 1937 (aged 19)
 Bulgaria Ivanka Dolzheva 10 September 1935 (aged 21) Sofia, Bulgaria
Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova 22 July 1933 (aged 23) Gulyantsi, Bulgaria
Tsvetanka Stancheva 18 August 1929 (aged 27)
 Canada Ernestine Russell 6 October 1938 (aged 18) Windsor, Ontario
 Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková 18 December 1931 (aged 24) Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Miroslava Brdíčková 4 September 1927 (aged 29) Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia
Věra Drazdíková 1 February 1933 (aged 23) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Anna Marejková 24 October 1933 (aged 23) Turzovka, Czechoslovakia
Matylda Matoušková-Šínová 29 March 1933 (aged 23) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Alena Reichová 27 July 1933 (aged 23) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
 France Jacqueline Dieudonné 30 June 1933 (aged 23) Mérignac, France
Danièle Sicot-Coulon 24 March 1935 (aged 21) Châteaudun, France
 Great Britain Pat Hirst 18 November 1918 (aged 38) Wortley, England
 Hungary Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles 3 November 1924 (aged 32) Budapest, Hungary
Ágnes Keleti 9 January 1921 (aged 35) Budapest, Hungary
Alice Kertész 17 November 1935 (aged 21) Budapest, Hungary
Margit Korondi 24 June 1932 (aged 24) Celje, Yugoslavia
Andrea Molnár-Bodó 4 August 1934 (aged 22) Budapest, Hungary
Olga Tass 29 March 1929 (aged 27) Pécs, Hungary
 Italy Elisa Calsi 6 March 1937 (aged 19) Lodi, Italy
Miranda Cicognani 12 September 1936 (aged 20) Forlì, Italy
Rosella Cicognani 1 October 1939 (aged 17) Forlì, Italy
Elena Lagorara 10 May 1939 (aged 17) Sestri Ponente, Italy
Luciana Lagorara 25 November 1936 (aged 19) Sestri Ponente, Italy
Luciana Reali 4 March 1936 (aged 20)
 Japan Mitsuka Ikeda 15 September 1932 (aged 24)
Kyoko Kubota 2 January 1933 (aged 23)
Shizuko Sakashita 8 December 1933 (aged 22)
Suzuko Seki 18 February 1936 (aged 20)
Kazuko Sogabe 27 March 1936 (aged 20) Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 11 November 1933 (aged 23) Mihara, Japan
 Luxembourg Annette Krier 10 August 1937 (aged 19) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
 Poland Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel 3 February 1934 (aged 22) Nowy Bytom, Poland
Natalia Kot 29 June 1938 (aged 18) Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Danuta Nowak-Stachow 22 August 1934 (aged 22) Gdynia, Poland
Helena Rakoczy 23 December 1921 (aged 34) Kraków, Poland
Lidia Szczerbińska 30 April 1934 (aged 22) Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska 4 February 1935 (aged 21) Kraków, Poland
 Romania Georgeta Hurmuzachi 23 January 1936 (aged 20)
Sonia Iovan 29 September 1935 (aged 21) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Elena Leușteanu 4 July 1935 (aged 21) Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR
Elena Mărgărit 25 October 1936 (aged 20) Timișoara, Romania
Elena Săcălici 18 July 1935 (aged 21) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Emilia Vătășoiu 20 October 1933 (aged 23) Câineni, Romania
 Soviet Union Polina Astakhova 30 October 1936 (aged 20) Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR
Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova 27 January 1937 (aged 19) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Larisa Latynina 27 December 1934 (aged 21) Kherson, Ukrainian SSR
Tamara Manina 5 September 1934 (aged 22) Petrozavodsk, Russian SFSR
Sofia Muratova 13 July 1929 (aged 27) Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Lyudmila Yegorova 24 February 1931 (aged 25) Lomonosov, Russian SFSR
 Sweden Evy Berggren 16 June 1934 (aged 22) Skellefteå, Sweden
Doris Hedberg 18 February 1936 (aged 20) Skellefteå, Sweden
Maude Karlén 25 November 1932 (aged 23) Stockholm, Sweden
Karin Lindberg 6 October 1929 (aged 27) Kalix, Sweden
Ann-Sofi Pettersson 1 January 1932 (aged 24) Stockholm, Sweden
Eva Rönström 29 December 1932 (aged 23) Stockholm, Sweden
 United States Muriel Davis-Grossfeld 7 October 1940 (aged 16) Speedway, Indiana
Doris Fuchs 11 June 1938 (aged 18) Villingen, Germany
Judy Howe 25 June 1935 (aged 21) Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Jackie Klein 11 July 1937 (aged 19) Chicago, Illinois
Joyce Racek 16 August 1938 (aged 18) West Point, Wisconsin
Sandra Ruddick 3 September 1932 (aged 24) Indianapolis, Indiana

Male artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Sham Lal  India 15 July 1938 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor Masao Takemoto  Japan 29 September 1919 (aged 37)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Brian Blackburn 15 October 1928 (aged 28) Sydney, New South Wales
Graham Bond 6 May 1937 (aged 19) Wondai, Queensland
David Gourlay 1937
John Lees 1931
Noel Punton 23 December 1931 (aged 24)
Bruce Sharp 24 March 1931 (aged 25)
 Austria Hans Sauter 6 June 1925 (aged 31) Bregenz, Austria
 Bulgaria Velik Kapsazov 15 April 1935 (aged 21) Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Stoyan Stoyanov 25 October 1931 (aged 25) Nikolovo, Bulgaria
Mincho Todorov 26 December 1931 (aged 24) Krivnya, Bulgaria
 Canada Ed Gagnier 1 February 1936 (aged 20) Windsor, Ontario
 Cuba Rafael Lecuona 2 June 1928 (aged 28) Havana, Cuba
 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Bím 12 January 1931 (aged 25) Kyjov, Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Daniš 7 January 1929 (aged 27) Lučenec, Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Kejř 20 January 1929 (aged 27) Úvaly, Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Mikoška 21 December 1933 (aged 22) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Růžička 15 April 1925 (aged 31) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Josef Škvor 8 December 1929 (aged 26) Dojetřice, Czechoslovakia
 Finland Raimo Heinonen 29 May 1935 (aged 21) Turku, Finland
Onni Lappalainen 30 July 1922 (aged 34) Mikkeli, Finland
Olavi Leimuvirta 26 November 1935 (aged 20) Helsinki, Finland
Berndt Lindfors 21 October 1932 (aged 24) Helsinki, Finland
Martti Mansikka 25 October 1933 (aged 23) Antrea, Finland
Kalevi Suoniemi 14 July 1931 (aged 25) Tampere, Finland
 France Raymond Dot 20 December 1926 (aged 29) Puteaux, France
Jean Guillou 24 June 1931 (aged 25) Plouédern, France
Michel Mathiot 23 August 1926 (aged 30) Besançon, France
 United Team of Germany Helmut Bantz 14 September 1921 (aged 35) Speyer, Germany
Jakob Kiefer 3 December 1919 (aged 36) Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Robert Klein 10 December 1925 (aged 30) Cologne, Germany
Hans Pfann 14 September 1920 (aged 36) Nuremberg, Germany
Erich Wied 6 February 1923 (aged 33) Stuttgart, Germany
Theo Wied 6 February 1923 (aged 33) Stuttgart, Germany
 Great Britain Nik Stuart 20 July 1927 (aged 29) Thirsk, England
Frank Turner 5 November 1922 (aged 34)
 Hungary János Héder 20 October 1933 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
Attila Takács 19 January 1929 (aged 27) Budapest, Hungary
 India Sham Lal 15 July 1938 (aged 18) Lahore, India
Anant Ram 21 October 1932 (aged 24) Behran, India
Pritam Singh 17 October 1924 (aged 32) Garhshankar, India
 Japan Nobuyuki Aihara 16 December 1934 (aged 21) Takasaki, Japan
Akira Kono 11 September 1929 (aged 27) Uwajima, Japan
Masami Kubota 6 December 1931 (aged 24) Okayama, Japan
Takashi Ono 26 July 1931 (aged 25) Noshiro, Japan
Masao Takemoto 29 September 1919 (aged 37) Hamada, Japan
Shinsaku Tsukawaki 3 January 1931 (aged 25) Omuta, Japan
 Luxembourg Josy Stoffel 27 June 1928 (aged 28) Differdange, Luxembourg
 South Africa Ronnie Lombard 28 July 1928 (aged 28) Namibia
Jack Wells 3 October 1926 (aged 30) Bloemfontein, South Africa
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 11 March 1929 (aged 27) Ganja, Azerbaijan SSR
Viktor Chukarin 9 November 1921 (aged 35) Krasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSR
Valentin Muratov 30 July 1928 (aged 28) Kostyukovo, Russian SFSR
Boris Shakhlin 27 January 1932 (aged 24) Ishim, Russian SFSR
Pavel Stolbov 30 August 1929 (aged 27) Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR
Yuri Titov 27 November 1935 (aged 20) Omsk, Russian SFSR
 Sweden William Thoresson 31 May 1932 (aged 24) Gothenburg, Sweden
Kurt Wigartz 21 March 1933 (aged 23) Mariestad, Sweden
 United States Dick Beckner 24 November 1927 (aged 28) Los Angeles, California
Jack Beckner 9 June 1930 (aged 26) Los Angeles, California
Abie Grossfeld 1 March 1934 (aged 22) New York, New York
Charles Simms 24 January 1928 (aged 28) New York, New York
Bill Tom 8 March 1923 (aged 33) San Francisco, California
Armando Vega 24 October 1935 (aged 21) Hurley, New Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne 1956 Gymnastics Artistic Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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