South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 (44 men and 6 women) in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 33 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 4 |
Total 4 |
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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 50 competitors, 44 men and 6 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports.[1]
Contents
Medalists
Bronze
- Daniel Bekker — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Henry Loubscher — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Myburgh, Natalie Myburgh and Susan Roberts — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Athletics
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Men's 110m Hurdles
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- Heat — 14.4s
- Semifinals — 15.0s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Mercer Davis — 2:39:48 (→ 14th place)
- Jan Barnard — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualifying Heat — 50.69
- Final — 48.49 (→ 13th place)
Boxing
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Cycling
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- Thomas Shardelow — 8th place
- Alfred Swift — 1:11.6 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Raymond Robinson
Thomas Shardelow — 7th place
- Alfred Swift
Anne Jan Hettema
Charles Jonker
Robert Fowler — 4:39.4 (→ 4th place)
- Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Anne Jan Hettema — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Charles Jonker — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Gymnastics
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Modern pentathlon
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Three male pentathletes represented South Africa in 1956.
- Individual
- Team
- Okkie van Greunen
- Harry Schmidt
- Marthinus du Plessis
Sailing
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Shooting
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Two shooters represented South Africa in 1956.
Swimming
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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