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Swimming 1956 Summer Olympics Results Event 100m Freestyle (M) 400m Freestyle (M) 1500m Freestyle (M) 100m Backstroke (M) 200m Breaststroke (M) 200m Butterfly (M) 4x200m Freestyle Relay (M) 100m Freestyle (W) 400m Freestyle (W) 100m Backstroke (W) 200m Breaststroke (W) 100m Butterfly (W) 4x100m Freestyle Relay (W) Athlete Jon Henricks John Devitt Gary Chapman Murray Rose Tsuyoshi Yamanaka George Breen Murray Rose Tsuyoshi Yamanaka George Breen David Theile John Monckton Frank McKinney Masaru Furukawa Masahiro Yoshimura Kharis Yunichev William Yorzyk Takashi Ishimoto Gyorgy Tumpek Murray Rose John Devitt Jon Henricks Kevin O'Halloran William Woolsey George Breen Richard Hanley Ford Konno Vitaly Sorokin Vladimir Struzhanov Boris Nikitin Gennady Nikolayev Dawn Fraser Lorraine Crapp Faith Leech Lorraine Crapp Dawn Fraser Sylvia Ruuska Judy Grinham Carin Cone Margaret Edwards Ursula Happe Eva Szekely Eva-Maria ten Elsen Shelley Mann Nancy Ramey Mary Sears Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Nancy Simons Shelley Mann Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Nathalie Myburgh Country Australia Australia Australia Australia Japan United States Australia Japan United States Australia Australia United States Japan Japan Soviet Union United States Japan Hungary Australia Australia Australia Australia United States United States United States United States Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia United States Great Britain United States Great Britain Germany Hungary Germany United States United States United States Australia Australia Australia Australia United States United States United States United States South Africa South Africa South Africa South Africa Result 55.4 55.8 56.7 4:27.3 4:30.4 4:32.5 17:58.9 18:00.3 18:08.2 1:02.2 1:03.2 1:04.5 2:34.7 2:36.7 2:36.8 2:19.3 2:23.8 2:23.9 8:23.6 8:23.6 8:23.6 8:23.6 8:31.5 8:31.5 8:31.5 8:31.5 8:34.7 8:34.7 8:34.7 8:34.7 1:02.0 1:02.3 1:05.1 4:54.6 5:02.5 5:07.1 1:12.9 1:12.9 1:13.1 2:53.1 2:54.8 2:55.1 1:11.0 1:11.9 1:14.4 4:17.1 4:17.1 4:17.1 4:17.1 4:19.2 4:19.2 4:19.2 4:19.2 4:25.7 4:25.7 4:25.7 4:25.7 Medal Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze |