List of gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Team Portable
Apparatus		women
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

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 (1940-10-07)7 October 1940 (aged 16)
Oldest competitor Pat Hirst  United Kingdom (1918-11-18)18 November 1918 (aged 38)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Barbara Cunningham (1926-07-28)28 July 1926 (aged 30) Adelaide, South Australia
Ing Fraser 1928 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Wendy Nicholls (1937-05-22)22 May 1937 (aged 19)
 Bulgaria Ivanka Dolzheva (1935-09-10)10 September 1935 (aged 21) Sofia, Bulgaria
Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova (1933-07-22)22 July 1933 (aged 23) Gulyantsi, Bulgaria
Tsvetanka Stancheva (1929-08-18)18 August 1929 (aged 27)
 Canada Ernestine Russell (1938-10-06)6 October 1938 (aged 18) Windsor, Ontario
 Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková (1931-12-18)18 December 1931 (aged 24) Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Miroslava Brdíčková (1927-09-04)4 September 1927 (aged 29) Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia
Věra Drazdíková (1933-02-01)1 February 1933 (aged 23) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Anna Marejková (1933-10-24)24 October 1933 (aged 23) Turzovka, Czechoslovakia
Matylda Matoušková-Šínová (1933-03-29)29 March 1933 (aged 23) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Alena Reichová (1933-07-27)27 July 1933 (aged 23) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
 France Jacqueline Dieudonné (1933-06-30)30 June 1933 (aged 23) Mérignac, France
Danièle Sicot-Coulon (1935-03-24)24 March 1935 (aged 21) Châteaudun, France
 Great Britain Pat Hirst (1918-11-18)18 November 1918 (aged 38) Wortley, England
 Hungary Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924-11-03)3 November 1924 (aged 32) Budapest, Hungary
Ágnes Keleti (1921-01-09)9 January 1921 (aged 35) Budapest, Hungary
Alice Kertész (1935-11-17)17 November 1935 (aged 21) Budapest, Hungary
Margit Korondi (1932-06-24)24 June 1932 (aged 24) Celje, Yugoslavia
Andrea Molnár-Bodó (1934-08-04)4 August 1934 (aged 22) Budapest, Hungary
Olga Tass (1929-03-29)29 March 1929 (aged 27) Pécs, Hungary
 Italy Elisa Calsi (1937-03-06)6 March 1937 (aged 19) Lodi, Italy
Miranda Cicognani (1936-09-12)12 September 1936 (aged 20) Forlì, Italy
Rosella Cicognani (1939-10-01)1 October 1939 (aged 17) Forlì, Italy
Elena Lagorara (1939-05-10)10 May 1939 (aged 17) Sestri Ponente, Italy
Luciana Lagorara (1936-11-25)25 November 1936 (aged 19) Sestri Ponente, Italy
Luciana Reali (1936-03-04)4 March 1936 (aged 20)
 Japan Mitsuka Ikeda (1932-09-15)15 September 1932 (aged 24)
Kyoko Kubota (1933-01-02)2 January 1933 (aged 23)
Shizuko Sakashita (1933-12-08)8 December 1933 (aged 22)
Suzuko Seki (1936-02-18)18 February 1936 (aged 20)
Kazuko Sogabe (1936-03-27)27 March 1936 (aged 20) Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda (1933-11-11)11 November 1933 (aged 23) Mihara, Japan
 Luxembourg Annette Krier (1937-08-10)10 August 1937 (aged 19) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
 Poland Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel (1934-02-03)3 February 1934 (aged 22) Nowy Bytom, Poland
Natalia Kot (1938-06-29)29 June 1938 (aged 18) Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Danuta Nowak-Stachow (1934-08-22)22 August 1934 (aged 22) Gdynia, Poland
Helena Rakoczy (1921-12-23)23 December 1921 (aged 34) Kraków, Poland
Lidia Szczerbińska (1934-04-30)30 April 1934 (aged 22) Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska (1935-02-04)4 February 1935 (aged 21) Kraków, Poland
 Romania Georgeta Hurmuzachi (1936-01-23)23 January 1936 (aged 20)
Sonia Iovan (1935-09-29)29 September 1935 (aged 21) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Elena Leușteanu (1935-07-04)4 July 1935 (aged 21) Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR
Elena Mărgărit (1936-10-25)25 October 1936 (aged 20) Timișoara, Romania
Elena Săcălici (1935-07-18)18 July 1935 (aged 21) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Emilia Vătășoiu (1933-10-20)20 October 1933 (aged 23) Câineni, Romania
 Soviet Union Polina Astakhova (1936-10-30)30 October 1936 (aged 20) Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR
Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova (1937-01-27)27 January 1937 (aged 19) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Larisa Latynina (1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 21) Kherson, Ukrainian SSR
Tamara Manina (1934-09-05)5 September 1934 (aged 22) Petrozavodsk, Russian SFSR
Sofia Muratova (1929-07-13)13 July 1929 (aged 27) Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Lyudmila Yegorova (1931-02-24)24 February 1931 (aged 25) Lomonosov, Russian SFSR
 Sweden Evy Berggren (1934-06-16)16 June 1934 (aged 22) Skellefteå, Sweden
Doris Hedberg (1936-02-18)18 February 1936 (aged 20) Skellefteå, Sweden
Maude Karlén (1932-11-25)25 November 1932 (aged 23) Stockholm, Sweden
Karin Lindberg (1929-10-06)6 October 1929 (aged 27) Kalix, Sweden
Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932-01-01)1 January 1932 (aged 24) Stockholm, Sweden
Eva Rönström (1932-12-29)29 December 1932 (aged 23) Stockholm, Sweden
 United States Muriel Davis-Grossfeld (1940-10-07)7 October 1940 (aged 16) Speedway, Indiana
Doris Fuchs (1938-06-11)11 June 1938 (aged 18) Villingen, Germany
Judy Howe (1935-06-25)25 June 1935 (aged 21) Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Jackie Klein (1937-07-11)11 July 1937 (aged 19) Chicago, Illinois
Joyce Racek (1938-08-16)16 August 1938 (aged 18) West Point, Wisconsin
Sandra Ruddick (1932-09-03)3 September 1932 (aged 24) Indianapolis, Indiana

Male artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Sham Lal  India (1938-07-15)15 July 1938 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor Masao Takemoto  Japan (1919-09-29)29 September 1919 (aged 37)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Brian Blackburn (1928-10-15)15 October 1928 (aged 28) Sydney, New South Wales
Graham Bond (1937-05-06)6 May 1937 (aged 19) Wondai, Queensland
David Gourlay 1937
John Lees 1931
Noel Punton (1931-12-23)23 December 1931 (aged 24)
Bruce Sharp (1931-03-24)24 March 1931 (aged 25)
 Austria Hans Sauter (1925-06-06)6 June 1925 (aged 31) Bregenz, Austria
 Bulgaria Velik Kapsazov (1935-04-15)15 April 1935 (aged 21) Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Stoyan Stoyanov (1931-10-25)25 October 1931 (aged 25) Nikolovo, Bulgaria
Mincho Todorov (1931-12-26)26 December 1931 (aged 24) Krivnya, Bulgaria
 Canada Ed Gagnier (1936-02-01)1 February 1936 (aged 20) Windsor, Ontario
 Cuba Rafael Lecuona (1928-06-02)2 June 1928 (aged 28) Havana, Cuba
 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Bím (1931-01-12)12 January 1931 (aged 25) Kyjov, Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Daniš (1929-01-07)7 January 1929 (aged 27) Lučenec, Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Kejř (1929-01-20)20 January 1929 (aged 27) Úvaly, Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Mikoška (1933-12-21)21 December 1933 (aged 22) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Růžička (1925-04-15)15 April 1925 (aged 31) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Josef Škvor (1929-12-08)8 December 1929 (aged 26) Dojetřice, Czechoslovakia
 Finland Raimo Heinonen (1935-05-29)29 May 1935 (aged 21) Turku, Finland
Onni Lappalainen (1922-07-30)30 July 1922 (aged 34) Mikkeli, Finland
Olavi Leimuvirta (1935-11-26)26 November 1935 (aged 20) Helsinki, Finland
Berndt Lindfors (1932-10-21)21 October 1932 (aged 24) Helsinki, Finland
Martti Mansikka (1933-10-25)25 October 1933 (aged 23) Antrea, Finland
Kalevi Suoniemi (1931-07-14)14 July 1931 (aged 25) Tampere, Finland
 France Raymond Dot (1926-12-20)20 December 1926 (aged 29) Puteaux, France
Jean Guillou (1931-06-24)24 June 1931 (aged 25) Plouédern, France
Michel Mathiot (1926-08-23)23 August 1926 (aged 30) Besançon, France
 United Team of Germany Helmut Bantz (1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 35) Speyer, Germany
Jakob Kiefer (1919-12-03)3 December 1919 (aged 36) Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Robert Klein (1925-12-10)10 December 1925 (aged 30) Cologne, Germany
Hans Pfann (1920-09-14)14 September 1920 (aged 36) Nuremberg, Germany
Erich Wied (1923-02-06)6 February 1923 (aged 33) Stuttgart, Germany
Theo Wied (1923-02-06)6 February 1923 (aged 33) Stuttgart, Germany
 Great Britain Nik Stuart (1927-07-20)20 July 1927 (aged 29) Thirsk, England
Frank Turner (1922-11-05)5 November 1922 (aged 34)
 Hungary János Héder (1933-10-20)20 October 1933 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
Attila Takács (1929-01-19)19 January 1929 (aged 27) Budapest, Hungary
 India Sham Lal (1938-07-15)15 July 1938 (aged 18) Lahore, India
Anant Ram (1932-10-21)21 October 1932 (aged 24) Behran, India
Pritam Singh (1924-10-17)17 October 1924 (aged 32) Garhshankar, India
 Japan Nobuyuki Aihara (1934-12-16)16 December 1934 (aged 21) Takasaki, Japan
Akira Kono (1929-09-11)11 September 1929 (aged 27) Uwajima, Japan
Masami Kubota (1931-12-06)6 December 1931 (aged 24) Okayama, Japan
Takashi Ono (1931-07-26)26 July 1931 (aged 25) Noshiro, Japan
Masao Takemoto (1919-09-29)29 September 1919 (aged 37) Hamada, Japan
Shinsaku Tsukawaki (1931-01-03)3 January 1931 (aged 25) Omuta, Japan
 Luxembourg Josy Stoffel (1928-06-27)27 June 1928 (aged 28) Differdange, Luxembourg
 South Africa Ronnie Lombard (1928-07-28)28 July 1928 (aged 28) Namibia
Jack Wells (1926-10-03)3 October 1926 (aged 30) Bloemfontein, South Africa
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan (1929-03-11)11 March 1929 (aged 27) Ganja, Azerbaijan SSR
Viktor Chukarin (1921-11-09)9 November 1921 (aged 35) Krasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSR
Valentin Muratov (1928-07-30)30 July 1928 (aged 28) Kostyukovo, Russian SFSR
Boris Shakhlin (1932-01-27)27 January 1932 (aged 24) Ishim, Russian SFSR
Pavel Stolbov (1929-08-30)30 August 1929 (aged 27) Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR
Yuri Titov (1935-11-27)27 November 1935 (aged 20) Omsk, Russian SFSR
 Sweden William Thoresson (1932-05-31)31 May 1932 (aged 24) Gothenburg, Sweden
Kurt Wigartz (1933-03-21)21 March 1933 (aged 23) Mariestad, Sweden
 United States Dick Beckner (1927-11-24)24 November 1927 (aged 28) Los Angeles, California
Jack Beckner (1930-06-09)9 June 1930 (aged 26) Los Angeles, California
Abie Grossfeld (1934-03-01)1 March 1934 (aged 22) New York, New York
Charles Simms (1928-01-24)24 January 1928 (aged 28) New York, New York
Bill Tom (1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 33) San Francisco, California
Armando Vega (1935-10-24)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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