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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Parry O'Brien (USA) in action during the final of the shot put event, which he won.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Larisa Latynina (USSR), winner of nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze in gymnastics.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Vyacheslav Ivanov won the gold medal in the single skull's rowing.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Dawn Fraser with her parents after winning the 100m swimming final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Betty Cuthbert (Australia) at the finish of the women's 200m final, ahead of Christa Stubnik (Germany).
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Vladimir Kuts (right, USSR) and Gordon Pine in the 10,000 metres final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Karoly Takacs of Hungary, winner of the olympic silhouette event in 1948 and 1952, seen here in action during the 1956 event. He lost his arm in World War 2 and now shoots left-handed.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador of the Hungarian water polo team leaves the water after his clash with USSR.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ron Delaney of Ireland wins the Olympic 1,500 metre race at Melbourne in a new Olympic Record time of 3:41.2 . Silver medal went to Walter Richtzenhain of Germany (#134) and the bronze to John Landy (#156).
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Australia, Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Shirley Strickland of Australia (nearest camera) clears the last hurdle to win the 80 metres women's final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Bob Marrow goes through the tape to win the 4x100m relay for the USA.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Charles Dumas (USA) winning the high jump.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Mildred McDaniel (USA) in the women's high jump. She won the gold medal.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Egil Danielsen's (Norway) winning throw in the javelin.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Harold Connolly (USA), gold medallist in the hammer competition.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Valdimir Kuts (centre, USSR) with his gold medal for his 5000 metres win, with Gordon Pine (left, Great Britain) and Derek Ibbotson (right, Great Britain).
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Men's 100 metres winners' podium. l-r: 3rd, Hec Hogan ; 1st, Bob Marrow ; 2nd Walter Baker.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ron Delaney wins the 1500 metre final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Terry Spinks of Great Britain (right) versus Marceau Dubreseu (Rumania) during the flyweight final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Alain Mimou of France in the marathon event.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Chris Brasher of Great Britain at the water jump on the final lap of the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia leads the marathon field soon after the start.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Closing ceremony
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Terry Spinks, 18 years old Londoner, leads with a left to Mircea Dobrescu of Rumania during their flyweight final. Spinks won the gold medal.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: 100 metres final. Robert Morrow (USA, #55) wins the final in 10.5 seconds. Second was Walter Baker (USA, #54) and third, Hector Hogan (Australia, #2). Fourth was Ira Murchison (USA, #56), fifth was Manfred Germar (Germany, #14) and sixth was Michael Arostini (Trinidad , #50).
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Harold Connolly, 25 years old of USA, during the final of the hammer-throwing event, which he won.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ron Delaney of Ireland wins the 1500 metres final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: 1-2-3 for USA! The field takes the last hurdle of the olympic 110-metre hurdles, won by Lee Calhoun of USA (#250) in the new record time of 13.5 seconds. Second was Jack Davis (#251) and third was Joel Shankle (#252).
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Russia's Fedor Bogdanovski jerks 157.5 kg during the middleweight weightlifting competition. He won the competition with a total of 420 kg.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia) comes into the main stadium to finish the marathon.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Leandro Faggin of Italy in action during the olympic 1,000 metres time trial cycling event, in which he won the gold medal.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Betty Cuthbert (Australia) wins the 200 metre final from Christa Stubnik (Germany).
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Alfred Oerter (USA) slings the discus 56.36 metres to set a new Olympic record and win a gold medal in the final.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Vladimir Kuts (USSR) crosses the line to win the 5000 metres. Behind at the turn into the straight is Derek Ibbotson, with Gordon Pine about to pass him to take second place.
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Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Al Oerter in the discus. He eventually won the gold medal with another throw.
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Finland,Helsinki/ Olympics,1952: Floyd paterson (USA, left), who was to become the youngest-ever professional world heavy-weight champion in 1956, competed in Helsinki as a middle-weight.
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956 Bob Joe Morrow wins 200 metre final
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Four US gold medallists relax at the Olympic Village.
L-R Glenn Davis (400m hurdles) Gregg Bell (long jump) Charles Dumas (high jump) and Harold Connolly (Hammer Throw)
25th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Australia's Murray Rose (centre) after he won the men's 400m freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 4minutes 27.3 seconds with 3rd place George Green (USA) on his right and Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (Japan) who came 2nd.
4th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Betty Cuthbert of Australia (468) wins the first semi final of the women's 200m with Christa Stuenick of Germany (right) second and Norma Crocker of Australia third (behind) Cuthbert. Others shown are Poland's Barbara Lerczak (500) and Russia's Maria Itkina (518)
29th November 1956
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Our Golden Swimmer .5.12.56. Britain dominated the final of the women's 100 metres backstroke at the Olympic Games in Melbourne today. For young Judy Grinham won a gold medel by takeing first place in the final
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British Olympic Boxer Wins Gold Medal And Trophy A double triumph has been achieved for Britain at the Olympic Games by Dick McTaggart (Pictured here), 21-year-old lightweight boxer from Dundee. He not only won a Gold Medal by defeating Harry Kurschat of Germany, but has also been awarded the Olympics Trophy for the most efficient and stylish boxer of the games. McTaggart, a Corporal in the Royal Air Force, is the ABA lightweight champion
1st December 1956.
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Loraine Crapp the Australian swimmer who broke five individual world records and shared in two others in relays whilst swimming at North Sydney. She is a favourite for the coming Melbourne Olympics next month.
30th October 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Robert Morrow (55) of the USA breaks the tape to win the 100m final in a time of 10.5seconds. Second was Walter Baker (54) also of the USA and third was Hector Hogan (2) of Australia. Also pictured are Ira Murchison (56) of USA, Manfred Gemar (14) of Germany and Michael Agostini (50) of Trinidad.
28th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Australia's Shirley Strickland (foreground) leaps the last hurdle on the way to win the women's 80m hurdles race in a new world record time of 10.8seconds. Second was G. Kohler (Germany) at right, and Australia's Norah Thrower (left) got the bronze medal.
28th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
The Olympic torch is carried around the stadium of the Melbourne Cricket Ground by Australia's Ron Clarke during the opening ceremony of the XVIth Olympiad in front of competing athletes and a capacity crowd.
22nd November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
The Olympic torch, carried by Australia's Ron Clarke, is dipped in the Olypmic Urn to light the symbolic flame during the opening ceremony of the XVIth Olympiad at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
22nd November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
The Duke of Edinburgh shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies during the opening ceremony of the XVIth Olympiad in the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
22nd November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Winners of the 5000m final
Russia's Vladimir Kuts (centre) with his gold medal, Britain's Gordon Pirie (left) with silver and Derek Ibbotson of Great Britain with the bronze.
28th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Russia's Vladimir Kuts (right) and Britain's Gordon Pirie embrace after Kuts won the 5000m final, Pirie came second.
28th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
And all Australia victory in the men's 100m swimming final. The winner Jon Hendricks (centre) is congratulated by John Devitt who came second and Gary Chapman came third (right).
30th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Betty Cuthbert of Australia (468) wins the 100m final with a time of 11.5 seconds. Second was C. Stubnick of Germany (484) and third M. J. Mathews of Australia (470). Others are Heather Armitage of Britain (487) , G. Leone of Italy (491) and I. F. Daniels of the USA (503)
1st December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Betty Cuthbert of Australia kisses the gold medal she won in the 200m. She also won the 100m earlier in the week.
30th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Betty Cuthbert of Australia (468) wins the final of the women's 200m with Christa Stubnick of Germany (left) second and June Paul (right) third. Norma Crocker of Australia is pictured centre and Gisela Kohler is seen behind her.
30th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Betty Cuthbert of Australia (468) wins the first semi final of the women's 100m with Isabelle Daniels of USA second (503)
24th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Prince Axel of Denmark presents the Gold medal to Australia's Murray Rose after he won the men's 400m freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 4minutes 27.3 seconds
10th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956. Closing ceremony
Mr. Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee makes the closing speech underneath the Rings of the Olympic Flag in front of the competing athletes and to the crowd of spectators inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. To his right is the Mayor of Melbourne and to his left the Mayor of Helsinki (Where the equestrian events were held).
13th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
The Olympic flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony.
13th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Winners of the women's 4 X 100m relay in the pool after victory. The Australian girls beat the world record in a time of 4minutes 17.1seconds
L-R Sandra Morgan, Faith Leech, Dawn Fraser and Lorraine Crapp
6th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Winners of the women's 400m freestyle display their medals.
L-R Silver, Dawn Fraser (Australia) Gold, Lorraine Crapp (Australia) and Bronze, Sylva Ruuska of the USA
7th December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
USA's Walter Baker wins the first semi final of the 200m in 21.1sec from countryman Bobby Morrow (56) and third is Brazil's JoseTelles Da Conceicao (62) others include Abdul Khaliq (36) of Pakistan, Karlfriedrich Hass (68) of Germany and Maurice Rae (30) of New Zealand.
2nd December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
All American win in the 200m final
1st Bobby Morrow, 2nd Andrew Stanfield and 3rd Walter Baker.
2nd December 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Bobby Morrow (USA) No 55 winning his heat in the first round of the 200m heats. 2nd was E. Schmidt (Poland)
26th November 1956
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Melbourne Olympic Games 1956
Czecholslovakia's Olga Fikotova throws the discus with both feet off the ground to break the Olympic record and win the gold medal with a throw of 53.69m
23rd November 1956
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1956 Olympic Games, Melbourne
Ron Delaney breasts the tape to win the final of the 1,500 metres in a new olympic record time of 3:41 2 seconds. Second is Walter Richtzenhain and John Landy took third place.
1st December 1956
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1956 Olympic Games, Melbourne
Rounding the final ben of the 1500m event Britains Brian Hewson (162) is in the lead but about to be overtaken by Ireland's Ron Delaney (102) the eventual winner at a record 3:41.2 Second was Walter Richtzenhain of Germany and John Landy of Australia took third place.
1st December 1956.
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1956 Olympic Games Melbourne - Australia -
In the centre with the gold medal is Alain Mimoun of France who won the Olympic marathon in 2 hours and 25 minutes. On the right is Yugoslavia's Mihalic who was second with the silver medal and bronze medal holder is V.Karvonen of Finland.
6th December 1956.
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Melbourne Olympics 1956
Australian 100m victory, Dawn Fraser wins the gold medal.
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Chris Brasher who has been chosen for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Melbourne Olympics seen taking a water jump
London
21st August 1956
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Chris Brasher seen abreast the tape in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Melbourne Olympics. He was disqualified for interference an appeal abgainst the disqualification was lodged and Brasher of Great Britain was proclaimed the winner.
2nd December 1956
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Ron Delaney breasts the tape to win the final of the 1,500 metres in a new olympic record time of 3:41 2 seconds. Second is Walter Richtzenhain and John Landy took third place.
December 1st 1956 Melbourne
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Jack Kelly Junior, pan-american single sculls champion, and Shelley Mann modelling the parade uniforms for the 1956 American Olympic team.
28th May 1956
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Danish Olympic Equestrian Mrs Lis Hartel carrying the Olympic flame in the streets of Copenhagen for the 1956 Olympic Games
June 4th 1956
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