Spojené státy americké na Letních olympijských hrách 1956
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| IOC kód | USA | ||||||||
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| NOV | Olympijský výbor Spojených států amerických (link) | ||||||||
| Vlajkonoši | Norman Cohn-Armitage | ||||||||
Spojené státy americké na Letních olympijských hrách v roce 1956 v australském Melbourne reprezentovalo 297 sportovců, z toho 46 žen a 251 mužů, ve 18 sportech.
Medailisté
| Medaile | Jméno | Sport | Soutěž |
|---|---|---|---|
 Zlato | Bobby Morrow |  Atletika | Muži 100 m |
| Zlato | Bobby Morrow | Atletika | Muži 200 m |
| Zlato | Charles Jenkins | Atletika | Muži 400 m |
| Zlato | Tom Courtney | Atletika | Muži 800 m |
| Zlato | Lee Calhoun | Atletika | Muži 110 m překážek |
| Zlato | Glenn Davis | Atletika | Muži 400 m překážek |
| Zlato | Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison | Atletika | Muži štafeta 4 × 100 m |
| Zlato | Tom Courtney Charles Jenkins Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn | Atletika | Muži štafeta 4 × 400 m |
| Zlato | Charles Dumas | Atletika | Muži skok vysoký |
| Zlato | Bob Richards | Atletika | Muži skok o tyči |
| Zlato | Greg Bell | Atletika | Muži skok daleký |
| Zlato | Parry O'Brien | Atletika | Muži vrh koulí |
| Zlato | Harold Connolly | Atletika | Muži hod kladivem |
| Zlato | Milton Campbell | Atletika | Muži desetiboj |
| Zlato | Mildred McDanielová | Atletika | Ženy skok vysoký |
| Zlato | Al Oerter | Atletika | Muži hod diskem |
| Zlato | Dick Boushka Carl Cain Chuck Darling Bill Evans Gib Ford Burdette Haldorson Bill Hougland Bob Jeangerard K C Jones Bill Russell Ron Tomsic Jim Walsh |  Basketbal | Turnaj mužů |
| Zlato | Jim Boyd |  Box | Muži váha polotěžká do 81 kg |
| Zlato | Pete Rademacher | Box | Muži váha těžká nad 81 kg |
| Zlato | Bob Clotworthy |  Skoky do vody | Muži prkno 3 m |
| Zlato | Pat McCormicková | Skoky do vody | Ženy prkno 3 m |
| Zlato | Pat McCormicková | Skoky do vody | Ženy věž 10 m |
| Zlato | Jim Fifer Duvall Hecht |  Veslování | Muži dvojka bez kormidelníka |
| Zlato | Arthur Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert | Veslování | Muži dvojka s kormidelníkem |
| Zlato | William Becklean Donald Beer Thomas Charlton John Cooke Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Robert Morey Rusty Wailes David Wight | Veslování | Muži osmiveslice |
| Zlato | William Yorzyk |  Plavání | Muži 200 m motýlek |
| Zlato | Shelley Mann | Plavání | Ženy 100 m motýlek |
| Zlato | Charles Vinci |  Vzpírání | Muži bantamová váha do 56 kg |
| Zlato | Isaac Berger | Vzpírání | Muži pérová váha do 60 kg |
| Zlato | Tommy Kono | Vzpírání | Muži lehkotěžká váha do 82,5 kg |
| Zlato | Paul Edward Anderson | Vzpírání | Muži těžká váha nad 90 kg |
| Zlato | Lawrence Low Bert Williams |  Jachting | Muži třída Star |
 Stříbro | Thane Baker | Atletika | Muži 100 m |
| Stříbro | Andy Stanfield | Atletika | Muži 200 m |
| Stříbro | Jack Davis | Atletika | Muži 110 m překážek |
| Stříbro | Eddie Southern | Atletika | Muži 400 m překážek |
| Stříbro | Bob Gutowski | Atletika | Muži skok o tyči |
| Stříbro | John Bennett | Atletika | Muži skok daleký |
| Stříbro | Bill Nieder | Atletika | Muži vrh koulí |
| Stříbro | Fortune Gordien | Atletika | Muži hod diskem |
| Stříbro | Rafer Johnson | Atletika | Muži desetiboj |
| Stříbro | Willye Whiteová | Atletika | Ženy skok daleký |
| Stříbro | José Torres | Box | Muži lehkotěžká váha do 71 kg |
| Stříbro | Don Harper | Skoky do vody | Muži prkno 3 m |
| Stříbro | Gary Tobian | Skoky do vody | Muži věž 10 m |
| Stříbro | Jeanne Stunyo | Skoky do vody | Ženy prkno 3 m |
| Stříbro | Juno Irwin | Skoky do vody | Ženy věž 10 m |
| Stříbro | Bill André Jack Daniels George Lambert |  Moderní pětiboj | Družstvo mužů |
| Stříbro | Pat Costello Jim Gardiner | Veslování | Muži dvojskif |
| Stříbro | James McIntosh Arthur McKinlay John McKinlay John Welchli | Veslování | Muži čtyřka bez kormidelníka |
| Stříbro | George Breen Richard Hanley Ford Konno Bill Woolsey | Plavání | Muži štafeta 4 × 200 m volný způsob |
| Stříbro | Carin Cone | Plavání | Ženy 100 m znak |
| Stříbro | Nancy Ramey | Plavání | Ženy 100 m motýlek |
| Stříbro | Shelley Mann Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Nancy Simons | Plavání | Ženy štafeta 4 × 100 m volný způsob |
| Stříbro | Peter George | Vzpírání | Muži střední váha do 75 kg |
| Stříbro | David Sheppard | Vzpírání | Muži polotěžká váha do 90 kg |
| Stříbro | Daniel Hodge |  Zápas | Muži volný styl do 79 kg |
 Bronz | Thane Baker | Atletika | Muži 200 m |
| Bronz | Joel Shankle | Atletika | Muži 110 m překážek |
| Bronz | Josh Culbreath | Atletika | Muži 400 m překážek |
| Bronz | Des Koch | Atletika | Muži hod diskem |
| Bronz | Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolphová | Atletika | Ženy štafeta 4 × 100 m |
| Bronz | Dick Connor | Skoky do vody | Muži věž 10 m |
| Bronz | Paula Jean Myers-Pope | Skoky do vody | Ženy věž 10 m |
| Bronz | John Kelly | Veslování | Muži skif |
| Bronz | Offutt Pinion |  Sportovní střelba | Muži 50 metrů libovolná pistole |
| Bronz | George Breen | Plavání | Muži 400 m volný způsob |
| Bronz | George Breen | Plavání | Muži 1500 m volný způsob |
| Bronz | Frank McKinney | Plavání | Muži 100 m znak |
| Bronz | Sylvia Ruuska | Plavání | Ženy 400 m volný způsob |
| Bronz | Mary Sears | Plavání | Ženy 100 m motýlek |
| Bronz | James George | Vzpírání | Muži lehkotěžká váha do 82,5 kg |
| Bronz | Peter Blair | Zápas | Muži volný styl do 87 kg |
| Bronz | John Marvin | Jachting | Muži třída Finn |
Zápas
- Zápasník s hvězdičkou (*) zápasil v obou stylech.
Zápas řecko-římský
podrobně zde
| Váha | Zápasník | Zastupoval | Kolo | CP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | ||||
| −52 kg | Dick Wilson | Ohio | výhra po verditku 3-0 A. Zoete (FRA) | prohra po verditku 0-3 I. Fabra (ITA) | prohra na lopatky Dursun Ali Erbaş (TUR) | vyřazen | 8. | ||
| −57 kg | Kent Townley | Iowa | volný los | prohra po verditku 0-3 I. Hódos (HUN) | prohra po verditku 0-3 F. Kämmerer (EUA) | vyřazen | úč. | ||
| −62 kg | Alan Rice | New York | prohra po verditku 0-3 I. Popescu (ROU) | prohra po verditku 0-3 I. Polyák (HUN) | vyřazen | úč. | |||
| −67 kg | Tommy Evans* | Oklahoma | prohra na lopatky K. Lehtonen (FIN) | prohra po verditku 0-3 D. Stojanov (BUL) | vyřazen | úč. | |||
| −73 kg | Jay Holt | Kalifornie | volný los | prohra po verditku 0-3 M. Szilvásy (HUN) | prohra po verditku 0-3 M. Bayrak (TUR) | vyřazen | úč. | ||
| −79 kg | Jim Peckham | Massachusetts | prohra po verditku 1-2 G. Gurics (HUN) | výhra po verditku 2-1 İ. Atlı (TUR) | prohra po verditku 1-2 R. Jansson (SWE) | vyřazen | 7. | ||
| −87 kg | Dale Thomas | Michigan | výhra na lopatky E. Wiesberger (AUT) | prohra na lopatky V. Lahti (FIN) | prohra na lopatky P. Sirakov (BUL) | vyřazen | 6. | ||
| +87 kg | Dale Lewis | Oklahoma | prohra na lopatky B. Antonsson (SWE) | prohra na lopatky T. Kangasniemi (FIN) | vyřazen | úč. | |||
Zápas ve volném stylu
podrobně zde
| Váha | Zápasník | Zastupoval | Kolo | CP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | ||||
| −52 kg | Richard Delgado | Oklahoma | prohra po verditku 0-3 M. Calkalamanidze (URS) | volný los | prohra po verditku 0-3 M. Chodžastepur (IRI) | vyřazen | úč. | |||
| −57 kg | Lee Allen | Oregon | prohra po verditku 0-3 T. Jaskari (FIN) | prohra na lopatky M. Dağıstanlı (TUR) | vyřazen | úč. | ||||
| −62 kg | Myron Roderick | Oklahoma | výhra po verditku 3-0 B. Galántai (HUN) | výhra na lopatky J. Elliott (AUS) | výhra po verditku 3-0 A. Geldenhuys (RSA) | prohra po verditku 0-3 Š. Sasahara (JPN) | vyřazen | 5. | ||
| −67 kg | Tommy Evans* | Oklahoma | výhra na lopatky J. Taylor (GBR) | výhra po verditku 3-0 Š. Kasahara (JPN) | výhra po verditku 3-0 M. Tovar (MEX) | prohra po verditku 0-3 G. Tóth (HUN) | vyřazen | 5. | ||
| −73 kg | Ernie Fischer | Maryland | prohra po verditku 0-3 M. Ikeda (JPN) | výhra po verditku 3-0 N. Sorúrí (IRI) | prohra po verditku 0-3 İ. Zengin (TUR) | vyřazen | 8. | |||
| −79 kg | Danny Hodge | Oklahoma | výhra na lopatky G. Farquhar (GBR) | výhra po verditku 3-0 V. Punkari (FIN) | výhra na lopatky W. Davies (AUS) | výhra na lopatky A. Zandí (IRI) | prohra na lopatky N. Stančev (BUL) | výhra na lopatky G. Schirtladze (URS) | — | |
| −87 kg | Peter Blair | Maryland | výhra na lopatky V. Lahti (FIN) | prohra po verditku 0-3 V. Palm (SWE) | výhra na lopatky J. Theron (RSA) | výhra po verditku 3-0 A. Atan (TUR) | volný los | prohra po verditku 0-3 B. Kulajev (URS) | prohra po verditku 0-3 G. Tachtí (IRI) | |
| +87 kg | Bill Kerslake | Cleveland | prohra po verditku 1-2 H. Kaplan (TUR) | výhra na lopatky R. Mitchell (AUS) | prohra na lopatky K. Richmond (GBR) | vyřazen | 7. | |||
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