List of gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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.

Female artistic gymnasts

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorMuriel Davis-GrossfeldOldest competitorPat Hirst

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownBarbara CunninghamAdelaide, South AustraliaIng Fraser1928Baden-Württemberg, GermanyWendy NichollsIvanka DolzhevaSofia, BulgariaSaltirka Spasova-TarpovaGulyantsi, BulgariaTsvetanka StanchevaErnestine RussellWindsor, OntarioEva BosákováMladá Boleslav, CzechoslovakiaMiroslava BrdíčkováLitomyšl, CzechoslovakiaVěra DrazdíkováPrague, CzechoslovakiaAnna MarejkováTurzovka, CzechoslovakiaMatylda Matoušková-ŠínováBrno, CzechoslovakiaAlena ReichováPlzeň, CzechoslovakiaJacqueline DieudonnéMérignac, FranceDanièle Sicot-CoulonChâteaudun, FrancePat HirstWortley, EnglandErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesBudapest, HungaryÁgnes KeletiBudapest, HungaryAlice KertészBudapest, HungaryMargit KorondiCelje, YugoslaviaAndrea Molnár-BodóBudapest, HungaryOlga TassPécs, HungaryElisa CalsiLodi, ItalyMiranda CicognaniForlì, ItalyRosella CicognaniForlì, ItalyElena LagoraraSestri Ponente, ItalyLuciana LagoraraSestri Ponente, ItalyLuciana RealiMitsuka IkedaKyoko KubotaShizuko SakashitaSuzuko SekiKazuko SogabeKagawa Prefecture, JapanKeiko Tanaka-IkedaMihara, JapanAnnette KrierLuxembourg City, LuxembourgDorota Horzonek-JokielNowy Bytom, PolandNatalia KotSiemianowice Śląskie, PolandDanuta Nowak-StachowGdynia, PolandHelena RakoczyKraków, PolandLidia SzczerbińskaWarsaw, PolandBarbara Wilk-ŚlizowskaKraków, PolandGeorgeta HurmuzachiSonia IovanCluj-Napoca, RomaniaElena LeușteanuChernivtsi, Ukrainian SSRElena MărgăritTimișoara, RomaniaElena SăcăliciCluj-Napoca, RomaniaEmilia VătășoiuCâineni, RomaniaPolina AstakhovaZaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSRLidiya Kalinina-IvanovaMoscow, Russian SFSRLarisa LatyninaKherson, Ukrainian SSRTamara ManinaPetrozavodsk, Russian SFSRSofia MuratovaSaint Petersburg, Russian SFSRLyudmila YegorovaLomonosov, Russian SFSREvy BerggrenSkellefteå, SwedenDoris HedbergSkellefteå, SwedenMaude KarlénStockholm, SwedenKarin LindbergKalix, SwedenAnn-Sofi PetterssonStockholm, SwedenEva RönströmStockholm, SwedenMuriel Davis-GrossfeldSpeedway, IndianaDoris FuchsVillingen, GermanyJudy HoweShippingport, PennsylvaniaJackie KleinChicago, IllinoisJoyce RacekWest Point, WisconsinSandra RuddickIndianapolis, Indiana

Male artistic gymnasts NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorSham LalOldest competitorMasao Takemoto

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownBrian BlackburnSydney, New South WalesGraham BondWondai, QueenslandDavid Gourlay1937John Lees1931Noel PuntonBruce SharpHans SauterBregenz, AustriaVelik KapsazovAsenovgrad, BulgariaStoyan StoyanovNikolovo, BulgariaMincho TodorovKrivnya, BulgariaEd GagnierWindsor, OntarioRafael LecuonaHavana, CubaJaroslav BímKyjov, CzechoslovakiaFerdinand DanišLučenec, CzechoslovakiaVladimír KejřÚvaly, CzechoslovakiaJaroslav MikoškaZlín, CzechoslovakiaZdeněk RůžičkaIvančice, CzechoslovakiaJosef ŠkvorDojetřice, CzechoslovakiaRaimo HeinonenTurku, FinlandOnni LappalainenMikkeli, FinlandOlavi LeimuvirtaHelsinki, FinlandBerndt LindforsHelsinki, FinlandMartti MansikkaAntrea, FinlandKalevi SuoniemiTampere, FinlandRaymond DotPuteaux, FranceJean GuillouPlouédern, FranceMichel MathiotBesançon, FranceHelmut BantzSpeyer, GermanyJakob KieferBad Kreuznach, GermanyRobert KleinCologne, GermanyHans PfannNuremberg, GermanyErich WiedStuttgart, GermanyTheo WiedStuttgart, GermanyNik StuartThirsk, EnglandFrank TurnerJános HéderBudapest, HungaryAttila TakácsBudapest, HungarySham LalLahore, IndiaAnant RamBehran, IndiaPritam SinghGarhshankar, IndiaNobuyuki AiharaTakasaki, JapanAkira KonoUwajima, JapanMasami KubotaOkayama, JapanTakashi OnoNoshiro, JapanMasao TakemotoHamada, JapanShinsaku TsukawakiOmuta, JapanJosy StoffelDifferdange, LuxembourgRonnie LombardNamibiaJack WellsBloemfontein, South AfricaAlbert AzaryanGanja, Azerbaijan SSRViktor ChukarinKrasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSRValentin MuratovKostyukovo, Russian SFSRBoris ShakhlinIshim, Russian SFSRPavel StolbovKrasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSRYuri TitovOmsk, Russian SFSRWilliam ThoressonGothenburg, SwedenKurt WigartzMariestad, SwedenDick BecknerLos Angeles, CaliforniaJack BecknerLos Angeles, CaliforniaAbie GrossfeldNew York, New YorkCharles SimmsNew York, New YorkBill TomSan Francisco, CaliforniaArmando VegaHurley, New Mexico

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