Back Мельбурн 1956 Abkhazian Olimpiese Somerspele 1956 Afrikaans Chuegos Olimpicos de Melbourne/Estocolmo 1956 AN الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1956 Arabic اوليمبياد صيف 1956 ARZ Xuegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 AST 1956 Yay Olimpiya Oyunları Azerbaijani Olimpiade Masan Panes 1956 BAN Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956 Byelorussian Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 1956 году BE-X-OLD
| Host city | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events) | ||
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| Nations | 72 | ||
| Athletes | 3,314 (2,938 men, 376 women) | ||
| Events | 151 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 22 November | ||
| Closing | 8 December | ||
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| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held at Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.[2]
Melbourne was chosen as the host city over instead of Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Montreal and six American cities on 28 April 1949 at the 43rd IOC session.
The equestrian events were not held in Australia because of quarantine regulations. These events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden, making it the second time that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.[3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 13 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1956 Melbourne Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
- ↑ In the Antwerp, Belgium Olympics of 1920 one sailing event had been held in Dutch waters.
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