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Swimming At The 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming (sport), swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing. For the first time, the butterfly stroke was contested as a separate event. Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Australia dominated the medal standings with a total of 8 out of a possible 13 gold medals, eventually finishing with 14 medals overall. Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Participating nations 235 swimmers from 33 nations competed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1956 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimming at the Summer Olympics, 1956 1956 in swimming Swimming competitions in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Sports And Entertainment Centre
The Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre (originally known as the Swimming and Diving Stadium and now known commercially as the AIA Vitality Centre) is a sports administration and training facility located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Australia. The facility opened in 1956 as an aquatic centre for the 1956 Olympic Games. In 1983, the Olympic-sized pool was replaced with a parquetry floor and the facility became Melbourne's home of numerous basketball events until 1998, most notably as the home venue for several National Basketball League teams including the North Melbourne Giants and Melbourne Tigers. The venue served as Melbourne's primary indoor concert arena from 1984 to 1988, until completion of the Rod Laver Arena. The centre is the administrative and training headquarters of the Collingwood Football Club, who also train on the adjacent Olympic Park Oval. History 1956 Olympic Games Known originally as the Swimming and Diving St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaru Furukawa
was a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke."1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 5, 2008) World records Furukawa improved the world record of 200 metres breaststroke (long course) four times in 1954 and 1955, and his last record lasted until 1958.Awards Furukawa was inducted into the |
Boris Nikitin
Boris Vasilievich Nikitin (; 5 March 1938 – 20 October 1984) was a Soviet freestyle swimmer. He had his best achievements in the 4 × 200 m relay, in which he set a world record in 1956, and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships The 1958 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary from 31 August until 6 September. In swimming, the 4 × 100 m medley relays for men and women were introduced. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Wome ...; his team finished eighths at the 1960 Olympics. Individually, he won a European silver medal in the 400 m freestyle in 1958, but did not reach the final in that event at the 1956 Olympics. Between 1956 and 1962 he set five European records in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle and 400 m medley events. He won six national titles, in the 400 m (1956–1960) and 1500 m freestyle disciplines (1957). References 1938 births 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Nikolayev
Gennady Nikolayev (8 July 1936 – 6 June 2013) was a Russian swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References 1936 births 2013 deaths Russian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Soviet male freestyle swimmers 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Struzhanov
Vladimir Struzhanov (2 August 1932 – 19 April 2014)Vladimir Struzhanov's profile at Infosport was a Russian who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ... .
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Vitaly Sorokin
Vitaly Ivanovich Sorokin (; 8 December 1935 – 1995) was a Russian swimmer, who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... He won a bronze medal in 1956 and finished eighth in 1960 in the freestyle relay. In 1956 he set a world record in the freestyle relay. Between 1956 and 1959 he also set 6 European and 18 national records in freestyle relay events. swimmingmasters.narod.ru After retiring from competitions he worked as a swimming coach. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Konno
Ford Hiroshi Konno (, born January 1, 1933) is a Japanese–American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Konno was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, and swam for the McKinley Tigers high school swim team. He later received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team under Hall of Fame Coach Mike Peppe in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200-meter and 4:26.7 in the 400-meter freestyle during 1954 college meets. Konno won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Konno won gold medals in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. His time of 18:30:3 in the 1,500 freestyle was a new Olympic record. He also won a silver medal in the 400- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Woolsey
William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer for McKinley High School and Indiana University, who captured an Olympic gold medal in Helsinki in 1952, and a silver medal in Melbourne in 1956. Born on September 13, 1934, Woolsey was raised in Oahu's scenic Manoa Valley three miles East of downtown Honolulu, near the Pacific shoreline and after taking to the water by six, he was swimming competitively by nine. He and his family were of mixed native Hawaiian, Chinese and Caucasian descent. In his youth he met Hall of Fame Coach Soichi Sakamoto, then a Boy Scout master on Maui, who also taught school. Sakamoto established the Three-year School dedicated to producing outstanding swimmers of Olympic caliber in three years. As a highly innovative coach, he was one of the earliest advocates of interval training in swimming. Though the method could be challenging and uncomfortable, in the school's early years Sakamoto's students trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Hanley (swimmer)
Richard Dennis Hanley (February 19, 1936 – May 11, 2022) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Early life and swimming Hanley was born in Evanston, Illinois, on February 19, 1936 to Jane Hunter Hanley and Myron "Mike" Hanley, and attended and swam for the Evanston Township High School "Wildkits", an Illinois swimming dynasty. Competing for Evanston High in February 1954, he qualified for the Suburban League varsity swimming meet in both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle. As a high school junior in February 1954, he held the record in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.8. Swimming the freestyle leg in 1955, he was part of a 150-yard medley relay team that lowered their own interscholastic record to 1:18 in the finals of the Suburban League meet. In 1955, at around 18, Hanley also set and held the Illinois state record for the 50-yard freestyle. Under coach Dobbie Burton, Evanston High won state championships each yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Halloran
Kevin O'Halloran (3 March 1937 – 5 July 1976) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s who won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The first Western Australian to win Olympic gold, O'Halloran learnt to swim in his hometown of Katanning. He moved to Perth to attend secondary schooling at Guildford Grammar School, where he became more committed to swimming. Competitive swimming was not well developed in Western Australia; races were held in muddy river pools. So in late 1955, O'Halloran moved to the east coast to support his attempt to qualify for the Olympics. His new coach, Frank Guthrie, overhauled his training regimen, and within a year O'Halloran had reduced his times by approximately ten percent. He gained Olympic selection in the relay and the 400-metre freestyle. O'Halloran led off the Australian quartet on the way to a new world record, before placing sixth in the 400-metre. Thereafter, O'Halloran's ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Tumpek
György Tumpek (12 January 1929 – 21 December 2022) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He was born in Budapest. He participated at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ..., winning a bronze medal in 200 metre butterfly. References External links * 1929 births 2022 d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Ishimoto
was a butterfly swimmer from Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung/ or ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known .... In the late 1950s, he broke the world record in the men's 100m butterfly several times. References databaseOlympics 1935 births 2009 deaths World record setters in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games swimmers for Japan Japanese male butterfly swimmers Olympic silver medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 20th-century J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
