1956 Summer Olympics

Melbourne / Stockholm · Melbourne metro

38 nations · 150 events · 469 medals

Medal table

Every nation that won a medal, ranked by gold, then silver, then bronze.

#	Nation	G	S	B	Total
1	Soviet Union URS	37	29	32	98
2	United States USA	32	25	17	74
3	Australia AUS	13	8	14	35
4	Hungary HUN	9	10	7	26
5	Italy ITA	8	8	9	25
6	Sweden SWE	8	5	6	19
7	Germany GER	6	13	7	26
8	Great Britain GBR	6	7	11	24
9	Romania ROU	5	3	5	13
10	Japan JPN	4	10	5	19
11	France FRA	4	4	6	14
12	Turkey TUR	3	2	2	7
13	Finland FIN	3	1	11	15
14	Iran IRI	2	2	1	5
15	Canada CAN	2	1	3	6
16	New Zealand NZL	2	0	0	2
17	Poland POL	1	4	4	9
18	Czechoslovakia TCH	1	4	1	6
19	Bulgaria BUL	1	3	1	5
20	Denmark DEN	1	2	1	4
21	Ireland IRL	1	1	3	5
22	Norway NOR	1	0	2	3
23	Mexico MEX	1	0	1	2
24	Brazil BRA	1	0	0	1
25	India IND	1	0	0	1
26	Yugoslavia YUG	0	3	0	3
27	Chile CHI	0	2	2	4
28	Belgium BEL	0	2	0	2
29	Argentina ARG	0	1	1	2
30	South Korea KOR	0	1	1	2
31	Iceland ISL	0	1	0	1
32	Pakistan PAK	0	1	0	1
33	South Africa RSA	0	0	4	4
34	Austria AUT	0	0	2	2
35	Greece GRE	0	0	1	1
36	Bahamas BAH	0	0	1	1
37	Uruguay URU	0	0	1	1
38	Switzerland SUI	0	0	1	1

Medals by sport

Each sport's medal table by nation. Expand a sport to see which nations medaled and how many.

Artistic Gymnastics15 events · 9 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	11	6	6	23
Hungary HUN	4	2	1	7
Japan JPN	1	5	5	11
Germany GER	1	0	0	1
Sweden SWE	0	2	1	3
Czechoslovakia TCH	0	1	0	1
Romania ROU	0	0	2	2
Finland FIN	0	0	1	1
Poland POL	0	0	1	1

Athletics33 events · 19 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
United States USA	16	10	5	31
Soviet Union URS	5	7	10	22
Australia AUS	4	2	6	12
Great Britain GBR	1	4	2	7
Poland POL	1	1	0	2
Norway NOR	1	0	2	3
Czechoslovakia TCH	1	0	1	2
Brazil BRA	1	0	0	1
France FRA	1	0	0	1
Ireland IRL	1	0	0	1
New Zealand NZL	1	0	0	1
Germany GER	0	5	2	7
Hungary HUN	0	2	0	2
Chile CHI	0	1	0	1
Iceland ISL	0	1	0	1
Yugoslavia YUG	0	1	0	1
Finland FIN	0	0	3	3
Greece GRE	0	0	1	1
Sweden SWE	0	0	1	1

Basketball1 event · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
United States USA	1	0	0	1
Soviet Union URS	0	1	0	1
Uruguay URU	0	0	1	1

Boxing10 events · 16 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	3	1	2	6
Great Britain GBR	2	1	2	5
United States USA	2	1	0	3
Romania ROU	1	2	1	4
Germany GER	1	1	0	2
Hungary HUN	1	0	0	1
Ireland IRL	0	1	3	4
Chile CHI	0	1	2	3
Italy ITA	0	1	1	2
South Korea KOR	0	1	0	1
France FRA	0	0	2	2
Poland POL	0	0	2	2
South Africa RSA	0	0	2	2
Argentina ARG	0	0	1	1
Australia AUS	0	0	1	1
Finland FIN	0	0	1	1

Canoe Sprint9 events · 9 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Romania ROU	3	0	0	3
Soviet Union URS	2	3	2	7
Sweden SWE	2	0	0	2
Hungary HUN	1	3	3	7
Germany GER	1	2	1	4
France FRA	0	1	0	1
Australia AUS	0	0	1	1
Austria AUT	0	0	1	1
Denmark DEN	0	0	1	1

Cycling Road2 events · 4 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
France FRA	1	1	0	2
Italy ITA	1	0	0	1
Great Britain GBR	0	1	1	2
Germany GER	0	0	1	1

Cycling Track4 events · 6 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Italy ITA	2	1	1	4
France FRA	1	1	0	2
Australia AUS	1	0	1	2
Czechoslovakia TCH	0	2	0	2
Great Britain GBR	0	0	1	1
South Africa RSA	0	0	1	1

Diving4 events · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
United States USA	3	4	2	9
Mexico MEX	1	0	1	2
Canada CAN	0	0	1	1

Fencing7 events · 7 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Italy ITA	3	2	2	7
Hungary HUN	2	1	1	4
France FRA	1	1	2	4
Great Britain GBR	1	0	0	1
Poland POL	0	2	0	2
Romania ROU	0	1	0	1
Soviet Union URS	0	0	2	2

Football1 event · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	1	0	0	1
Yugoslavia YUG	0	1	0	1
Bulgaria BUL	0	0	1	1

Hockey1 event · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
India IND	1	0	0	1
Pakistan PAK	0	1	0	1
Germany GER	0	0	1	1

Modern Pentathlon2 events · 4 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	1	0	0	1
Sweden SWE	1	0	0	1
Finland FIN	0	1	2	3
United States USA	0	1	0	1

Rowing7 events · 10 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
United States USA	3	2	1	6
Soviet Union URS	2	1	1	4
Canada CAN	1	1	0	2
Italy ITA	1	0	0	1
Australia AUS	0	1	2	3
Germany GER	0	1	0	1
Sweden SWE	0	1	0	1
Austria AUT	0	0	1	1
Finland FIN	0	0	1	1
France FRA	0	0	1	1

Sailing4 events · 9 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Sweden SWE	2	0	0	2
Denmark DEN	1	1	0	2
United States USA	1	0	1	2
New Zealand NZL	1	0	0	1
Great Britain GBR	0	1	2	3
Australia AUS	0	1	1	2
Belgium BEL	0	1	0	1
Italy ITA	0	1	0	1
Bahamas BAH	0	0	1	1

Shooting7 events · 9 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	3	4	1	8
Canada CAN	1	0	1	2
Finland FIN	1	0	1	2
Italy ITA	1	0	1	2
Romania ROU	1	0	1	2
Sweden SWE	0	1	1	2
Czechoslovakia TCH	0	1	0	1
Poland POL	0	1	0	1
United States USA	0	0	1	1

Swimming13 events · 8 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Australia AUS	8	4	2	14
United States USA	2	4	5	11
Japan JPN	1	4	0	5
Germany GER	1	0	1	2
Great Britain GBR	1	0	1	2
Hungary HUN	0	1	1	2
Soviet Union URS	0	0	2	2
South Africa RSA	0	0	1	1

Water Polo1 event · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Hungary HUN	1	0	0	1
Yugoslavia YUG	0	1	0	1
Soviet Union URS	0	0	1	1

Weightlifting7 events · 8 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
United States USA	4	2	1	7
Soviet Union URS	3	4	0	7
Argentina ARG	0	1	0	1
Italy ITA	0	0	2	2
France FRA	0	0	1	1
Iran IRI	0	0	1	1
Poland POL	0	0	1	1
South Korea KOR	0	0	1	1

Wrestling16 events · 13 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Soviet Union URS	6	2	5	13
Turkey TUR	3	2	2	7
Iran IRI	2	2	0	4
Japan JPN	2	1	0	3
Finland FIN	2	0	2	4
Bulgaria BUL	1	3	0	4
Sweden SWE	0	1	3	4
Hungary HUN	0	1	1	2
Italy ITA	0	1	1	2
United States USA	0	1	1	2
Belgium BEL	0	1	0	1
Germany GER	0	1	0	1
Romania ROU	0	0	1	1

Equestrian Dressage2 events · 4 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Sweden SWE	2	0	0	2
Germany GER	0	1	1	2
Denmark DEN	0	1	0	1
Switzerland SUI	0	0	1	1

Equestrian Eventing2 events · 4 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Great Britain GBR	1	0	1	2
Sweden SWE	1	0	0	1
Germany GER	0	2	0	2
Canada CAN	0	0	1	1

Equestrian Jumping2 events · 3 nations

Nation	G	S	B	Total
Germany GER	2	0	0	2
Italy ITA	0	2	1	3
Great Britain GBR	0	0	1	1

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