South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the
1956 Summer Olympics
South Africa at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RSA; (ZAF used at these Games)
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	50 (44 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Medals; Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 50 competitors, 44 men and 6 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Bronze

Daniel Bekker — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Henry Loubscher — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Myburgh, Natalie Myburgh and Susan Roberts — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

Danie Burger

Heat — 14.4s
Semifinals — 15.0s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Mercer Davis — 2:39:48 (→ 14th place)
Jan Barnard — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

Fanie du Plessis

Qualifying Heat — 50.69
Final — 48.49 (→ 13th place)

Boxing

Cycling

Sprint

Thomas Shardelow — 8th place

Time trial

Alfred Swift — 1:11.6 (→ Bronze Medal)

Tandem

Raymond Robinson
Thomas Shardelow — 7th place

Team pursuit

Alfred Swift
Anne Jan Hettema
Charles Jonker
Robert Fowler — 4:39.4 (→ 4th place)

Individual road race

Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Anne Jan Hettema — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Charles Jonker — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented South Africa in 1956.

Individual

Team

Okkie van Greunen
Harry Schmidt
Marthinus du Plessis

Sailing

Shooting

Two shooters represented South Africa in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

Robin Lavine

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "South Africa at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

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[sports-reference-1] "South Africa at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

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