Round — 51.28 Final — 84.85 (→ Gold Medal) Juno Stover-Irwin Preliminary Round — 50.81 Final — 81.64 (→ Silver Medal) Paula Jean Myers-Pope Preliminary Round — 52.96 Final — 81.58 (→ Bronze Medal) Fencing 18 fencers represented the United States in 1956. Men's foil Albie Axelrod Hal Goldsmith Byron Krieger Men's team foil Albie Axelrod, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith, Byron Krieger, Nate Lubell, Sewall Shurtz Men's épée Richard Pew Sewall Shurtz Kinmont Hoitsma Men's team épée Sewall Shurtz, Richard Pew, Ralph Goldstein, Abram Cohen, Kinmont Hoitsma Men's sabre Allan Kwartler George Worth Tibor Nyilas Men's team sabre Tibor Nyilas, George Worth, Abram Cohen, Rex Dyer, Allan Kwartler, Norman Cohn-Armitage Women's foil Jan York-Romary Maxine Mitchell Judy Goodrich Football (soccer) Preliminary Round Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance Team Roster John Carden Ronald Coder Bill Conterio Rolf Decker Jim Dorrian Svend Engedal Harry Keough Bill Looby Alfonso Marina Ruben Mendoza Lloyd Monsen Ed Murphy Dick Packer Zenon Snylyk Herman Wecke Siegbert Wirth Al Zerhusen Head Coach: Jimmy Mills Gymnastics Hockey Team Roster Kurt Ucko Modern pentathlon Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event. Individual George Lambert Bill Andre Jack Daniels Team George Lambert Bill Andre Jack Daniels Rowing The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1956. Men's single sculls John B. Kelly Men's double sculls Pat Costello Jim Gardiner Men's coxless pair James Fifer Duvall Hecht Men's coxed pair Dan Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert (cox) Men's coxless four John Welchli John McKinlay Art McKinlay James McIntosh Men's coxed four James Wynne Douglas Turner James McMullen Ronald Cardwell Edward Masterson (cox) Men's eight Thomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean (cox) Sailing Shooting Eight shooters represented the United States in 1956. Offutt Pinion won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event. 25 m pistol John Beaumont John Forman 50 m pistol Offutt Pinion Joe Benner 300 m rifle, three positions James Smith Herbert Voelcker 50 m rifle, three positions Art Jackson Verle Wright, Jr. 50 m rifle, prone Art Jackson Verle Wright, Jr. Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling See also United States at the 1955 Pan American Games References Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956 Oly