The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports. Medalists Gold Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, William Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team Competition Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star Silver Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard Gary