Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 13 swimming events were contested.
MEN'S EVENTS
100 m Freestyle, Men
400 m Freestyle, Men
1500 m Freestyle, Men
[Note: times for the 400m and 1500m appear to be reversed in this display. No source available to check for accurate times.]
100 m Backstroke, Men
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
David Egmont Theile (AUS) | 1:02.2 |
| Silver |
John Monckton (AUS) | 1:03.2 |
| Bronze | Frank Edward McKinney Jr. (USA) | 1:04.5 |
200 m Breaststroke, Men
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
Masaru Furukawa (JPN) | 2:34.7 |
| Silver |
Masahiro Yoshimura (JPN) | 2:36.7 |
| Bronze |
Kharis Yunichev (URS) | 2:36.8 |
200 m Butterfly, Men
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | William Albert Yorzyk Jr. (USA) | 2:19.3 |
| Silver |
Takashi Ishimoto (JPN) | 2:23.8 |
| Bronze |
György Tumpek (HUN) | 2:23.9 |
4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold |
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS) | 8:23.6 |
| Silver | Richard Dennis Hanley, George Thomas Breen, William Tripp Woolsey, Ford Hiroshi Konno (USA) | 8:31.5 |
| Bronze |
Vitali Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennadi Nikolaev, Boris Nikitin (URS) | 8:34.7 |
WOMEN'S EVENTS
100 m Freestyle, Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
Dawn Fraser (AUS) | 1:02.0 |
| Silver |
Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 1:02.3 |
| Bronze |
Faith Yvonne Leech (AUS) | 1:05.1 |
400 m Freestyle, Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 4:54.6 |
| Silver |
Dawn Fraser (AUS) | 5:02.5 |
| Bronze | Sylvia Eliina Ruuska (USA) | 5:07.1 |
100 m Backstroke, Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
Judith Brenda Grinham (GBR) | 1:12.9 |
| Silver | Carin Alice Cone (USA) | 1:12.9 |
| Bronze |
Margaret Edwards (GBR) | 1:13.1 |
200 m Breaststroke, Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |
Ursula Happe-Krey (EUA) | 2:53.1 |
| Silver |
Éva Székely (HUN) | 2:54.8 |
| Bronze |
Eva-Maria Ten Elsen (EUA) | 2:55.1 |
100 m Butterfly, Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Shelley Isabel Mann (USA) | 1:11.0 |
| Silver | Nancy Jane Ramey (USA) | 1:11.9 |
| Bronze | Mary Jane Sears (USA) | 1:14.4 |
4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold |
Dawn Fraser, Faith Yvonne Leech, Sandra Anne Morgan, Lorraine Joyce Crapp (AUS) | 4:17.1 |
| Silver | Sylvia Eliina Ruuska, Shelley Isabel Mann, Nancy Joan Simons, Joan Ann Alderson-Rosazza (USA) | 4:19.2 |
| Bronze | Natalie Ann Myburgh, Susan Elizabeth Roberts, Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Evelyn Myburgh (RSA) | 4:25.7 |
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