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Australia Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 7, 1956

Events for Australia: 13
Participants for Australia: 9 (6 men and 3 women)
Youngest Participant for Australia: Wendy Nicholls (19 years, 196 days)
Oldest Participant for Australia: Barbara Cunningham (30 years, 129 days)
Most Medals for Australia (Athlete): No medalists

Go to the Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games page

Men's Individual All-Around

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Graham Bond 19 Men's Individual All-Around 54
David Gourlay Men's Individual All-Around 55
John Lees Men's Individual All-Around 56
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Individual All-Around 57
Brian Blackburn Men's Individual All-Around 58
Noel Punton 24 Men's Individual All-Around 59

Men's Team All-Around

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Graham Bond 19 Men's Team All-Around 7
David Gourlay Men's Team All-Around 7
John Lees Men's Team All-Around 7
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Team All-Around 7
Brian Blackburn Men's Team All-Around 7
Noel Punton 24 Men's Team All-Around 7

Men's Floor Exercise

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Brian Blackburn Men's Floor Exercise 41T
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Floor Exercise 48
Noel Punton 24 Men's Floor Exercise 51
David Gourlay Men's Floor Exercise 56T
Graham Bond 19 Men's Floor Exercise 58
John Lees Men's Floor Exercise 60

Men's Horse Vault

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Horse Vault 28T
David Gourlay Men's Horse Vault 43T
Brian Blackburn Men's Horse Vault 47T
Noel Punton 24 Men's Horse Vault 50T
Graham Bond 19 Men's Horse Vault 56
John Lees Men's Horse Vault 61

Men's Parallel Bars

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Parallel Bars 53T
Graham Bond 19 Men's Parallel Bars 53T
John Lees Men's Parallel Bars 55
Brian Blackburn Men's Parallel Bars 56
David Gourlay Men's Parallel Bars 57
Noel Punton 24 Men's Parallel Bars 58T

Men's Horizontal Bar

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Graham Bond 19 Men's Horizontal Bar 50
David Gourlay Men's Horizontal Bar 54
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Horizontal Bar 56
John Lees Men's Horizontal Bar 57
Brian Blackburn Men's Horizontal Bar 58
Noel Punton 24 Men's Horizontal Bar 63

Men's Rings

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
John Lees Men's Rings 49
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Rings 51
David Gourlay Men's Rings 56
Graham Bond 19 Men's Rings 58
Brian Blackburn Men's Rings 59
Noel Punton 24 Men's Rings 60

Men's Pommelled Horse

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
John Lees Men's Pommelled Horse 54
David Gourlay Men's Pommelled Horse 55
Graham Bond 19 Men's Pommelled Horse 56
Noel Punton 24 Men's Pommelled Horse 57
Brian Blackburn Men's Pommelled Horse 58
Bruce Sharp 25 Men's Pommelled Horse 59

Women's Individual All-Around

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ing Fraser Women's Individual All-Around 62
Barbara Cunningham 30 Women's Individual All-Around 63
Wendy Nicholls 19 Women's Individual All-Around 64

Women's Floor Exercise

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ing Fraser Women's Floor Exercise 61
Barbara Cunningham 30 Women's Floor Exercise 62
Wendy Nicholls 19 Women's Floor Exercise 64

Women's Horse Vault

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Barbara Cunningham 30 Women's Horse Vault 61
Ing Fraser Women's Horse Vault 62
Wendy Nicholls 19 Women's Horse Vault 63

Women's Uneven Bars

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Barbara Cunningham 30 Women's Uneven Bars 60
Ing Fraser Women's Uneven Bars 63
Wendy Nicholls 19 Women's Uneven Bars 64

Women's Balance Beam

Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Wendy Nicholls 19 Women's Balance Beam 57
Ing Fraser Women's Balance Beam 62
Barbara Cunningham 30 Women's Balance Beam 64

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