United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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
• Arthur 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 Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
• Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
• Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
• Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• James McIntosh, Art McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
• Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
• Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
• Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
• Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
• Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

  Bronze

• Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
• Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
• Paula Jean Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
• John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
• George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
• Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
• Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
• Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
• James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
• John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn

  Athletics

• Nick Costes — 2:42:20
• John J. Kelley — 2:43:40
• Dean Thackwray — did not finish

  Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

• Jack Disney — 5th place

• Allen Bell — 1:12.8

• Donald Ferguson

• Allen Bell

• Joseph Becker — 5:38:16
• David Rhoads — did not finish
• Erhard Neumann — did not finish
• George Van Meter — did not finish

  Diving

• Gary Tobian
• Richard Connor
• William Farrell

• Pat McCormick
• Juno Stover-Irwin
• Paula Jean Myers-Pope

  Fencing

• Albie Axelrod
• Hal Goldsmith
• Byron Krieger

• Albie Axelrod, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith, Byron Krieger, Nate Lubell, Sewall Shurtz

• Richard Pew
• Sewall Shurtz
• Kinmont Hoitsma

• Sewall Shurtz, Richard Pew, Ralph Goldstein, Abram Cohen, Kinmont Hoitsma

• Allan Kwartler
• George Worth
• Tibor Nyilas

• Tibor Nyilas, George Worth, Abram Cohen, Rex Dyer, Allan Kwartler, Norman Cohn-Armitage

• Jan York-Romary
• Maxine Mitchell
• Judy Goodrich

  Football (soccer)

• Preliminary Round
• Team Roster

Gymnastics

Hockey

• Team Roster

  Modern pentathlon

• George Lambert
• Bill Andre
• Jack Daniels

• George Lambert
• Bill Andre
• Jack Daniels

  Rowing

• John B. Kelly

• Pat Costello
• Jim Gardiner

• James Fifer
• Duvall Hecht

• Arthur Ayrault
• Conn Findlay
• Kurt Seiffert

• John Welchli
• John McKinlay
• Art McKinlay
• James McIntosh

• James Wynne
• Douglas Turner
• James McMullen
• Ronald Cardwell
• Edward Masterson

• Thomas Charlton
• David Wight
• John Cooke
• Donald Beer
• Caldwell Esselstyn
• Charles Grimes
• Rusty Wailes
• Robert Morey
• William Becklean

  Sailing

Shooting

• John Beaumont
• John Forman

• Offutt Pinion
• Joe Benner

• James Smith
• Herbert Voelcker

• Art Jackson
• Verle Wright, Jr.

• Art Jackson
• Verle Wright, Jr.

  Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling