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Canada At The 1956 Summer Olympics

	flagbearer	Robert Steckle
	gold	2
	silver	1
	bronze	3
	total	6
	rank	15

Canada competed at the ''' 1956 Summer Olympics ''' in Melbourne , Australia and Stockholm , Sweden ( Equestrian Events ).

MEDALS

Gold

Archibald McKinnon , Kenneth Loomer , Walter D'Hondt , and Donald Arnold — Rowing , Men's Coxless Four

Raymond Ouellette — Shooting , Men's 50m Rifle Prone

Silver

Philip Kueber , Richard McClure , Robert Wilson , David Helliwell , Donald Pretty , William McKerlich , Douglas McDonald , Lawrence West , Carlton Ogawa — Rowing , Men's Eight with Coxswain

Bronze

Irene MacDonald — Diving , Women's 3m Springboard

Stuart Boa — Shooting , Men's 50m Rifle Prone

John Rumble , James Elder , Brian Herbinson — Equestrian , Team Three-Day Event

RESULTS BY EVENT

Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

Fred Markus — 17th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

James Davies — 1:15.2 (→ 17th place)

Men's Individual Road Race

Patrick Murphy — 5:27:28 (→ 29th place)

Fred Markus — did not finish (→ no ranking)

James Davies — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

William Patrick

Preliminary Round — 67.71 (→ did not advance, 15th place)