1956 Summer Olympics medal table

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1956 Summer Olympics. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

7 countries boycotted these Olympics (see 1956 Summer Olympics for details)

1956 Summer Olympics medal count					File:Olympische Ringe.svg
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	37	29	32	98
2	File:Us flag large 48 stars.png United States	32	25	17	74
3	Australia	13	8	14	35
4	Hungary	9	10	7	26
5	Italy	8	8	9	25
6	Sweden	8	5	6	19
7	United Team of Germany	6	13	7	26
8	Great Britain	6	7	11	24
9	File:Steagul Republicii Socialiste Romania.png Romania	5	3	5	13
10	Japan	4	10	5	19
11	France	4	4	6	14
12	File:Turkey flag large.png Turkey	3	2	2	7
13	File:Finland flag large.png Finland	3	1	11	15
14	Iran	2	2	1	5
15	File:Redensign.png Canada	2	1	3	6
16	File:New zealand flag large.png New Zealand	2	0	0	2
17	Poland	1	4	4	9
18	Czechoslovakia	1	4	1	6
19	Bulgaria	1	3	1	5
20	Denmark	1	2	1	4
21	Ireland	1	1	3	5
22	Norway	1	0	2	3
23	Mexico	1	0	1	2
24	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	India	1	0	0	1
26	Yugoslavia	0	3	0	3
27	Chile	0	2	2	4
28	Belgium	0	2	0	2
29	File:Argentina flag large.png Argentina	0	1	1	2
	File:South korea flag large.png South Korea	0	1	1	2
31	Iceland	0	1	0	1
	File:Pakistan flag large.png Pakistan	0	1	0	1
33	File:South Africa flag 1927.png South Africa	0	0	4	4
34	File:Austria flag large.png Austria	0	0	2	2
35	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	File:Greece flag 1828.png Greece	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	File:Uruguay flag large.png Uruguay	0	0	1	1
		153	153	163	469

References

1956 Offical Metal Count