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  1956 Melbourne/Stockholm Summer Olympics - Medal Count
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Parents > International Olympic Committee > Summer Olympics
OfficeMedal Winner
Honorific - Abbr:
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 22, 1956 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Close December 08, 1956 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start December 08, 1956 - 12:00pm
Term End September 11, 1960 - 12:00pm
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedRBH January 11, 2018 01:08am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Melbourne won the right to host the 1956 Olympic Games by one vote over Buenos Aires. Australian quarantine laws were too severe to allow the entry of foreign horses, so the equestrian events were held separately in Stockholm in June.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNational Olympic Committee Won08/03/1952
Name United States Votes76 (16.56%)
Term08/03/1952 - 11/22/1956 Margin5 (+1.09%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNational Olympic Committee Won09/11/1960
Name Soviet Union Votes103 (22.34%)
Term09/11/1960 - 10/25/1964 Margin32 (+6.94%)
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Name UN Security Council Member Soviet Union (I) UN Security Council Member United States Hungary Unified Team of Germany Italy UN Security Council Member United Kingdom Japan
PartyNational Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee
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Uncertified Votes 98 (23.01%) 74 (17.37%) 26 (6.10%) 26 (6.10%) 25 (5.87%) 24 (5.63%) 19 (4.46%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -24 (-5.63%) -72 (-16.90%) -72 (-16.90%) -73 (-17.14%) -74 (-17.37%) -79 (-18.54%)
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Name Sweden Finland UN Security Council Member France Poland Turkey Canada Czechoslovakia
PartyNational Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee
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Uncertified Votes 19 (4.46%) 15 (3.52%) 14 (3.29%) 9 (2.11%) 7 (1.64%) 6 (1.41%) 6 (1.41%)
Margin-79 (-18.54%) -83 (-19.48%) -84 (-19.72%) -89 (-20.89%) -91 (-21.36%) -92 (-21.60%) -92 (-21.60%)
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