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The 1956 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne Victoria Australia in 1956 apart from the equestrian events which were held five months earlier in Stockholm Sweden. Equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. This was the second Olympics not to be held entirely in one country the first being the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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