Tags: Olympic Result, Results Of A Sport Competition.
The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 189 competitors 163 men and 26 women took part in 108 events in 17 sports.The Melbourne Games saw an improvement on Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s performance at the two preceding Games. British athletes won six gold medals (up from just one in 1952). Overall they won twenty-four medals finishing eighth.