- Switzerland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Switzerland
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=1
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=35Switzerland boycotted the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne ,Australia because of theSoviet Union 's invasion ofHungary . However, the equestrian events were held inStockholm ,Sweden earlier in the year because of Australian quarantine laws. The Swiss team competed in Stockholm, winning a bronze medal.References
* cite book
title=The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad
publisher=Swedish Equestrian Federation
url=http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/or1956eq.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2006-11-10
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
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