South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics South Africa
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=4
total=4
rank=33

South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medalists

Bronze

* Daniel Bekker — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

* Henry Loubscher — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

* Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

* Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Myburgh, Nathalie Myburgh and Susan Roberts — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 110m Hurdles
*Mechiel Burger:* Heat — 14.4s:* Semifinals — 15.0s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
*Mercer Davis — 2:39:48 (→ 14th place)
*Jan Barnard — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Cycling=

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
*Thomas Shardelow — 8th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Bronze Medal)

Men's 2.000m Tandem
*Raymond Robinson
Thomas Shardelow — 7th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
*Alfred Swift
Anne Jan Hettema
Charles Jonker
Robert Fowler — 4:39.4 (→ 4th place)

Men's Individual Road Race
*Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Anne Jan Hettema — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Charles Jonker — did not finish (→ no ranking)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]