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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 50 competitors, 44 men and 6 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports.[1]
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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, Natalie Myburgh and Susan Roberts — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 110m Hurdles
- 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)
Men's Discus Throw
- Qualifying Heat — 50.69
- Final — 48.49 (→ 13th place)
- Thomas Shardelow — 8th place
- Alfred Swift — 1:11.6 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Raymond Robinson
Thomas Shardelow — 7th place
- Alfred Swift
Anne Jan Hettema
Charles Jonker
Robert Fowler — 4:39.4 (→ 4th place)
- 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)
Three male pentathletes represented South Africa in 1956.
- Individual
- Team
- Okkie van Greunen
- Harry Schmidt
- Marthinus du Plessis
Two shooters represented South Africa in 1956.
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