The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Melbourne, Australia, but due to quarantine rules the events had to be relocated to Stockholm, Sweden, making it the only Olympics held in multiple countries. Seventy-two nations participated in 145 events across 18 sports. The Soviet Union won the most medals overall with 37 gold, 29 silver, and 32 bronze for a total of 98 medals.

2. The 1956 Melbourne Olympic
Games, officially known as the
Games of the XVI Olympiad,
were held in 1956 in Melbourne,
Australia, although the events
could not be carried out in that
country due to quarantine rules.
Therefore, they were held in
Stockholm, Sweden. It was the
first time, and so far only, events
that were held about
themselves Olympic games in
different countries.
The country got most medals
was the USSR.

3. Participation
72 Nations
3314 Athletas (376 women,
2938 men)
145 Test

4. Sports
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
Equestrian
Hockey
Fight
Swimming
Modern
pentathlon
Canoeing
Rowing
Jump
Shot
Sailing
Water polo

7. #
Country
Total
1
Unión Soviética (URS)
37
29
32
98
2
Estados Unidos (USA)
32
25
17
74
3
Australia (AUS)
13
8
14
35
4
Hungría (HUN)
9
10
7
26
5
Italia (ITA)
8
8
9
25
6
Suecia (SWE)
8
5
6
19
7
Equipo Alemán
Unificado (EUA)
6
13
7
26
8
Reino Unido (GBR)
6
7
11
24
9
Rumania (ROU)
5
3
5
13
10
Japón (JPN)
4
10
5
19
11
Francia (FRA)
4
4
6
14
12
Turquía (TUR)
3
2
2
7
13
Finlandia (FIN)
3
1
11
15
14
Irán (IRI)
2
2
1
5
15
Canadá (CAN)
2
1
3
6
16
Nueva Zelanda (NZL)
2
0
0
2
17
Polonia (POL)
1
4
4
9

8. 18
Checoslovaquia (TCH)
1
4
1
6
19
Bulgaria (BUL)
1
3
1
5
20
Dinamarca (DEN)
1
2
1
4
21
Irlanda (IRL)
1
1
3
5
22
Noruega (NOR)
1
0
2
3
23
México (MEX)
1
0
1
2
24
India (IND)
1
0
0
1
26
Yugoslavia (YUG)
0
3
0
3
27
Chile (CHI)
0
2
2
4
28
Bélgica (BEL)
0
2
0
2
29
Corea del Sur (KOR)
0
1
1
2
31
Pakistán (PAK)
0
1
0
1
33
Sudáfrica (RSA)
0
0
4
4
34
Austria (AUT)
0
0
2
2
35
Uruguay (URU)
0
0
1
1
35
Grecia (GRE)
0
0
1
1
35
Bahamas (BAH)
0
0
1
1
153
163
Total
153
469

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