The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.[1]
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Gold
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Bobby Morrow — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Charles Jenkins — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Tom Courtney — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Lee Calhoun — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Glenn Davis — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Thane Baker, Leamon King, Bobby Morrow, and Ira Murchison — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Tom Courtney, Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, and Jesse Mashburn — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Harold Connolly — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Charles Dumas — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Greg Bell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, William Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team
- Jim Boyd — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Pete Rademacher — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform
- Jim Fifer and Duvall Hecht — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay, and Kurt Seiffert — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- William Becklean, Donald Beer, Thomas Charlton, John Cooke, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Robert Morey, Rusty Wailes, and David Wight — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Lawrence Low and Bert Williams — Sailing, Men's Star
- William Yorzyk — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
- Shelley Mann — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- Charles Vinci — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Isaac Berger — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Paul Edward Anderson — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Silver
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Eddie Southern — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Bob Gutowski — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- John Bennett — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Bill Nieder — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Rafer Johnson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Willye White — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- José Torres — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Don Harper — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Gary Tobian — Diving, Men's Platform
- Jeanne Stunyo — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform
- Bill André, Jack Daniels, and George Lambert — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Pat Costello and Jim Gardiner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- James McIntosh, Art McKinlay, John McKinlay, and John Welchli — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- George Breen, Richard Hanley, Ford Konno, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Carin Cone — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Nancy Ramey — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- Shelley Mann, Joan Rosazza, Sylvia Ruuska, and Nancy Simons — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- David Sheppard — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Daniel Hodge — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Bronze
- Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Joel Shankle — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Josh Culbreath — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Des Koch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Isabelle Daniels, Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, and Wilma Rudolph — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Dick Connor — Diving, Men's Platform
- Paula Jean Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform
- John Kelly — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- John Marvin — Sailing, Men's Finn
- Offutt Pinion — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- George Breen — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
- George Breen — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Frank McKinney — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
- Sylvia Ruuska — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
- Mary Sears — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
- James George — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Peter Blair — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
- Lost to Yugoslavia (1-9) → did not advance
Head coach: Jimmy Mills [citation needed]
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1956, winning silver in the team event.
- Individual
- Team
- George Lambert
- Bill Andre
- Jack Daniels