1956 Melbourne, Australia

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: 3,189
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: 145
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union 37 29 32 98
2 United States 32 25 17 74
3 Australia 13 8 14 35
4 Hungary 9 10 7 26
5 Italy 8 6 8 22
6 Great Britain 5 7 9 21
7 Sweden 5 5 6 16
8 Romania 5 3 5 13
9 Germany 4 10 6 20
10 Japan 4 10 5 19
11 France 4 4 6 14
12 Turkey 3 2 2 7
13 Finland 3 1 11 15
14 Iran 2 2 1 5
15 Canada 2 1 2 5
16 New Zealand 2 0 0 2
17 Poland 1 4 4 9
18 Czechoslovakia 1 4 1 6
19 Bulgaria 1 3 1 5
20 Ireland 1 1 3 5
21 Denmark 1 1 1 3
22 Norway 1 0 2 3
23 Mexico 1 0 1 2
24 Brazil 1 0 0 1
25 India 1 0 0 1
26 Yugoslavia 0 3 0 3
27 Chile 0 2 2 4
28 Belgium 0 2 0 2
29 Argentina 0 1 1 2
30 South Korea 0 1 1 2
31 Iceland 0 1 0 1
32 Pakistan 0 1 0 1
33 South Africa 0 0 4 4
34 Austria 0 0 2 2
35 Bahamas 0 0 1 1
36 Greece 0 0 1 1
37 Uruguay 0 0 1 1