These are the official results of the Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from December 3 to December 6, 1956. The Cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four Track cycling The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There were 19 participants representing 19 nations in competition.
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| 4. France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian Australia was the host nation for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. | |
| 5. New Zealand competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 6. The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 7. Czechoslovakia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia | |
| 8. The Soviet Union (USSR competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 9. South Africa competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 10. Brazil competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian | |
| 11. Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian | |
| 12. Chile competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 13. Colombia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 14. Trinidad competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 15. Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 16. The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 17. The Republic of Vietnam competed as Vietnam in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 18. Canada competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian | |
| 19. Finland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian |