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Olympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.)

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Meeting name headingOlympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.)
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Variant(s)Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956
Beginning date1956-06-11
1956-11-22
Ending date1956-06-17
1956-12-08
LocatedMelbourne (Vic.) Stockholm (Sweden)
Field of activitySports tournaments
Found inNUCMC data from Ohio State University Archives for Peppe, M.A. Papers, 1927-1978 (Olympic Games; 16th, 1956, in Melbourne)
LC data base, 08-29-92 (Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956)
Wikipedia, February 28, 2018: 1956 Summer Olympics (1956 Summer Olympics; officially, Games of the XVI Olympiad; held in Melbourne, Australia, except for the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden due to Australian quaranteen regulations; opening ceremony, November 22, 1956; closing ceremony, December 8, 1956) Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics (held June 11-17, 1956 at Stockholm Olympic Stadium)