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Some world records broken at the 1956 Summer Games in Melbourne were ...
Swimming -
1) Jon Hendricks of Australia in men's 100 meter freestyle at 55.4 seconds.
2) Australia in men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay at 8:23.6.
3) Murray Rose of Australia in men's 400 meter freestyle at 4:27.3.
4) David Theile of Australia in men's 100 meter backstroke at 1:02.2.
5) Dawn Fraser of Australia in women's 100 meter freestyle at 1:02.0.
6) Australia in women's 4x100 meter freestyle relay at 4:17.1.
7) Judity Grinham of Great Britain and Carin Cone of the United States in women's 100 meter backstroke at 1:12.9.
Athletics -
1) Egil Danielson of Norway in men's javelin at 85.71 meters (281 feet, 2 1/2 inches).
2) Millie McDaniel of the United States in women's high jump at 1.76 meters (5 feet, 9 1/4 inches).
1) Chuck Vinci of the United States in men's bantamweight (56 kg/123 lbs) at 342.5 K (755.1 lbs).
2) Ike Berger of the United States in men's featherweight (60 kg/132 lbs) at 352.5 K (777.1 lbs).
3) Fyodor Bogdanovsky of the Soviet Union in men's middleweight (75 kg/165 lbs) at 420.0 K (925.9 lbs).
4) Tommy Kong of the United States in men's light-heavyweight (82.5 kg/181 lbs) at 447.5 K (986.6 lbs).
5) Arkady Vorobyov of the Soviet Union in men's middle-heavyweight (90 kg/198 lbs) at 462.5 K (1019.6 lbs).
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โ 13y agoHe broke the 100m and 4x100m world records a few times in his 4 Olympic appearences.
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