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XVI Olympic Game, Melbourne 1956
Women, Track
100 m
1 Betty Cuthbert AUS 11.5  
2 Christa Stubnick GDR 11.7  
3 Marlene Mathews AUS 11.7  
4 Isabell Daniels USA 11.8  
5 Giuseppina Leone ITA 11.9  
6 Heather Armitage GBR 12.0  
200 m
1 Betty Cuthbert AUS 23.4 OR
2 Christa Stubnick GDR 23.7  
3 Marlene Mathews AUS 23.8  
4 Norma Croker AUS 24.0  
5 June Paul GBR 24.3  
6 Gisela Köhler GDR 24.3  
80 m Hurdles
1 Shirley Strickland AUS 10.7 OR
2 Gisela Köhler GDR 10.9  
3 Norma Thrower AUS 11.0  
4 Galina Bystrova URS 11.0  
5 Maria Golubnichaya URS 11.3  
6 Gloria Cooke AUS 11.4  
Relays
4 x 100 m
1 Australia 44.5  
  de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert  
2 Great Britain 44.7  
  Pashley, Scriven, Paul, Armitage  
3 United States 44.9  
  Daniels, Faggs, Rudolph, Matthews  
4 Soviet Union 45.6  
5 Italy 45.7  
6 Germany 47.2