Regarded as one of our greatest accomplishments, the 1956 Olympics is being celebrated in a new book. #9News | http://9News.com.au | 9 News

History at #Cortina1956! Finland secured both gold and silver with their revolutionary new technique! Before this, athletes would extend their arms forward while in the air. But the Finns realised that keeping their arms at their sides created better aerodynamics for #SkiJumping. 💪⛷️ #Olympics #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics | Olympics

Get ready for the 2021 Olympics by diving into the history of the games. | National Geographic

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Terrific colour footage of the men's marathon at the 1956 Olympic Games. Starting from the MCG going down to Oakleigh, then returning to a packed MCG. This was the final event of the Melbourne games held on Saturday the 1st of December 1956. There were 46 participants from 23 nations, The event was won by Alain Mimoun of France, Yugoslavia took its first Olympic marathon medal with Franjo Mihalić's silver. Finland returned to the podium in the event for the first time since 1932 as Veikko Karvon

Celebrate tonight's opening ceremony with this home movie footage of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics from the ACMI Collection. Subscribe to the ACMI Collection YouTube channel for more home movies. https://acmi.me/acmicollectionchannel | ACMI

19 reactions | The 1956 Melbourne Olympic's was the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian event to be covered extensively on radio and television. #NFSAOnline #SoundsofAustralia #Olympics #Melbourne https://bit.ly/32Hyj6f | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | Facebook

16K views · 129 reactions | Did you know Baseball was a demonstration sport at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics? It made its official debut on the Olympic programme in 1992 and at #Tokyo2020 it returns to the Games for the first time since Bejing 2008! | Australian Olympic Team | Facebook