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Racewalkers at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games Olympic flame in 1956 Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event, riding around the stadium in Stockholm, where the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Charles Vinci
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Racewalkers at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games
Racewalkers competing in the 20-km walk event at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.
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Olympic flame in 1956
The Olympic flame being lit for the 1956 equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm...
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Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event,...
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Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (foreground) clearing the last hurdle on her way to...
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Charles Vinci
American weightlifter Charles Vinci displaying the gold medal he won during the bantamweight...
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