1956 Summer Olympics - Venues

Venues

Ballarat
  • Lake Wendouree – Canoeing, Rowing


Melbourne
  • Broadmeadows – Cycling (road)
  • Hockey Field – Field hockey
  • Melbourne Cricket Ground – Athletics, Field hockey (final), Football (final)
  • Oaklands Hunt Club – Modern pentathlon (riding, running)
  • Olympic Park Stadium – Football
  • Port Phillip – Sailing
  • Royal Australian Air Force, Laverton Air Base – Shooting (shotgun)
  • Royal Exhibition Building – Basketball (final), Modern pentathlon (fencing), Weightlifting, Wrestling
  • St Kilda Town Hall – Fencing
  • Swimming/Diving Stadium – Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo
  • Velodrome – Cycling (track)
  • West Melbourne Stadium – Basketball, Boxing, Gymnastics
  • Williamstown – Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (pistol, rifle)


Stockholm
  • Lill-Jansskogen – Equestrian (eventing)
  • Olympic Stadium – Equestrian (dressage, eventing, jumping)
  • Ulriksdal – Equestrian (eventing)

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