1956 Olympics: Leading Medal Winners
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Viktor Chukarin, USSR | Gymnastics | 3-1-1 |
| 5 | Takashi Ono, JPN | Gymnastics | 1-3-1 |
| 4 | Valentin Muratov, USSR | Gymnastics | 3-1-0 |
| 4 | Yuriy Titov, USSR | Gymnastics | 1-1-2 |
| 4 | Masao Takemoto, JPN | Gymnastics | 0-1-3 |
| 3 | Bobby Morrow, USA | Track/Field | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Murray Rose, AUS | Swimming | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Edoardo Mangiarotti, ITA | Fencing | 2-0-1 |
| 3 | Thane Baker, USA | Track/Field | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Masami Kubota, JPN | Gymnastics | 0-2-1 |
| 3 | George Breen, USA | Swimming | 0-1-2 |
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Agnes Keleti, HUN | Gymnastics | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Larissa Latynina, USSR | Gymnastics | 4-1-1 |
| 4 | Tamara Manina, USSR | Gymnastics | 1-2-1 |
| 4 | Sofiya Muratova, USSR | Gymnastics | 1-0-3 |
| 3 | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | Track/Field | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Lorraine Crapp, AUS | Swimming | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Dawn Fraser, AUS | Swimming | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Olga Tass, HUN | Gymnastics | 1-1-1 |
