Svømming under Sommer-OL 1956

100 m fri

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Jon Henricks	AUS	WR 55.4
2.	John Devitt	AUS	55.8
3.	Gary Chapman	AUS	56.7
4.	Logan Reid Patterson	USA	57.2
5.	Richard Hanley	USA	57.6
6.	Bill Woolsey	USA	57.6

400 m fri

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Murray Rose	AUS	OR 4:27.3
2.	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:30.4
3.	George Breen	USA	4:32.5
4.	Kevin O'Halloran	AUS	4:32.9
5.	Hans Zierold	EUA	4:34.6
6.	Gary Winram	AUS	4:34.9

1500 m fri

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Murray Rose	AUS	17:58.9
2.	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	18:00.3
3.	George Breen	USA	18:08.2
4.	Murray Garretty	AUS	18:26.5
5.	William Slater	CAN	18:38.1
6.	Jean Boiteux	FRA	18:38 3

George Breen satte ny OL-rekord i kvalifiseringen med tiden 17.52,9 min.

100 m rygg

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	David Theile	AUS	WR 1:02.2
2.	John Monckton	AUS	1:03.2
3.	Frank McKinney	USA	1:04.5
4.	Robert Christophe	FRA	1:04.9
5.	John Hayres	AUS	1:05.0
6.	Graham Sykes	GBR	1:05.6

200 m bryst

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Masaru Furukawa	JPN	OR 2:34.7
2.	Masahiro Yoshimura	JPN	2:36.7
3.	Charis Joenitsjev	URS	2:36.8
4.	Terry Gathercole	AUS	2:38.7
5.	Igor Zasjeda	URS	2:39.0
6.	Knud Gleie	DEN	2:40.0

200 m butterfly

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	William Yorzyk	USA	2:19.3
2.	Takashi Ishimoto	JPN	2:23.8
3.	György Tumpek	HUN	2:23.9
4.	Jack Nelson	USA	2:26.6
5.	John Marshall	AUS	2:27.2
6.	Eulalio Ríos Alemán	MEX	2:27.3

William Yorzyk satte OL-rekord i kvalifiseringen med tiden 2.18,6 min.

4x200 m fri

Plass	Utøvers	Land	Tid
1.	Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks Gary Chapman Graham Hamilton Murray Garretty	AUS	WR 8:23.6
2.	Richard Hanley George Breen Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Perry Jecku Richard Tanabe	USA	8:31.5
3.	Vitali Sorokin Vladimir Stroezjanov Gennadi Nikolajev Boris Nikitin	URS	8:34.7
4.	Manabu Koga Atsushi Tani Koji Nonoshita Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	8:36.6
5.	Hans Köhler Hans-Joachim Reich Hans Zierold Horst Bleeker	EUA	8:43.4
6.	Kenneth Williams Ronald Roberts Neil McKechnie John Wardrop	GBR	8:45.2

100 m fri

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Dawn Fraser	AUS	WR 1:02.0
2.	Lorraine Crapp	AUS	1:02.3
3.	Faith Leech	AUS	1:05.1
4.	Joan Rosazza	USA	1:05.2
5.	Virginia Grant	CAN	1:05.4
6.	Shelley Mann	USA	1:05.6

400 m fri

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Lorraine Crapp	AUS	OR 4:54.6
2.	Dawn Fraser	AUS	5:02.5
3.	Sylvia Ruuska	USA	5:07.1
4.	Marley Shriver	USA	5:12.9
5.	Ripszima Székely	HUN	5:14.2
6.	Sandra Morgan	AUS	5:14.3

100 m rygg

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Judith Grinham	GBR	OR 1:12.9
2.	Carin Cone	USA	1:12.9
3.	Margaret Edwards	GBR	1:13.1
4.	Helga Schmidt	EUA	1:13.4
5.	Maureen Murphy	USA	1:14.1
6.	Julie Hoyle	GBR	1:14.3

200 m bryst

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Ursula Happe	EUA	OR 2:53.1
2.	Éva Székely	HUN	2:54.8
3.	Eva-Maria ten Elsen	EUA	2:55.1
4.	Vinka Jeričević	YUG	2:55.8
5.	Klára Killermann	HUN	2:56.1
6.	Helen McKay	GBR	2:56.1

100 m butterfly

Plass	Utøver	Land	Tid
1.	Shelley Mann	USA	OR 1:11.0
2.	Nancy Ramey	USA	1:11.9
3.	Mary Sears	USA	1:14.4
4.	Mária Littomeritzky	HUN	1:14.9
5.	Beverly Bainbridge	AUS	1:15.2
6.	Jutta Langenau	EUA	1:17.4

4x100 m fri

Plass	Utøvers	Land	Tid
1.	Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp Margaret Gibson	AUS	WR 4:17.1
2.	Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza Betty Brey Kathryn Knapp Marley Shriver	USA	4:19.2
3.	Jeanette Myburgh Susan Roberts Natalie Myburgh Moira Abernethy	RSA	4:25.7
4.	Ingrid Künzel Hertha Haase Katharine Jansen Birgit Klomp	EUA	4:26.1
5.	Helen Stewart Gladys Priestley Sara Barber Virginia Grant	CAN	4:28.3
6.	Anita Hellström Birgitta Wängberg Anna Larsson Kate Jobson	SWE	4:30.0