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638K views · 1.8K reactions | Let's step back in time to 1956.  The last time Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the Winter Olympics! The Games were opened on this day 69 years ago with a magical ceremony on a crisp winter's day. ❄️ Only 376 days remain until the Opening Ceremony of #MilanoCortina2026!  MilanoCortina2026 | Olympics | Facebook

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7.6K views · 147 reactions | And with this victory at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, 18-year-old Betty Cuthbert became an Aussie sporting icon! #FlashbackFriday | Australian Olympic Team | Facebook

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

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14 reactions | 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 | Facebook

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