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Wikipedia: The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden, marking the second time that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries. (At the 1920 Summer Olympics in the Antwerp, Belgium, one sailing event had been held in Dutch waters because of water quality).
![[Coles' Olympic Games decorations, December, 1956. Bourke Street, Melbourne.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coles1956olympics_s.jpg "Coles' Olympic Games decorations, December, 1956. Bourke Street, Melbourne.")
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