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For the first time, the games were to be held in the southern hemisphere, but the Australian Olympic Committee belatedly revealed that it was unable to hold the equestrian events due to a quarantine law prohibiting the importation of foreign horses. In 1953 in Mexico City, the I.O.C. decided to transfer equestrian competitions to Stockholm on an exceptional basis.

Dates: June 10 - 17, 1956 N.O.C. participants: 29 Number of sports: 1 Number of contests: 6 Number of athletes: 158 Men: 145 Women: 13 Volonteers: 0 Media: 65535 Opening: The King Gustaf VI Oath: Henri St Cyr Number of torch bearer: 0 Last torch bearer: Hans Wikne, Karen Lindberg, Henri Eriksson