Talk:1956 Summer Olympics

Therefore, these events were held in Stockholm (Sweden) marking the second, and so far last time, that events of the same Olympics were held in different countries.

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When was the first time? This says that 1956 was the only time that the Olympics had not been held in a single city/country. ⇒ whkoh [talk] 12:00, May 23, 2004 (UTC)

Southern Hemisphere Concerns

Is it really appropriate to categorically state that there were such broad concerns about hosting the games in the Norther Hemisphere's winter when the final round of voting was between Melbourne and Buenos Aires, another city in the Southern Hemisphere. It doesn't seem as if the voters minded at all.Dhicks3 (talk) 06:47, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

San Francisco?

Why didn't San Francisco get a vote candidate? It didn't enter round 1.

What the?

This article says that Bejing (China) and Hong Kong will be co-hosting the 2008 games. Is this verifiable? I think it's incorrect but I will not change it until that is confirmed. Smartyshoe 20:30, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Hong Kong is the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" - not a separate country from Beijing and the Republic of China. One country is hosting the 2008 olympics. Beijing is the host city. Some events will be in Hong Kong. The situation is not similar to Sweden and Australia hosting the 1956 Olympics.--A Y Arktos 21:12, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's somewhat murky. Hong Kong has a different National Olympic Committee (NOC) than the PRC (i.e. HKG and CHN respectively). Also, elsewhere in Wikipedia (see List of countries), Hong Kong is defined as an "entity considered to be a country". It is obviously not defined as a sovereign nation, but appears in the list of special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement, which is one kind of "country" as per the first article. Andrwsc 22:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

only cities can host Olympics not countries>>>>>>>>> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.51.71.204 (talk) 15:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Television

There should be a section on the introduction of television into Melbourne to coincide with the Olympics. Rogerthat ^Talk 09:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The Olympic Underwear Relay

Could this stunt (http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/pranks/olympic.html) possibly be verified? I think it might be worth including in the article.

Which Pollies?

Does anyone know exactly which Premier and PM are referred to in the 4th paragraph? I'd like to link them to the specific person rather than just the page on those positions. FiggyBee 14:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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POV

"Once the games were underway, though, they certainly went well. The Aussies were excellent hosts, both friendly and efficient." Is this really acceptable to write in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.166.227.38 (talk) 22:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Nope. And I'm not gonna erase it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.4.123 (talk) 03:37, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Continental Hosting

The first paragraph stated that the Melbourne games were the only Games hosted outside of North America or Europe until Sydney 2000; this is incorrect (Tokyo 1964 and Seoul 1988). The paragraph has been corrected to add Asia to the list of host continents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.6.146.58 (talk) 17:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Article name...

The official Olympic website the games of 1956 states the games as Melbourne/Stockholm. I suggest that in the infobox the name follow. 01:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)Moonraker0022 (talk)

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