Olympic Games - Melbourne, Australia - 1956: Official Programme - Athletics - Main Stadium - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Friday, 30th November, 1956 (Original Program for The Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956)

International Olympic Committee (IOC); Avery Brundage (President); The Right Honourable R.G. Menzies (President of the Games)

Published by International Olympic Committee (IOC), Melbourne, 1956

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Olympic Games - Melbourne, Australia - 1956: Official Programme - Athletics - Main Stadium - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Friday, 30th November, 1956. Original Program for The Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. ATHLETICS. Full contents as follows: Front cover printed in blue & white with the Olympic Logo incorporating the Olympic torch & a map of Australia, along with programme details; Metric Conversion Tables to inside front cover; list of International Olympic Committee members; Key to Arena track map; Title Page for the day; followed by the various events with lists of competitors (name/country) & event details - Decathlon (110 metres Hurdles / Discus / Pole Vault / Javelin / 1,500 metres); Shot Put (women); Decathlon Score Chart as the middle double-page spread; 4 x 100 metres Relay; 4 x 400 metres Relay; 200 metres (women); list of events in the Programme for Tomorrow; list of Scoreboard Abbreviations; Transport Services; & rear cover printed with table containing details of various events & dates & venues, plus Melbourne map illustrating the 12 Competition Venues. No photographs or illustrations within. Original price of "One Shilling" printed to front cover. Printed in Australia by Wilke & Co., Melbourne. Original staple-bound blue printed wraps. Though there is no indication of his ownership name, this copy from the library of Australian Ambassador Lloyd D. Thomson, with his pencil notes to several pages (score results & various names crossed out). Diplomat Lloyd Thomson (1919-2015) was the first Australian Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican) (1973-74, 1980-83), & resident outside Italy at other Australian diplomatic posts, including the Netherlands (The Hague), Ireland (Dublin), the UN in Switzerland (Geneva), plus Head of Mission with the Department of Foreign Affairs, along with other diplomatic posts. Lloyd Thomson was also involved in the theatre as a playwright, actor & producer, notably co-writing the Australian musical The Sentimental Bloke (to the poetry of C.J. Dennis). Slight handling wear, two middle-page leaves detached (but present) (pages 5-12), otherwise a nice clean softcover copy. 16pp + covers. RARE original programme for the 1956 Olympic Games owned by the former Ambassador of Australia. Seller Inventory # 021015

Bibliographic Details

Title: Olympic Games - Melbourne, Australia - 1956:...

Publisher: International Olympic Committee (IOC), Melbourne

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Pictorial Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition