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Stockholm hosts the 1956 Olympic equestrian events

SOK records that the 1956 Olympic equestrian events were held in Stockholm because Australian quarantine rules prevented them from being staged in Melbourne. Sweden also won equestrian golds at the split Games.

Tier
B
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
sports
Date
1956

The 1956 Olympics were split between Melbourne and Stockholm. SOK records that Australian quarantine rules made the equestrian events impossible to stage in Melbourne, so Stockholm hosted them at Olympiastadion.

This is more than a medal note: it is a Swedish-hosted international sports event. The exact daily dates and broader public reception still need IOC/Olympedia or press controls because the SOK page has an internal date tension.

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