Host City Selection
Melbourne was selected as the host city over bids from Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and six American cities on 28 April 1949, at the 43rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy.
| 1956 Summer Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| Melbourne | Australia | 14 | 18 | 19 | 21 | |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | 9 | 12 | 13 | 20 | |
| Los Angeles | United States | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | |
| Detroit | United States | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Mexico City | Mexico | 9 | 3 | — | — | |
| Chicago | United States | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Minneapolis | United States | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Philadelphia | United States | 1 | — | — | — | |
| San Francisco | United States | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Montreal | Canada | 0 | — | — | — | |
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