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The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.

Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.

It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	May 6	Swiss Grand Prix	Geneva	Geoff Ward	BSA	Report
2	May 13	Dutch Grand Prix	Schijndel	Jan Clynk	BSA	Report
3	June 3	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Bill Nilsson	BSA	Report
4	June 10	French Grand Prix	Rouen	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
5	July 8	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
6	August 5	Belgian Grand Prix	Balen	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
7	August 12	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	John Draper	BSA	Report
8	August 19	Swedish Grand Prix	Saxtorp	Bill Nilsson	BSA	Report
9	September 2	Danish Grand Prix	Randers	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
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Final standings

500cc

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Pos	Rider	Machine	CH	NED	ITA	FRA	GBR	BEL	LUX	SWE	DEN	Pts
1	Les Archer Jr.	Norton				1	1	1	2	4	1	32
2	John Draper	BSA		2		5	2		1	3		26
3	Nic Jansen	Matchless			2	2	3			6	4	19
4	Sten Lundin	BSA	4		3	6		2	4		3	17
5	Bill Nilsson	BSA			1					1		16
6	Geoff Ward	BSA	1			3		3				16
7	Auguste Mingels	FN	2		5			4	5			13
8	René Baeten	FN		5	4						2	11
9	Brian Stonebridge	BSA	3				6		3			9
10	Jan Clijnk	BSA		1								8
11	Jeff Smith	BSA						6		2		7
12	Piet Vanden Oever	BSA		3								4
13	Lars Gustavsson	BSA					5			5		4
14	Broer Dirkx	Matchless		4								3
	David Curtis	Matchless				4						3
	Terry Cheshire	BSA					4					3
17	Jean Somja	FN	5									2
	Pol Breesselers	Matchless						5				2
	Ejvind Hansen	BSA									5	2
20	Raymond Sigvardsson	AJS	6									1
	Hendrik Rietman	BSA		6								1
	Jean Rombauts	BSA			6							1
	Hubert Scaillet	FN							6			1
	Frans Baudouin	Matchless									6	1
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References

1. ^ "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
3. "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
4. "1956 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
5. ^ "1956 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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