Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 in 6 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Colombia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1952 Summer Olympics. 26 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 6 sports.[1]
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[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 110m Hurdles
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- Heat — 15.3s (→ did not advance)
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
- Leon Mejia — 12th place
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Octavio Echeverry — 1:14.8 (→ 15th place)
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Héctor Monsalve
Honorio Rúa
Octavio Echeverry
Ramón Hoyos — 11th place
Men's Team Time Trial
- Ramón Hoyos
Pablo Hurtado
Jaime Villegas — 92 points (→ 8th place)
Men's Individual Road Race
- Ramón Hoyos — 5:23:40 (→ 13th place)
- Pablo Hurtado — 5:34:49 (→ 39th place)
- Jaime Villegas — 5:34:49 (→ 40th place)
- Jorge Luque — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Six fencers represented Colombia in 1956.
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Colombia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/COL/summer/1956/. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
[edit] External links
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