Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Colombia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Colombia – Flag bearers
IOC code  COL
NOC Comité Olímpico Colombiano
Website www.coc.org.co (Spanish)
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors 26 in 6 sports
Medals Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
2010

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]

Contents

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Guillermo Zapata
  • Heat — 15.3s (→ did not advance)

Cycling

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)

Fencing

Six fencers represented Colombia in 1956.

Men's foil
  • Pablo Uribe
  • Gabriel Blando
  • Emilio Echeverry
Men's team foil
  • Pablo Uribe, Emilio Echeverry, Gabriel Blando, Emiliano Camargo
Men's épée
  • Emilio Echeverry
  • Alfredo Yanguas
  • Emiliano Camargo
Men's team épée
  • Alfredo Yanguas, Emiliano Camargo, Emilio Echeverry, Pablo Uribe
Men's sabre
  • Emilio Echeverry
  • Alfredo Yanguas
  • José del Carmen

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

See also

  • Sports in Colombia

References

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