- Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Colombia at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Colombia – Flag bearersIOC 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
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0Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 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
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMen's 110m Hurdles
- Guillermo Zapata
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- Heat — 15.3s (→ did not advance)
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer OlympicsMen'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
Main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsSix 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
Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer OlympicsSee also
- Sports in Colombia
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.
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