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Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
COL

Flag bearer
  
Jaime Aparicio

Competitors
  
26 in 6 sports

Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Colombian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.coc.org.co (Spanish)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

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.

Contents

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Cycling

Sprint
  • Leon Mejia — 12th place
    • Time trial
  • Octavio Echeverry — 1:14.8 (→ 15th place)
    • Team pursuit
  • Héctor Monsalve
    Honorio Rúa
    Octavio Echeverry
    Ramón Hoyos — 11th place
    • Team road race
  • Ramón Hoyos
    Pablo Hurtado
    Jaime Villegas — 92 points (→ 8th place)
    • 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

    Three shooters represented Colombia in 1956.

    25 m pistol
  • Enrique Hannaberg
    • 50 m pistol
  • Enrique Hannaberg
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Guillermo Padilla
    • Trap
  • William Peters

    • References

    Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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