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Luxembourg at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
LUX

Competitors
  
11 in 5 sports

Website
  
www.cosl.lu (French)

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Luxembourg at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 0 4

Luxembourg competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 11 competitors, 10 men and 1 woman, took part in 22 events in 5 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 800 metres:

  • Gerard Rasquin - Round 1, 1:52.7 (4th, did not advance)

    • Cycling

    Individual road race
  • Gaston Dumont — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Fencing

    Four fencers, all men, represented Luxembourg in 1956.

    Men's épée
  • Émile Gretsch
  • Édouard Schmit
  • Jean-Fernand Leischen
    • Men's team épée
  • Émile Gretsch, Jean-Fernand Leischen, Édouard Schmit, Roger Theisen
    • Men's sabre
  • Roger Theisen

    • References

    Luxembourg at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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