Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Colombia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  COL
NOC Comité Olímpico Colombiano
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
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Medals Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
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Olympic history (summary)
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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.

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[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

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

[edit] 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)

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