Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||
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| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, after having missed the 1952 Games in Helsinki. They only sent a team of 12 to compete in the field hockey, of which six of the competitors competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Field Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Squad
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
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| Ahmad Shah Abouwi | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Noor Ullah Nuristani | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Ramazan Nuristani | ? | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal | ? | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Ghazi Salah-ud-Din | ? | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Abdul Kadir Nuristani | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Din Mohammad Nuristani | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jahan Gulam Nuristani | ? | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Mohammad Amin Nuristani | ? | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mohammad Anis Sherzai | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Najam Yahya | ? | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Khan Nasrullah Totakhail | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
Group A
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- Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 |
 Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 2 |
 United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
- India advanced to the semi-finals.
References
- The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
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