Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	26 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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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. 26 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 6 sports.^[1]

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

Swimming

Weightlifting

See also

• Sports in Colombia

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports