Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's fourth appearance at the 13 edition of the Summer Olympic Games after having missed the twelfth edition of the Summer Games. An all-male national team of 26 athletes competed in 23 events in 6 sports.[1]

Colombia at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coc.org.co (in Spanish)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors26 in 6 sports
Flag bearerJaime Aparicio
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Guillermo Zapata 110m hurdles 15.3 did not advance

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 Hanabergh
50 m pistol
  • Enrique Hanabergh
50 m rifle, three positions
  • Guillermo Padilla
Trap
  • William Pietersz

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

See also

References
  1. "Colombia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2010.


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