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.
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 Hanabergh
- 50 m pistol
- Enrique Hanabergh
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- Guillermo Padilla
- Trap
- William Pietersz
Swimming
Weightlifting
See also
- Sports in Colombia
References
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
