Team line-ups for the 1956 Chess Olympiad

The tables name the line-up of the teams at the 1956 Chess Olympiad in Moscow . The 34 participating teams initially played in four preliminary round groups. The best three teams from each group made it to the A-final, three more teams to the B-final and the remaining teams contested the C-final. Each team consisted of four regular players and a maximum of two substitute players. In the tables, the final position is given for each team, next to it is the final tournament reached. The team balances are listed separately for the preliminary and final round, whereas the individual balances of the players are shown in the sum of both tournament phases. For the placement of the teams, the board points were the priority.

Teams

1. Soviet Union

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
1 (A)	Soviet Union	07th	0	0	24.5	14th
		10	0	1	31	20th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	06th	7th	0	9.5	13
2	Vasily Smyslow	05	1	1	8.5	13
3	Paul Keres	07th	5	0	9.5	12
4th	David Bronstein	09	4th	0	11	13
R.	Mark Taimanow	06th	5	0	8.5	11
R.	Efim Geller	07th	1	2	7.5	10

2. Yugoslavia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
2 (A)	Yugoslavia	7th	0	0	23.5	14th
		7th	3	1	26.5	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Svetozar Gligorić	6th	7th	3	9.5	16
2	Aleksandar Matanović	7th	9	0	11.5	16
3	Borislav Ivkov	9	6th	1	12	16
4th	Nikola Karaklajić	4th	4th	1	6th	9
R.	Borislav Milic	3	6th	0	6th	9
R.	Božidar Đurašević	4th	2	0	5	6th

3. Hungary

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
3 (A)	Hungary	5	03	0	23	13
		6th	04th	1	26.5	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	László Szabó	6th	10	1	11	17th
2	Gedeon Barcza	9	05	2	11.5	16
3	Pál Benkő	6th	08th	1	10	15th
4th	György Szilágyi	4th	01	4th	4.5	9
R.	Miklós Bély	4th	05	2	6.5	11
R.	Lajos Portisch	4th	04th	0	6th	8th

4. Argentina

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
4 (A)	Argentina	6th	01	1	24	13
		4th	02	5	23	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miguel Najdorf	5	12	1	11	18th
2	Julio Bolbochan	5	08th	2	9	15th
3	Óscar Panno	4th	09	2	8.5	15th
4th	Herman Pilnik	7th	03	3	8.5	13
R.	Raúl Sanguineti	7th	04th	0	9	11
R.	Bernardo Wexler	1	00	3	1	4th

5. Germany

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
5 (A)	BR Germany	6th	01	1	23	13
		5	02	4th	22nd	12
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Wolfgang Unzicker	6th	10	2	11	18th
2	Lothar Schmid	4th	07th	2	7.5	13
3	Klaus Darga	3	09	2	7.5	14th
4th	Gerhard Pfeiffer	5	05	1	7.5	11
R.	Walter Niephaus	5	03	2	6.5	10
R.	Rudolf Teschner	3	04th	3	5	10

6. Bulgaria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
6 (A)	Bulgaria	6th	0	1	19.5	12
		4th	2	5	22nd	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Nikola Padewski	4th	6th	4th	7th	14th
2	Nikolay Minev	3	9	2	7.5	14th
3	Atanas Kolarov	1	5	4th	3.5	10
4th	Georgi Tringov	7th	4th	1	9	12
R.	Alexandar Tsvetkov	3	5	1	5.5	9
R.	Zdravko Milew	5	8th	0	9	13

7. Czechoslovakia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
7 (A)	Czechoslovakia	4th	04th	0	21.5	12
		3	03	5	20.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miroslav Filip	5	10	2	10	17th
2	Luděk Pachman	6th	09	2	10.5	17th
3	Jan Šefc	1	05	3	3.5	9
4th	Josef Rejfíř	5	08th	2	9	15th
R.	Ladislav Alster	2	02	3	3	7th
R.	Jaroslav Ježek	3	06th	2	6th	11

8. England

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
8 (A)	England	6th	01	1	22.5	13
		3	04th	4th	20th	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Harry Golombek	3	11	3	8.5	17th
2	Jonathan Penrose	6th	08th	2	10	16
3	Robert Graham Wade	2	09	3	6.5	14th
4th	Philip Stuart Milner-Barry	5	02	5	6th	12
R.	Peter Hugh Clarke	7th	05	0	9.5	12
R.	Alan Phillips	0	04th	1	2	5

9. Switzerland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
9 (A)	Switzerland	4th	1	2	18th	9
		3	3	5	19th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Max blue	5	9	3	9.5	17th
2	Edwin Bhend	2	9	5	6.5	16
3	Edgar Walther	8th	5	4th	10.5	17th
4th	Dieter Keller	5	6th	5	8th	16
R.	Hans Johner	0	5	1	2.5	6th

10. Denmark

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
10 (A)	Denmark	03	3	1	16.5	9
		03	2	6th	19th	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bent Larsen	11	6th	1	14th	18th
2	Christian Poulsen	02	3	6th	3.5	11
3	Eigil Pedersen	03	4th	4th	5	11
4th	Åge Ingerslev	02	5	5	4.5	12
R.	Axel Nielsen	02	1	4th	2.5	7th
R.	Jens Enevoldsen	04th	4th	5	6th	13

11. Romania

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
11 (A)	Romania	6th	01	1	21.5	13
		2	03	6th	19th	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ion Bălănel	2	05	5	4.5	12
2	Victor Ciocâltea	4th	08th	5	8th	17th
3	Octavio Troianescu	5	10	2	10	17th
4th	Bela Soos	5	06th	3	8th	14th
R.	Theodor Ghițescu	5	05	0	7.5	10
R.	Mihai Rădulescu	2	01	3	2.5	6th

12. Israel

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
12 (A)	Israel	4th	1	2	18th	9
		1	2	8th	15.5	4th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Moshe Czerniak	4th	5	6th	6.5	15th
2	Josef Porath	2	8th	5	6th	15th
3	Izak Aloni	8th	4th	5	10	17th
4th	Menachem Oren	2	4th	2	4th	8th
R.	Yosef Dobkin	2	2	5	3	9
R.	Shlomo Smiltiner	3	2	3	4th	8th

13. Austria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
13 (B)	Austria	02	1	4th	13	5
		08th	2	1	28	18th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Karl Robatsch	06th	4th	6th	8th	16
2	Andreas Dückstein	11	4th	2	13	17th
3	Anton Kinzel	04th	6th	3	7th	13
4th	Alexander Prameshuber	04th	4th	1	6th	12
R.	Josef Lokvenc	02	5	2	4.5	9
R.	Hans Busek	01	3	1	2.5	5

14. Iceland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
14 (B)	Iceland	04th	3	1	20.5	11
		06th	3	2	27	15th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Friðrik Ólafsson	11	4th	3	13	18th
2	Ingi Randver Jóhannsson	05	9	4th	9.5	18th
3	Baldur Möller	07th	8th	1	11	16
4th	Freysteinn Þorbergsson	06th	6th	1	9	13
R.	Sigurgeir Gislason	01	1	4th	1.5	6th
R.	Arinbjörn Guðmundsson	03	1	1	3.5	5

15. Sweden

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
15 (B)	Sweden	3	1	3	14.5	7th
		6th	2	3	26.5	14th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Gideon Ståhlberg	6th	9	1	10.5	16
2	Åke Stenborg	2	9	3	6.5	14th
3	Kristian Skold	3	5	4th	5.5	12
4th	Gotthard Backlund	3	4th	4th	5	11
R.	Manne Joffe	6th	1	2	6.5	9
R.	Lennart Ljungqvist	6th	2	2	7th	10

16. Belgium

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
16 (B)	Belgium	2	02	4th	14.5	6th
		5	03	3	23.5	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Albéric O'Kelly de Galway	4th	12	0	10	16
2	Arthur Dunkelblum	1	13	2	7.5	16
3	Paul Limbos	2	12	4th	8th	18th
4th	Georges Thibaut	4th	04th	5	6th	13
R.	Jozef Boey	3	05	3	5.5	11
R.	Hans van den Broeck	1	00	1	1	2

17. Finland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
17 (B)	Finland	1	1	5	14.5	5
		4th	3	4th	22.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Kaarle Ojanen	6th	9	2	10.5	17th
2	Toivo Salo	2	4th	8th	4th	14th
3	Matti Rantanen	4th	8th	2	8th	14th
4th	Jalo Aatos Fred	4th	6th	5	7th	15th
R.	Veikko Hänninen	1	3	1	2.5	5
R.	Ilmari Niemelae	4th	2	5	5	11

18. Colombia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
18 (B)	Colombia	3	02	3	18th	8th
		4th	03	4th	21st	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná	6th	08th	5	10	19th
2	Luis Augusto Sánchez	7th	10	2	12	19th
3	Boris de Greiff	7th	09	3	11.5	19th
4th	Norberto Velandia	0	01	4th	0.5	5
R.	Guillermo Restrepo	2	05	3	4.5	10
R.	Juan Reyes Larenas	0	01	3	0.5	4th

19. Netherlands

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
19 (B)	Netherlands	4th	02	1	16	10
		4th	02	5	21st	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Lodewijk Prins	4th	06th	7th	7th	17th
2	Haije Kramer	5	08th	4th	9	17th
3	Hans Bouwmeester	5	12	0	11	17th
4th	Willem Jan Muhring	3	10	4th	8th	17th
R.	Joost van Steenis	1	02	1	2	4th

20th GDR

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
20 (B)	German Democratic Republic	4th	02	2	18.5	10
		5	00	6th	20.5	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Wolfgang Uhlmann	3	10	3	8th	16
2	Sieghart Dittmann	3	05	6th	5.5	14th
3	Ludwig Herrmann	4th	05	5	6.5	14th
4th	Reinhart Fuchs	7th	03	5	9.5	15th
R.	Berthold Koch	5	01	2	3.5	7th
R.	Hans place	4th	04th	2	6th	10

21. France

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
21 (B)	France	2	01	4th	12.5	5
		2	03	6th	19.5	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	André Muffang	3	07th	5	6.5	15th
2	César Boutteville	4th	04th	8th	6th	16
3	Sylvain Burstein	4th	06th	3	7th	13
4th	Georges Noradounguian	2	10	3	4th	15th
R.	Henry Catozzi	2	07th	4th	5.5	13

22. Chile

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
22 (B)	Chile	4th	0	4th	17.5	8th
		4th	1	6th	19th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Rodrigo Flores Alvarez	2	9	6th	6.5	17th
2	René Letelier Martner	5	9	3	9.5	17th
3	Walter Ader Hausmann	6th	5	5	8.5	16
4th	Carlos Jauregui Andrade	5	1	7th	5.5	13
R.	Héctor Jiménez Rojas	2	2	2	3	6th
R.	Lionel Mallett	3	1	3	3.5	7th

23. Poland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
23 (B)	Poland	4th	0	3	15th	8th
		2	3	6th	19th	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bogdan Śliwa	6th	6th	4th	9	16
2	Kazimierz Plater	5	9	3	5	13
3	Roman Dworzyński	7th	3	5	8.5	15th
4th	Józef Gromek	8th	0	6th	8th	14th
R.	Gedali Szapiro	1	2	4th	2	7th
R.	Wiktor Balcarek	1	1	5	1.5	7th

24. Norway

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
24 (B)	Norway	1	1	5	9	3
		3	1	7th	16.5	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Aage Vestøl	1	9	6th	5.5	16
2	Otto Morcken	3	5	5	5.5	13
3	Per Lindblom	1	7th	5	4.5	13
4th	Svein Johannessen	6th	1	8th	6.5	15th
R.	Yngvar Barda	0	1	6th	0.5	7th
R.	Ernst Rojahn	1	4th	3	3	8th

25. Philippines

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
25 (C)	Philippines	02	0	6th	10	4th
		06th	1	2	24	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Glicerio Badiles	05	5	7th	7.5	17th
2	Florencio Campomanes	03	5	9	5.5	17th
3	Carlos Benitez	07th	2	8th	8th	17th
4th	Rodolfo Tan Cardoso	11	4th	2	13	17th

26. Saarland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
26 (C)	Saarland	0	0	7th	5.5	0
		6th	3	0	23	15th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Otto Benkner	3	4th	6th	5	13
2	Gerhard Lorson	4th	6th	5	7th	15th
3	Ernst Weichselbaumer	5	3	4th	6.5	12
4th	Werner Volz	3	3	4th	4.5	10
R.	Gerhard Both	0	2	3	1	5
R.	Peter Schmitt	3	3	3	4.5	9

27. India

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
27 (C)	India	3	1	4th	12.5	7th
		4th	3	2	20.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ramchandra Sapre	5	6th	6th	8th	17th
2	Ramdas Gupta	8th	5	4th	10.5	17th
3	Bhalchandra Parashram Mhaiskar	8th	2	7th	9	17th
4th	S. Venkatraman	3	5	9	5.5	17th

28. Iran

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
28 (C)	Iran	1	0	7th	8.5	2
		4th	1	4th	19th	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Yousof Safvat	4th	4th	9	6th	17th
2	Kachaya Mostafavi-Kachani	4th	5	7th	6.5	16
3	Abdolhossein Navabi	4th	3	7th	5.5	14th
4th	Abbas Lotfy	9	0	7th	9	16
R.	Djamaleddin Assar	0	1	2	0.5	3
R.	Mikhail Nazarian	0	0	2	0	2

29. Puerto Rico

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
29 (C)	Puerto Rico	1	1	5	7th	3
		4th	3	2	18.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Arturo Colón Romero	4th	2	7th	5	13
2	Miguel Colón Romero	1	6th	5	4th	12
3	Orlando Pla	2	4th	3	4th	9
4th	Francisco Benítez	2	3	8th	3.5	13
R.	Pedro J. Borras	1	1	2	1.5	4th
R.	Paul Reissmann	7th	1	5	7.5	13

30. Mongolia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
30 (C)	Mongolia	2	0	5	7.5	4th
		2	5	2	18.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Zhugder	4th	3	9	5.5	16
2	Zhamsaran	3	1	8th	3.5	12
3	Suras Momo	5	4th	4th	7th	13
4th	Purev Tumurbator	3	6th	6th	6th	15th
R.	Tserendagva	3	1	2	3.5	6th
R.	Naidan Namzhil	0	1	1	0.5	2

31. Scotland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
31 (C)	Scotland	0	0	7th	5	0
		3	3	3	17.5	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	William Fairhurst	7th	3	4th	8.5	14th
2	Michael Fallone	0	4th	7th	2	11
3	George McGowan	0	5	6th	2.5	11
4th	Alexander Aird Thomson	1	7th	5	4.5	13
R.	Ian Middleton	1	8th	4th	5	13
R.	M. Rose	0	0	2	0	2

32. Greece

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
32 (C)	Greece	2	0	6th	8.5	4th
		3	1	5	17th	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Triantafyllos Siaperas	5	5	7th	7.5	17th
2	Alexandros Aggos	4th	5	6th	6.5	15th
3	Spyridon Loverdos	1	2	5	2	8th
4th	Anastasios Anastasopoulos	4th	2	8th	5	14th
R.	Fotis Mastihiadis	1	1	5	1.5	7th
R.	Konstantinos Pavlatos	2	2	3	3	7th

33. Ireland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
33 (C)	Ireland	0	0	08th	4th	0
		0	3	06th	13	3
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Vincent Maher	1	3	10	2.5	14th
2	Brian Reilly	3	4th	05	5	12
3	James Walsh	1	4th	07th	3	12
4th	William Dunphy	0	2	07th	1	9
R.	Robert Grogan	1	7th	04th	4.5	12
R.	Kenneth O'Riordan	0	2	07th	1	9

34. Luxembourg

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
34 (C)	Luxembourg	1	0	07th	5.5	2
		1	1	07th	9	3
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Fernand Wantz	2	1	14th	2.5	17th
2	Alphonse Conrady	1	4th	09	3	14th
3	Lucien Schneider	2	4th	07th	4th	13
4th	F. Schmitz	0	2	05	1	7th
R.	Georges Philippe	0	8th	05	4th	13
R.	Pierre Kremer	0	0	04th	0	4th

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