1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Afghanistan)
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Afghanistan took part in the Olympic Games for the third timeafter an eight-year break at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia .
The country was represented with its national hockey team. A total of 12 athletes took part in the competitions. The team's attaché was PW Alexander .
Participants by sport
hockey
- Afghan national hockey team → eliminated third in the preliminary round
Web links
- 1956 Afghan Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| Africa |
Egypt 1 • Ethiopia • Kenya • Liberia • Nigeria • South African Union • Uganda |
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| America |
Argentina • Bahamas • Bermuda • Brazil • British Guyana • Chile • Jamaica • Canada • Colombia • Cuba • Mexico • Peru • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago • Uruguay • Venezuela • United States |
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| Asia |
Afghanistan • Burma • Ceylon • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Iran • Israel • Japan • Cambodia 1 • Malaya • North Borneo • Pakistan • Philippines • Republic of China • Singapore • South Korea • Thailand • Vietnam |
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| Europe |
Belgium • Bulgaria • Denmark • Finland • France • All-German team • Greece • Great Britain • Ireland • Iceland • Italy • Yugoslavia • Luxembourg • Netherlands 1 • Norway • Austria • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Sweden • Switzerland 1 • Soviet Union • Spain 1 • Turkey • Czechoslovakia • Hungary |
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| Oceania |
Australia • Fiji • New Zealand |
