1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Guyana)
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British Guyana , today's Guyana , took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of four athletes, three men and one woman, in six competitions in two sports.
It was Guyana's third participation in the Summer Olympics .
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
Men's
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Winston McArthur
- medium weight
- Final: 352.5 kg, eleventh place
- Military press: 100.0 kg, twelfth place
- Tear: 112.5 kg, sixth place
- Push: 140.0 kg, eleventh place
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Henry Swain
- Bantamweight
- Final: 272.5 kg, 13th place
- Military press: 80.0 kg, twelfth place
- Tear: 82.5 kg, twelfth place
- Push: 110.0 kg, 13th place
athletics
Ladies
-
Claudette Masdammer
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run six (fifth place), 12.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.87 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run four (fourth place), 25.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 25.73 seconds (automatically stopped)
Men's
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Oliver Hunter
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run ten (fifth place), 11.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.22 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run four (fourth place), 22.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.54 seconds (automatically stopped)
Web links
- Guyanese Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).