1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Luxembourg)
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Luxembourg took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of eleven athletes, ten men and one woman, in five sports.
It was Luxembourg's ninth participation in the Summer Olympic Games since 1900 .
Participants by sport
fencing
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Émile Gretsch
- Epee, singles: semi-finals
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Jean-Fernand Leischen
- Epee, singles: 1st round
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Edouard Schmit
- Epee, singles: semi-finals
- Epee, team: 1st round
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Roger Theisen
- Epee, team: 1st round
- Saber, singles: 1st round
athletics
-
Josy Barthel
- 1,500 meters: heats
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Frédéric Hammer
- 200 meters: heats
- Long jump: 26th place in qualification
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Gérard Rasquin
- 400 meters: heats
- 800 meters: gradients
Cycling
-
Gaston Dumont
- Road race: DNF
swim
-
René Kohn
- 200 meters chest: heats
do gymnastics
-
Josy Stoffel
- Individual all-around: 30th place
- Bars: 46th place
- Floor: 29th place
- Horse jump: 23rd place
- Horizontal bar: 29th place
- Rings: 37th place
- Pommel horse: 12th place
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Annette Krier
- Women, individual all-around: 59th place
- Women, floor: 39th place
- Women, horse jump: 60th place
- Women, balance beam: 59th place
- Women, uneven bars: 55th place
Web links
- Luxembourg Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )