1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Burma)
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Burma took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of eleven male athletes in eleven competitions in four sports.
It was Burma's third participation in the Summer Olympic Games .
The youngest athlete was the boxer Yaishwe Best (17 years and 141 days), the oldest athlete was the sailor Gyi Khin Pe (40 years and 141 days).
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Yaishwe Best
- Flyweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: KO lost to Johnny Caldwell from Ireland in the third round
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Thein Myint
- Bantamweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: loss to Éder Jofre from Brazil on points
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Terrence Oung
- Light welterweight
- Rank 17
- Round one: loss to Constantin Dumitrescu from Romania on points
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Yaichit Wang
- Featherweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: Losing to Shinichiro Suzuki of Japan on points
Weightlifting
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Aw Chu Kee
- Bantamweight
- Final: 275.0 kg, eleventh place
- Military press: 85.0 kg, ninth place
- Snatch: 80.0 kg, 13th place
- Push: 110.0 kg, 13th place
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Do Maung Kywe
- Featherweight
- Final: 297.5 kg, 14th place
- Military press: 90.0 kg, rank 14
- Tear: 92.5 kg, eleventh place
- Push: 115.0 kg, 13th place
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Nile Tun Maung
- lightweight
- Final: 352.5 kg, eighth place
- Military press: 110.0 kg, fifth place
- Snatch: 105.0 kg, seventh place
- Push: 137.5 kg, sixth place
athletics
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Myitung Naw
- 10,000 meter run
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
- marathon
- Final: 2:49:32 hours, rank 26
sailing
Sharpie
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Results
- Final: 275 points, 13th place
- Race one: race not finished (DNF)
- Race two: 101 points, 4:01:52 hours, 13th place
- Race three: 174 points, 4:08:27 hours, eleventh place
- Race four: race not finished (DNF)
- Race five: race not finished (DNF)
- Final: 275 points, 13th place
- team
singles
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Lwin U Maung Maung
- Finn dinghy
- Final: 1,007 points, 19th place
- Race one: 172 points, 3:39:43 hours, 17th place
- Race two: 147 points, 3:45:03 hours, 18th place
- Race three: 172 points, 3:53:23 hours, 17th place
- Race four: 172 points, 3:24:00 hours, 17th place
- Race five: 172 points, 3:45:10 hours, 17th place
- Race six: 172 points, 3:35:32 hours, 17th place
- Race seven: 147 points, 3:30:30 hours, 18th place
Web links
- Burmese Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).