1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Indonesia)

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Indonesia took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of 22 athletes, twenty men and two women, in eleven competitions in six sports.

It was Indonesia's second participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was the swimmer Habib Nasution (20 years and 17 days), the oldest athlete was the football player Oros Witarsa (40 years and 39 days).

Participants by sport

fencing

Men's

• Siha Sukarno
  • Sword

  Round one: Group two, won two duels - lost five, scored 19 hits - suffered 25 hits, sixth place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

  1: 5 defeat against Berndt-Otto Rehbinder from Sweden

  1: 5 defeat against Günter Stratmann from Germany

  5-0 win against Ivan Lund from Australia

  1: 5 loss to Jacques Debeur from Belgium

  2: 5 loss against Revaz Tsirek'idze from the Soviet Union

  3: 5 defeat against Emiliano Camargo from Colombia

  5-0 win against Masayuki Sano from Japan

  • saber

  Round one: Group four, no duel won - five lost, seven hits scored - 25 hits suffered, sixth place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

Soccer

Men's

• Results

  Fifth place

  Qualification: continue without a fight

  Round of 16: continue without a fight

  Quarter-finals: 0-0 draw against the Soviet Union

  Quarter-finals (replay): 0-4 defeat against the Soviet Union

• Squad

  Achad Arifin

  Ashari Danoe

  Jasrin Jusron

  Kiat Sek Kwee

  Phwa Sian Liong

  Rusli Ramang

  Mohamed Rashjid

  Maulwi Saelan

  Chairuddin Siregar

  Ling Houw Tan

  Him Tjiang Thio

  Oros Witarsa

  Ramlan Yatim

Weightlifting

Men's

• Liem Kim Leng
  • Featherweight

  Final: 292.5 kg, 15th place

  Military press: 87.5 kg, rank 18

  Tear: 92.5 kg, eleventh place

  Push: 112.5 kg, rank 14

athletics

Men's

• Jalal Gozal
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run five (fifth place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.09 seconds (automatically stopped)

• I Gusti Putu Okamona
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.82 meters, rank 27, not qualified for the final

  1.78 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.82 meters: valid, two failed attempts

  1.88 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Maridjo Wirjodemedjo
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.82 meters, rank 24, not qualified for the final

  1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.78 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.82 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.88 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

shoot

Men's

• Lukman Saketi
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 522 points, 59 hits, 30th place

  Round one: 255 points, 29 hits, 34th place

  Round two: 267 points, 30 hits, 29th place

swim

Ladies

• Martha Gultom
  • 100 meters back

  Round one: eliminated in run three (eighth place), 1: 21.7 minutes

• Ria Tobing
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in run two (eighth place), 3: 14.2 minutes

Men's

• Habib Nasution
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 1: 00.1 minutes

  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 4: 44.0 minutes

Web links

• Indonesian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).