1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Colombia)

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Colombia took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of 26 male athletes in 23 competitions in six sports.

Since 1932 it was Colombia's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete, aged 24 years and 192 days, was the cyclist Ramón Hoyos , the oldest athlete was the weight lifter Carlos Caballero (29 years and 283 days).

Flag bearer

The athlete Jaime Aparicio carried the flag of Colombia during the opening ceremony in Melbourne's Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

athletics

4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  1st round: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 3: 27.4 minutes (hand-stopped)

• Season

  Jaime Aparicio

  Alfonso Muñoz

  Carlos Sierra

  Guillermo Zapata

• Jaime Aparicio
  • 400 meter run

  1st round: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 49.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.14 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 400 meter hurdles

  1st round: eliminated in run three (third place), 52.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 52.14 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Guillermo Zapata
  • 110 meter hurdles

  1st round: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 15.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.58 seconds (automatically stopped)

Cycling

Track
4,000 meters team pursuit

• Results

  1st round: eliminated in race one (first place), 5: 09.4 minutes

• team

  Octavio Echeverry

  Ramon Hoyos

  Héctor Monsalve

  Honorio Rua

singles

• Octavio Echeverry
  • 1,000 meters time trial

  Final: 1: 14.8 minutes

• León Mejía
  • sprint

  1st lap: failed in run three (third place)

  1st round of the repechage run: eliminated in run two (second place)

Road
team competition (187.73 km)

• Results

  Final: 92 points, eighth place

• team

  Ramon Hoyos

  Pablo Hurtado

  Jorge Luque

  Jaime Villegas

singles

• Ramon Hoyos
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5:23:40 hours, 13th place

• Pablo Hurtado
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5:34:49 hours, 39th place

• Jorge Luque
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Jaime Villegas
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5:34:49 hours, 39th place

fencing

Epee team

• Results

  1st round: Group two, won three duels - 29 lost, third place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  1:15 loss to the Soviet Union

  2:14 defeat against Hungary

• team

  Emiliano Camargo

  Emilio Echeverry

  Pablo Uribe

  Alfredo Yanguas

Foil team

• Results

  1st round: Group two, won a duel - lost 24, third place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  1:15 loss to Great Britain

  0: 9 defeat against Italy

• team

  Gabriel Blando

  Emiliano Camargo

  Emilio Echeverry

  Pablo Uribe

singles

• Gabriel Blando
  • foil

  1st round: Group two, won a duel - six lost, 18 hits scored - 34 suffered, eighth place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  1: 5 defeat against Michael Sichel from Australia

  2: 5 loss to Iuri Osip'ovi from the Soviet Union

  4: 5 loss to Albert Axelrod from the United States of America

  2: 5 defeat against Günter Stratmann from Germany

  0: 5 loss to Edoardo Mangiarotti from Italy

  4: 5 defeat against François Dehez from Belgium

  5: 4 win against Jacques Lataste from France

• Emiliano Camargo
  • Sword

  1st round: Group two, two duels won - five lost, 17 hits scored - 28 suffered, seventh place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

  1: 5 defeat against Berndt-Otto Rehbinder from Sweden

  2: 5 defeat against Günter Stratmann from Germany

  0: 5 loss to Ivan Lund from Australia

  2: 5 defeat against Jacques Debeur from Belgium

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

  5: 3 win against Siha Sukarno from Indonesia

  5-0 win against Masayuki Sano from Japan

• José del Carmen
  • saber

  1st round: Group three, no duel won - ten lost, 25 hits suffered, sixth place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Emilio Echeverry
  • Sword

  1st round: Group three, two duels won - four lost, 18 hits scored - 27 suffered, fifth place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

  1: 5 loss to Richard Pew from the United States of America

  3: 5 defeat against Per Carleson from Sweden

  5: 4 win against Roger Eighth from Belgium

  3: 5 loss to Richard Stone from Australia

  1: 5 loss to Jean-Fernand Leischen from Luxembourg

  5: 3 win against Santiago Massini from Argentina

  • foil

  1st round: Group four, no duel won - six lost, ten hits scored - 30 suffered, eighth place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  2: 5 defeat against Mark Petrovich Midler from the Soviet Union

  0: 5 defeat against Christian d'Oriola from France

  1: 5 loss to René Paul from Great Britain

  2: 5 defeat against André Verhalle from Belgium

  1: 5 defeat against Mihály Fülöp from Hungary

  4: 5 loss to David McKenzie from Australia

  • saber

  1st round: Group four, three duels won - two lost, 21 hits scored - 21 suffered, qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarterfinals: Group two, won one duel - lost five, scored ten hits - suffered 29, did not qualify for the semi-finals

• Pablo Uribe
  • foil

  1st round: Group one, won a duel - six lost, 13 hits scored - 34 suffered, seventh place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  2: 5 defeat against József Gyuricza from Hungary

  3: 5 defeat against Jurij Rudov from the Soviet Union

  0: 5 loss to Antonio Spallino from Italy

  0: 5 loss to Allan Jay from Great Britain

  2: 5 loss to Harold Goldsmith from the United States of America

  1: 5 loss to Benito Ramos from Mexico

  5: 4 win against Masayuki Sano from Japan

• Alfredo Yanguas
  • Sword

  1st round: Group one, no duel won - five lost, eight hits - 25 suffered, seventh place, not qualified for the quarterfinals

  3: 5 defeat against Arnold Tscharnuschewitsch from the Soviet Union

  0: 5 loss to Skip Shurtz from the United States of America

  0: 5 defeat against Wäinö Korhonen from Finland

  3: 5 defeat against Ghislain Delaunois from Belgium

  2: 5 loss to Roland Asselin from Canada

  • saber

  1st round: Group two, no duel won - four lost, eight hits - 20 suffered, fifth place, not qualified for the quarter-finals

shoot

• Enrique Hannaberg
  • Free target gun

  Final: 534 points, rank 14

  1st round: 89 points, eleventh place

  2nd round: 81 points, rank 29

  3rd round: 95 points, first place

  4th round: 90 points, twelfth place

  5th round: 95 points, first place

  6th round: 84 points, rank 24

  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 533 points, 58 hits, 32nd place

  1st round: 274 points, 30 hits, 24th place

  2nd round: 259 points, 28 hits, 31st place

• Guillermo Padilla
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 983 points, rank 44

  Kneeling: 317 points, rank 44

  Prone: 381 points, 43rd place

  Standing: 285 points, 43rd place

• William Peters
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 155 points, 22nd place

swim

• Álvaro Gómez
  • 200 meters chest

  1st round: eliminated in run 2, disqualified

• Gilberto Martínez
  • 400 meters freestyle

  1st round: Eliminated in run 2 (seventh place) with 4: 51.4 minutes

• Sergio Martínez
  • 100 meters freestyle

  1st round: Eliminated in run 2 (sixth place) with 1: 00.2 minutes

Weightlifting

• Carlos Caballero
  • medium weight

  Final: 197.5 kg, competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: 97.5 kg, rank 14

  Snatch: 100.0 kg, rank 13

  Push: not a valid attempt

• Ney Lopez
  • lightweight

  Final: 222.5 kg, competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: not a valid attempt

  Tear: 100.0 kg, eleventh place

  Push: 122.5 kg, 17th place

Web links

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