1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Malaya)
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Malaya took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 32 athletes, 31 men and one woman, in 13 competitions in five sports.
It was the country's first participation in the Summer Olympics .
The youngest athlete was the swimmer Fong Seow Hor (19 years and 327 days), the oldest athlete was the hockey player Gian Singh (28 years and 313 days). The standard bearer was the weightlifter Bee Kim Tan .
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
Men's
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Lum Pak Chan
- medium weight
- Final: 202.5 kg, competition not finished (DNF)
- Military press: 100.0 kg, twelfth place
- Tear: 102.5 kg, twelfth place
- Push: competition not finished (DNF)
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Tong Eng Koh
- Featherweight
- Final: 285.0 kg, 17th place
- Military press: 90.0 kg, rank 14
- Snatch: 82.5 kg, 19th place
- Push: 112.5 kg, rank 14
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Bee Kim Tan
- Middle heavyweight
- Final: 395.0 kg, sixth place
- Military press: 117.5 kg, 13th place
- Tear: 122.5 kg, fifth place
- Push: 155.0 kg, fifth place
hockey
Men's
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Results
- Main round: Group B, two points, 5-6 goals, third place, not qualified for the final
- 2-2 draw against Great Britain
- Goals: Aman Ullah Karim, Thomas Lawrence
- 2: 3 defeat against Australia
- Goals: Aman Ullah Karim (2 ×)
- 1: 1 draw against Kenya
- Goals: Kim Eng Chua
- 2-2 draw against Great Britain
- Games for places nine to twelve: six points, 14: 2 goals, first place
- 8-0 win against Afghanistan
- 3-0 win over the United States of America
- 3-2 win against Kenya
- Goals: Cheng Eng Chuah, Aman Ullah Karim, Thomas Lawrence
- Ninth place
- Main round: Group B, two points, 5-6 goals, third place, not qualified for the final
- Squad
athletics
Ladies
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Annie Choong
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run five (fourth place), 12.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.73 seconds (automatically stopped)
Men's
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Abdul Rahim bin Ahmed
- 400 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run seven (fifth place), 50.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 50.93 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Raja bin Ngah Ali
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 11.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.41 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Manikavagasam Harichandra
- 800 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 1: 56.27 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run nine (third place), 11.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.56 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Lee Kah Fook
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run twelve (fifth place), 11.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.84 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run eight (sixth place), 23.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 23.94 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Kenneth Perera
- 400 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run two (seventh place), 51.96 seconds (stopped automatically)
- 800 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in round three (ninth place), without time
shoot
Men's
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Joseph Chong
- Free target gun
- Final: 438 points, 33rd place
- Round one: 56 points, 33rd place
- Round two: 70 points, 33rd place
- Round three: 78 points, 31st place
- Round four: 75 points, 31st place
- Round five: 77 points, 32nd place
- Round six: 82 points, rank 30
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Sin Foh Liew
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Final: 140 points, rank 29
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Kiat Fu Moe
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Final: 145 points, rank 28
swim
Men's
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Hor Seow Fong
- 200 meter butterfly
- Round one: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 2: 56.0 minutes
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Chek Heng Lim
- 100 meters back
- Round one: eliminated in run four (seventh place), 1: 12.4 minutes
Web links
- Cuban Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).