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1956 Summer Olympics
Afghanistan
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Argentina
Isabel Avellán
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Australia
Merv Wood
Rowing
1956 Summer Olympics
Austria
Franz Wimmer
Cycling Road
1956 Summer Olympics
Belgium
André Nelis
Sailing
1956 Summer Olympics
Bermuda
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Brazil
Adhemar da Silva
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria
Georgi Panov
Basketball
1956 Summer Olympics
Canada
Bob Steckle
Wrestling
1956 Summer Olympics
Chile
Marlene Ahrens
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Chinese Taipei
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Colombia
Jaime Aparicio
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Cuba
Manuel Sanguily
Swimming
1956 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Růžička
Artistic Gymnastics
1956 Summer Olympics
Denmark
Ole Hviid Jensen
Shooting
1956 Summer Olympics
Ethiopia
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Fiji
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Finland
Eeles Landström
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
France
Jean Debuf
Weightlifting
1956 Summer Olympics
Germany
Karl-Friedrich Haas
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Great Britain
George MacKenzie
Wrestling
1956 Summer Olympics
Greece
Georgios Roubanis
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Guyana
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Hong Kong, China
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Hungary
József Csermák
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Iceland
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
India
Balbir Singh, Sr.
Hockey
1956 Summer Olympics
Indonesia
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Ireland
Tony Byrne
Boxing
1956 Summer Olympics
Islamic Republic of Iran
Mahmoud Namdjou
Weightlifting
1956 Summer Olympics
Israel
Yoav Ra'anan
Diving
1956 Summer Olympics
Italy
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fencing
1956 Summer Olympics
Jamaica
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Japan
Shozo Sasahara
Wrestling
1956 Summer Olympics
Kenya
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Liberia
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Luxembourg
René Kohn
Swimming
1956 Summer Olympics
Malaya
Tan Kim Bee
Weightlifting
1956 Summer Olympics
Mexico
Joaquín Capilla
Diving
1956 Summer Olympics
Myanmar
?
1956 Summer Olympics
New Zealand
Ritchie Johnston
Cycling Track
1956 Summer Olympics
Nigeria
?
1956 Summer Olympics
North Borneo
Gabuh bin Piging
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Norway
Thor Thorvaldsen
Sailing
1956 Summer Olympics
Pakistan
Abdul Hamid
Hockey
1956 Summer Olympics
Peru
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Philippines
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Poland
Tadeusz Rut
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Portugal
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico
Daniel Cintrón
Official
1956 Summer Olympics
Republic of Korea
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Romania
Iosif Sîrbu
Shooting
1956 Summer Olympics
Singapore
Lionel Chee
Water Polo
1956 Summer Olympics
South Africa
?
1956 Summer Olympics
South Vietnam
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Soviet Union
Aleksey Medvedev
Weightlifting
Did not compete
1956 Summer Olympics
Sri Lanka
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Sweden
Per Carleson
Fencing
1956 Summer Olympics
Thailand
?
1956 Summer Olympics
The Bahamas
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Trinidad and Tobago
Mike Agostini
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Turkey
Hamit Kaplan
Wrestling
1956 Summer Olympics
Uganda
?
1956 Summer Olympics
United States
Norman Cohn-Armitage
Fencing
1956 Summer Olympics
Uruguay
?
1956 Summer Olympics
Venezuela
Rafael Romero
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Yugoslavia
Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić
Water Polo
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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Merv Wood
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Bermuda
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Ethiopia
1956 Summer Olympics
Fiji
1956 Summer Olympics
Finland
Pentti Linnosvuo
Shooting
1956 Summer Olympics
France
1956 Summer Olympics
Germany
Klaus Richtzenhain
Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics
Great Britain
1956 Summer Olympics
Greece
1956 Summer Olympics
Guyana
1956 Summer Olympics
Hong Kong, China
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Islamic Republic of Iran
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Mexico
1956 Summer Olympics
Myanmar
1956 Summer Olympics
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1956 Summer Olympics
Nigeria
1956 Summer Olympics
North Borneo
1956 Summer Olympics
Norway
1956 Summer Olympics
Pakistan
1956 Summer Olympics
Peru
1956 Summer Olympics
Philippines
1956 Summer Olympics
Poland
1956 Summer Olympics
Portugal
1956 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico
1956 Summer Olympics
Republic of Korea
1956 Summer Olympics
Romania
1956 Summer Olympics
Singapore
1956 Summer Olympics
South Africa
1956 Summer Olympics
South Vietnam
1956 Summer Olympics
Soviet Union
1956 Summer Olympics
Sri Lanka
1956 Summer Olympics
Sweden
1956 Summer Olympics
Thailand
1956 Summer Olympics
The Bahamas
1956 Summer Olympics
Trinidad and Tobago
1956 Summer Olympics
Turkey
1956 Summer Olympics
Uganda
1956 Summer Olympics
United States
Pete Rademacher
Boxing
1956 Summer Olympics
Uruguay
1956 Summer Olympics
Venezuela
1956 Summer Olympics
Yugoslavia