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Flagbearers for 1956 Summer Olympics

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Opening Ceremony

Edition	NOC	Athlete	Discipline	Notes	#
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	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	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	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 Roumpanis	Athletics
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	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	Japan	Shozo Sasahara	Wrestling
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	New Zealand	Ritchie Johnston	Cycling Track
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	Poland	Tadeusz Rut	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	Puerto Rico	Daniel Cintrón	—
1956 Summer Olympics	Romania	Iosif Sîrbu	Shooting
1956 Summer Olympics	Singapore	Lionel Chee	Water Polo
1956 Summer Olympics	Soviet Union	Aleksey Medvedev	Weightlifting
1956 Summer Olympics	Sweden	Per Carleson	Fencing
1956 Summer Olympics	Trinidad and Tobago	Mike Agostini	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	Türkiye	Hamit Kaplan	Wrestling
1956 Summer Olympics	United States	Norman Cohn-Armitage	Fencing
1956 Summer Olympics	Venezuela	Rafael Romero	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	Yugoslavia	Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić	Water Polo

Closing Ceremony

Edition	NOC	Athlete	Discipline	Notes	#
1956 Summer Olympics	Argentina	Isabel Avellán	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	Australia	Merv Wood	Rowing
1956 Summer Olympics	Fiji	Mesulame Rakuro	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	Finland	Pentti Linnosvuo	Shooting
1956 Summer Olympics	Germany	Klaus Richtzenhain	Athletics
1956 Summer Olympics	United States	Pete Rademacher	Boxing