Colombia at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was the nation's fourth appearance at the 13 edition of the Summer Olympic Games after having missed the twelfth edition of the Summer Games. An all-male national team of 26 athletes competed in 23 events in 6 sports.
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGuillermo Zapata110m hurdles15.3did not advance
Cycling
Sprint Leon Mejia — 12th place
Time trial Octavio Echeverry — 1:14.8 (→ 15th place)
Team pursuit Héctor MonsalveHonorio RúaOctavio EcheverryRamón Hoyos — 11th place
Team road race Ramón HoyosPablo HurtadoJaime Villegas — 92 points (→ 8th place)
Individual road race Ramón Hoyos — 5:23:40 (→ 13th place) Pablo Hurtado — 5:34:49 (→ 39th place) Jaime Villegas — 5:34:49 (→ 40th place) Jorge Luque — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Fencing
Six fencers represented Colombia in 1956.
Men's foil Pablo Uribe Gabriel Blando Emilio Echeverry
Men's team foil Pablo Uribe, Emilio Echeverry, Gabriel Blando, Emiliano Camargo
Men's épée Emilio Echeverry Alfredo Yanguas Emiliano Camargo
Men's team épée Alfredo Yanguas, Emiliano Camargo, Emilio Echeverry, Pablo Uribe
Men's sabre Emilio Echeverry Alfredo Yanguas José del Carmen
Shooting
Three shooters represented Colombia in 1956.
25 m pistol Enrique Hanabergh
50 m pistol Enrique Hanabergh
50 m rifle, three positions Guillermo Padilla
Trap William Pietersz
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSergio Martínez100 m freestyle 1:00.2 =28 Did not advanceGilberto Martínez400 m freestyle 4:51.4 28 colspan=2 Did not advanceÁlvaro Gómez200 m breaststroke colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
See also Sports in Colombia
References
External links Official Olympic Reports