Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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IOC code CUB
NOC Cuban Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors16 (15 men and 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Manuel Sanguily [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Cuba competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1900 and missing a few Summer Olympic events afterward. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Cuban athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 110m hurdles

Rowing

Cuba had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956. [2]

Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Raúl Martín 400 m freestyle 4:58.231Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 19:59.920Did not advance
Manuel Sanguily 200 m breaststroke 2:41.87 Q2:42.07

References

Specific
  1. ↑ "Flagbearers for Cuba". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cuba Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.


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