Greece at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Greece at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg
IOC code GRE
NOC Committee of the Olympic Games
in Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia/Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Competitors13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Georgios Roubanis
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Greece competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Thirteen competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Georgios Roubanis Athletics Men's pole vault 26 November

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Heat — 15.1s (→ did not advance)

Rowing

Greece had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956. [2]

Men's single sculls

Sailing

Shooting

Two shooters represented Greece in 1956.

25 m pistol
Trap

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Greece at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece 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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