Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Burma at the Olympic Games

Flag of Burma
IOC code BIR

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm

Competitors

Medals

Gold
0

Silver
0

Bronze
0

Total
0

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

* As Myanmar

Burma competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Naw Myitung — 2:49:32 (→ 26th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight

Yaishwe Best

Men's Bantamweight

Thein Myint

Men's Featherweight

Yaichit Wang

Men's Light Welterweight

Terrence Oung

References

Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden

Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda

America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

(*)(competed at the Equestrian games in Stockholm only)

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