Ceylon at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Ceylon at the Olympic Games

Flag of Ceylon
IOC code CEY

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm

Competitors

3 in 2 sports

Medals

Gold
0

Silver
0

Bronze
0

Total
0

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980*
1984*
1988*
1992*
1996*
2000*
2004*
2008*
2012*

* As Sri Lanka

Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

High jump

Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
- Finals

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Chandrasena Jayasuriya
Hempala Jayasuriya

References

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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