Puerto Rico at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games

Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (Spanish)

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm

Competitors

10 in 2 sports

Medals

Gold
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Silver
0

Bronze
0

Total
0

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Puerto Rico competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Ten competitors, all men, took part in nine events in two sports.^[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Pole Vault

Rolando Cruz

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1956.

25 m pistol

Miguel Emmanuelli

Trap

References

↑ "Puerto Rico at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

External links

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

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Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

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

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