Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Cuba at the
1956 Summer Olympics

IOC code| CUB
NOC| Cuban Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors| 16 (15 men and 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer| Manuel Sanguily[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1900
* 1904
* 1908–1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932–1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984–1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Cuba competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Cuban athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's 110m hurdles

* Evaristo Iglesias
* Heat — 14.3s
* Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

Men's coxless four

* Luis Olivera
* Orlando Lanza
* Enrique Hernández
* Joaquín Pérez

Men's coxed four

* José Roa
* Enrique Torres
* José Romero Santos
* José Hurdado
* Virgilio Ara (cox)

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* sports-reference

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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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

Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)

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Cuba at the Olympics

| Summer Olympic Games|

* 1900
* 1904
* 1908–1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932–1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984–1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

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Winter Olympic Games|

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Cuba did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott.

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