Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
| Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| 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] |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Cuba competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
Athletics
Men's 110m hurdles
- Evaristo Iglesias
- Heat — 14.3s
- Semifinals — 14.6s (→ did not advance)
Rowing
Cuba had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]
- Luis Olivera
- Orlando Lanza
- Enrique Hernández
- Joaquín Pérez
- José Roa
- Enrique Torres
- José Romero Santos
- José Hurdado
- Virgilio Ara (cox)
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- sports-reference
- Specific
- ^ "Flagbearers for Cuba". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ 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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