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Cuba at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors16 (15 men and 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearerManuel Sanguily[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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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Men's 110m hurdles

Rowing

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

Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

References

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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.