Greece at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Greece competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Thirteen competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Men's 110m Hurdles

• Ioannis Cambadellis

• Heat — 15.1s (→ did not advance)

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Greece had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Nikos Khatzigiakoumis

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Two shooters represented Greece in 1956.

25 m pistol

• Vangelis Khrysafis

Trap

• Ioannis Koutsis

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Greece at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . 8 June 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150922053307/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GRE/summer/1956/ . 22 September 2015 . dmy-all .
2. Greece Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GRE/summer/1956/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2018.