Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Singapore
competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics
in Melbourne
, Australia
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Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Athletics
- Jesudason Janet Elizabeth
- Klass Mary Beatrice
- Soon Kesavan
- Tan Eng Yoon
Basketball
- Sy Kee Chao
- Chen Sho Fa
- Henderson Jerome
- Ho Lien Siew
- Ko Tai Chuen
- Lee Chak Men
- Ong Kiat Guan
- Wee Tian Siak
- Wong Kim Poh
- Yee Tit Kwan
- Yeo Gek Huat
Hockey
- Abdullah Hamid
- Ajit Singh Gill
- Vijiaratnam Arumugam
- Burdette Mathew Coutts
- Chai Hon Yam
- Devadas Vellupillai
- E. N Pillai
- Edwin Jeyaceilan Doraisamy
- Fred Fernandez
- Michael George Wright
- Osbert John de Rozario
- Percy Milton Pennefather
- Roy Sharma
- Roland Schoon
- Rudolf William Mosbergen
- S. Jeyathurai
- Sinnadurai Vellupillai
- William Douglas Hay
Water polo
- Kee Soon Bee
- Tan Eng Liang
- Chee Lionel
- Gan Eng Teck
- Lim Ting Kiang David
- Lim Teck Pan
- Oh Chwee Hock
- Tan Eng Bock
- Thio Gim Hock
- Wolters Alexander
- Wolters Weibe Johan
- Yeo Oon Tat Eric
Weightlifting
- Tan Howe LiangTan Howe LiangTan Howe Liang is a weightlifter from Singapore who earned himself a place in history as the first Singaporean to win an Olympic Games medal. He did this in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he won the silver medal in the lightweight category...
- Tan Ser CherTan Ser CherTan Ser Cher is a weightlifter from Singapore who began full-time training in the sport when he was 16, and was crowned the "Champion of Champions" in the local weightlifting competition in 1954 at the age of 21. He represented Singapore in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in his first...
(7th place) - Wong Kay Poh
Yachting
- Golding Kenneth Dunstan
- Ho Robert
- Holiday Edward Gilbert
- Johnson Keith Littlewood
- Snowden John