Greece_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Greece at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Greece at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoc.gr (in Greek and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Georgios Roubanis
Medals; Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 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;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Georgios Roubanis	Athletics	Men's pole vault	26 November

Men's 110m Hurdles

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

Two shooters represented Greece in 1956.

^ "Greece at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greece 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.