Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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Australia
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Athletics
High jump
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Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
Dr Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam is a former Sri Lankan athlete who represented Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) at the 1952 (Helsinki) and 1956 (Melbourne) Summer Olympic Games.
Ethirveerasingam also participated in three Asian Games: 1954 (Manil ...
**Finals
Boxing
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Chandrasena Jayasuriya
Chandrasena Perera Jayasuriya (born 27 January 1935, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI ...
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Hempala Jayasuriya
Hempala Premachandra "Henry" Jayasuriya (born 1930, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he lost to Robert Bath
Robert Gordon " ...
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...