The
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne
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Australia. 39 competitors, 35 men and 4 women, took part in 30 events in 7 sports.
A resolution was filed at the
Philippine Congress
The Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Kongreso ng Pilipinas, italic=unset) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, although colloquially the te ...
which sought a Philippine boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics as a protest against the
White Australia policy
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which targeted
immigrants with an Asian background.
The country nevertheless participated at the Games.
The Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) named the 39 athletes and four coaches in a special luncheon meeting at the Philippine Columbian Clubhouse.
Antonio de las Alas
Antonio de las Alas (October 14, 1889 – October 5, 1983) was a Filipino politician and business leader.
Biography
Antonio de las Alas was a three-term representative of the 1st district of Batangas in the Philippine Legislature and a member ...
, PAAF President, headed the Philippine delegation to
Melbourne
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Philippine Olympic team lineups
*Basketball:
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Carlos Badion
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Rafael Barretto
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Ramoncito Campos
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Loreto Carbonell
Loreto "Bonnie" Carbonell (1933 – 23 September 2017) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Career Playing career
Sometime during his early years, Father Richard Cronin, a Jesuit priest from the Ateneo de Da ...
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Antonio Genato (
c)
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Eduardo "Eddie" Lim
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Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga
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Ramón Manulat
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Leonardo Marquicias
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Mariano Tolentino
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It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see als ...
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Martin Urra
Martin Urra (8 February 1931 - 11 September 2002) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He died in Pasay
Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized cit ...
**
Antonio Villamor
**Coach:
Leo Prieto
Leopoldo L. Prieto, Sr. (May 19, 1920 – April 7, 2009) was a Filipino sports executive who served as the first commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prieto also was a president of the Manila Jockey Club and a supporter o ...
*Track and Field:
**Pablo Somblingo (400-meter hurdles)
**Ciriaco Baronda (high jump)
**Manolita Cinco and Francisca Sanopal (80-meter hurdles)
**Coach: Jose Ravello
*Swimming:
**Bana Sailani (400-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle)
**Parsons Nabiula (200-meter breastroke and 200-meter butterfly)
**Agapito Lozada (200-meter butterfly)
**Pedro Cayco (100-meter backstroke)
**Dakula Arabani (200-meter freestyle)
**Gertrudez Lozada (100-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle)
**Jocelyn Von Giese (100-meter backstroke)
**Coach: Edilberto Bonus
*Boxing:
**Federico Bonus (Flyweight)
**
Alberto Adela (Bantamweight)
**Paulino Melendrez (Featherweight)
**Celedonio Espinosa (Lightweight)
**Manuel delos Santos (Middleweight)
**Coach: Celestino Enriquez
*Wrestling:
**Nicolas Arcales (Middleweight, acting coach)
**Mateo Tanaquin (Lightweight)
**Ernesto Ramel (Bantamweight)
*Weightlifting:
**Pedro Landero (Bantamweight)
**Rodrigo del Rosario (Featherweight)
*Shooting:
**Teodoro Kalaw, Jr (Team Captain)
**Cesar Jayme
**Martin Gison
**Ricardo Hizon
**Hernando Castelo
**Enrique Beech
Athletics
Basketball
*Preliminary Round (Group A)
:* Defeated Thailand (55-44)
:* Defeated Japan (76-61)
:* Lost to United States (53-121)
*Quarterfinals (Group A)
:* Lost to Uruguay (70-79)
:* Defeated France (65-58)
:* Lost to Chile (69-88)
*Classification 5-8
:* Lost to Bulgaria (70-80)
*Classification 7/8
:* Defeated Chile (75-58) → did not advance, 7th place
Boxing
Shooting
Five sport shooters, all male, represented the Philippines in 1956.
;
25 m pistol
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Martin Gison
Martin Mauricio Gison (born 14 March 1914, date of death unknown) was a Filipino sports shooter. He is competed at five Olympic Games, the most for any Filipino as of 2008.
Gison's first Olympics was in 1936 at 22 years old. He also competed at ...
;
50 m pistol
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Ricardo Hizon
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300 m rifle, three positions
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Martin Gison
Martin Mauricio Gison (born 14 March 1914, date of death unknown) was a Filipino sports shooter. He is competed at five Olympic Games, the most for any Filipino as of 2008.
Gison's first Olympics was in 1936 at 22 years old. He also competed at ...
;
50 m rifle, prone
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Hernando Castelo
Hernando Castelo (23 August 1906 – 20 March 1966) was a Filipino sports shooter. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1954 Asian Games and 1962 Asian Games
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César Jayme
César Jayme (18 January 1918 – 8 June 1992) was a Filipino Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed at four Olympic Games.
References
External links
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1918 births
1992 deaths
Filipino male sport shooters
Olympic shooters fo ...
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Trap
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Trap or TRAP may also refer to:
Art and entertainment Films and television
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Enrique Beech
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
Summer Olympics
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