Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
* Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
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Alexe Dumitru
Dumitru Alexe (21 March 1935 – 17 May 1971) was a Romanian sprint canoeist, who had his best achievements in doubles, partnering with Simion Ismailciuc. They won an Olympic gold medal in 1956, a European title in 1957 and a world title in 19 ...
Mircea Dobrescu
Mircea Dobrescu (5 September 1930 – 6 August 2015) was a flyweight boxer from Romania. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, losing to Terence Spinks on points.Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Francisc Horvat
Francisc Horvat (Hungarian: Ferenc Horváth; born 19 October 1928) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's centra ...
Sonia Iovan
Sonia Iovan-Inovan (born 29 September 1935) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 1956, 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nation ...
Elena Săcălici
Elena (Ileana) Săcălici-Petroşanu (1935–1959) was a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1956 Olympic Games. She was a member of the team that won the first team Olympic medal (1956)Wikipedia List of Olympic medalis ...
Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956.
;Individual
* Cornel Vena
* Dumitru Țintea
* Victor Teodorescu
;Team
* Cornel Vena
* Dumitru Ţintea
* Victor Teodorescu
25 m pistol
25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...
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 ...