Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Burma participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of eleven athletes (all men) at eleven competitions in four sports part. There were no medals to be won. The youngest athlete was the boxer Yaishwe Best (17 years and 141 days), the oldest athlete was the sailors Gyi Khin Pe (40 years and 141 days). It was the third participation of the country in the Olympic Summer Games.

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Yaishwe Best flyweight
  • Thein Myint bantamweight
  • Terrence Oung Light Welterweight
  • Yaichit Wang feather-weight

Weightlifting

  • Aw Chu Kee bantamweight
  • Tun Maung Kywe feather-weight
  • Nile Tun Maung Lightweight

Athletics

  • Myitung Naw 10,000 meter run
  • Marathon

Sailing

Sharpie

  • Results Final: 275 points Rank 13 One race: Race not finished ( DNF ) Race two: 101 points, 4:01:52 hours, rank 13 Three races: 174 points, 4:08:27 hours, eleventh Race four: not finished the race ( DNF ) Five races: Race not finished ( DNF )
  • Team Gyi Khin Pe Park Chow Wing

Singles

  • Maung Maung Lwin U Finn - Dinghy
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