Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Fiji participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia with a five-member delegation part.

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Thomas Schuster Light Welterweight: 17th place
  • Hector Hatch Welterweight: 9th place

Athletics

  • Mesulame Rakuro Discus Throw: 15th Place

Sailing

  • Nesbit Bentley Finn - Dinghy: 20th Place
  • John Gilmore Finn - Dinghy: 20th Place

Swell

  • Olympic Team Fiji 1956 in the database of Sports- Reference.com (English)

1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014

Ägypten1 • Ethiopia • Kenya • Liberia • Nigeria • Union of South Africa • Uganda

Argentina • Bahamas • Bermuda • Brazil • British Guiana • Chile • Jamaica • Canada • Colombia • Cuba • Mexico • Peru • Puerto Rico • Trinidad and Tobago • Uruguay • Venezuela • United States

Afghanistan • Burma • Ceylon • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Iran • Israel • Japan • Kambodscha1 • Malaya • North Borneo • Pakistan • Philippines • Singapore • South Korea • Republic of China • Thailand • Vietnam

Belgium • Bulgaria • Denmark • Finland • France • Total German team • Greece • Ireland • Iceland • Italy • Yugoslavia • Luxembourg • Netherlands1 • Norway • Austria • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Sweden • Switzerland1 • Soviet Union • Spain1 • Turkey • Czechoslovakia • Hungary • United Kingdom

Australia • Fiji • New Zealand

1 = These nations took part only in Equestrian Games, which took place five months earlier in Stockholm.

  • Participants at the Summer Olympic Games 1956
  • Olympic Games ( Fiji)
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