Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Malaya took part in the Summer Olympic Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia part of a delegation of 32 athletes (31 men and one woman) in 13 competitions in five sports. There were no medals to be won. The youngest athlete was the float Fong Seow Hor (19 years and 327 days), the oldest athlete was the hockey player Gian Singh (28 years and 313 days). It was the first participation of the country in the Olympic Summer Games. Standard-bearer was the weightlifter Tan Bee Kim.
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
Gentlemen
- Lum Pak Chan middle-weight
- Tong Eng Koh feather-weight
- Bee Kim Tan Medium weight
Hockey
Gentlemen
- Results Main round: Group B, two points, 5:6 gates, rank three, not qualified for the finals 2:2 draw with Great Britain Goals: Aman Ullah Karim, Thomas Lawrence 2:3 defeat against Australia Goals: Aman Ullah Karim ( 2x) 1:1 draw against Kenya Goals: Kim Eng Chua Games for places nine through twelve: six points, 14:2 gates, topped 8-0 victory against Afghanistan 3-0 win against the United States of America 3-2 win against Kenya Goals: Cheng Eng Chuah, Aman Ullah Karim, Thomas Lawrence ninth
- Squad Sheikh Ali Noel Arul Kim Eng Chua Cheng Eng Chuah Salam Devendran Aman Ullah Karim Thomas Lawrence Supaat Nadarajah Philip Sankey Rajaratnam Selvanayagam Hamzah Shamsuddin Manikam Shanmuganathan Mike Shepherdson Gian Singh Gerry Toft Peter Van Huizen Freddy vias
Athletics
Ladies
- Annie Choong 100 Meter Dash
Gentlemen
- Abdul Rahim bin Ahmed 400 Meter Dash
- Raja Ngah Ali bin 100 Meter Dash
- Manikavagasam Harichandra 800 Meter Dash
- Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan 100 Meter Dash
- Lee Kah Fook 100 Meter Dash
- 200 Meter Dash
- Kenneth Perera 400 Meter Dash
- 800 Meter Dash
Gentlemen
- Joseph Chong Free washer gun
- Sin Foh Liew Clay Pigeon Shooting
- Kiat Fu Moe Clay Pigeon Shooting
Swimming
Gentlemen
- Chek Heng Lim 100m backstroke