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Burma at the 1956 Summer Olympics#Weightlifting

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| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1956

| flag = Olympic flag.svg

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| website =

| location = Melbourne/Stockholm

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| sports = 4

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| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

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| seealso = {{flagIOC|MYA}} (1992-)

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Burma competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Burmese athletes competed under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

;Track & road events

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Naw Myitung

|align=left|10000 m

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|colspan=6 | DNF

align=center

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

| 2:49:32

|26

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!1 Round

!2 Round

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Yai Shwe

|align=left|Flyweight

|{{n/a|BYE}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|John Caldwell|IRL|1956 Summer}}
L TKO-3

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Thein Myint

|align=left|Bantamweight

|{{n/a|BYE}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Eder Jofre|BRA|1956 Summer}}
L PTS

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yaichit Wang

|align=left|Featherweight

|{{n/a|BYE}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shinetsu Suzuki|JPN|1956 Summer}}
L PTS

|colspan=5|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Terrence Oung

|align=left|Light Welterweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Constantin Dumitrescu|ROU|1956 Summer}}
L PTS

|colspan=5|did not advance

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

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!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

align=center

|align=left|Lwin U Maung Maung

|align=left|Finn

|17

|18

|17

|17

|17

|17

|18

|1007

|19

align=center

|align=left|Gyi Khin Pe
Chow Park Wing

|align=left|12m² Sharpie

|DNF

|13

|11

|DNF

|DNF

|DNS

|DNS

|275

|13

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Military press

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center
align=center

|align=left|Aw Chu Kee

| style="text-align:left;"|56 kg

|85,0

|12

|80,0

|13

|110,0

|13

|275,0

|11

align=center

|align=left|Tun Maung Kywe

| style="text-align:left;"|60 kg

|90,0

|14

|92,5

|11

|115,0

|14

|297,5

|14

align=center

|align=left|Nil Tun Maung

| style="text-align:left;"|67.5 kg

|110,0

|7

|105,0

|7

|137,5

|7

|352,5

|8

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]

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