The Federation of Malaya competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first Olympic appearance by the nation, which later expanded and was renamed as Malaysia in 1963. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.
Athletics
Men Track events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLee Kah Fook100 m11.845 did not advanceRaja Azlam Ngah Ali11.416 did not advanceSinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan11.563 did not advanceLee Kah Fook200 m23.946 did not advanceAbdul Rahim Ahmed400 m50.935 did not advanceKenneth Perera51.967 did not advanceKenneth Perera800 m––colspan=2 did not advanceManikavagasam Harichandra1:56.277colspan=2 did not advance
Women Track event AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnnie Choong100 m12.734 did not advance
Hockey
Men's tournament Team roster
Supaat Nadarajah Manikam Shanmuganathan Chuah Eng Cheng Philip Sankey Mike Shepherdson Gerry Toft Salam Devendran Chua Eng Kim Thomas Lawrence Aman Ullah Karim Sheikh Ali Sheik Mohamed Hamzah Shamsuddin Peter van Huizen Freddy Vias Rajaratnam Selvanayagam Gian Singh Noel Arul
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAPts 3120544 3201644 3021562 3021242 Qualified for the semifinals
Ninth to twelfth classification TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsRank 330014269 3201143410 3012171=11 30121181=11
Shooting
Three shooters represented Malaya in 1956.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJoseph Chong50 m pistolcolspan=2 43833Liew Foh SinTrapcolspan=2 14029Moe Fu Kiatcolspan=2 14528
Swimming
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFong Seow Hor200 m butterfly2:56.07colspan=2 Did not advanceLim Heng Chek100 m backstroke1:12.47Did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKoh Eng TongFeatherweight90.01482.519112.514285.017Chan Pak LumMiddleweight100.012102.512––Tan Kim BeeMiddle-heavyweight117.513122.55155.05395.06
References
External links Official Olympic Reports