Melbourne won the right to host the 1956 Olympics, but Australian quarantine laws were too severe to allow the entry of foreign horses, so the equestrian events were held separately in Stockholm, Sweden in June.
Melbourne hosted the Summer Games in 1956.
The 1980 Olympic games in Moscow were boycotted by the US and several other countries because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afganistan. The 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles were boycotted by the Soviet Union and several other countries basically as payback for the previous boycott.
The Olympics were held in Melborne, Australia.Melbourne Austialia.
Ethiopia first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1956 and has been to every Summer Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics, since then.
That was the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
The first Australian Olympics were held in the summer of 1956 at Melbourne (Games of the XVI Olympiad). Due to quarantine regulations though, the equestrian events were not held in Melbourne. They were held in Stockholm, Sweden five months prior to the Melbourne Olympics.
1956 Winter Olympics - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Summer Olympics - Rome 2006 Winter Olympics - Turin
The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games were conducted from 22nd of November to the 8th of December, 1956.
I think the earliest that China was in the olympic games was in 1956. go search wikipedia for it and scroll down to the list of participating countries. Australia was involved in the very first of the modern Olympic games in 1896 (although this is a debatable point). They have participated in every Olympics since, one of only a couple of countries to do so.
yes malaysia did compete in the olympics in 1956
Fiji first competed at the 1956 Summer Games in Melbourne. Hector Hatch represented the country in boxing at the 1956 Games.
1956 Summer Games in Melbourne and 1960 Summer Games in Rome. She won bronze in 4x100 meter relay in 1956 and won gold in 4x100 meter relay, 100 meter dash, and 200 meter dash in 1960.