Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAFG
NOCAfghanistan National Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, after having missed the 1952 Games in Helsinki. They only sent a team of 12 players to compete in the field hockey. Six of these players had also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Field Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Afghanistan v Singapore

Squad

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Ahmad Shah Abouwi ? 3 0
Noor Ullah Nuristani ? 3 0
Ramazan Nuristani ? 2 0
Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal ? 3 2
Ghazi Salah-ud-Din ? 2 0
Abdul Kadir Nuristani ? 3 0
Din Mohammad Nuristani ? 3 0
Jahan Gulam Nuristani ? 3 2
Mohammad Amin Nuristani ? 2 0
Mohammad Anis Sherzai ? 3 0
Mohammad Yahya Najem ? 3 1
Khan Nasrullah Totakhail ? 3 0

Group A

November 26, 14:30
India  14–0 (3–0)  Afghanistan
November 28, 11:30
 Singapore 5–0 (4–0)  Afghanistan
November 30, 14:30
 Afghanistan 5–1 (2–1)  United States
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 36 0 6
 Singapore 3 2 0 1 11 7 4
 Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 5 20 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 27 0
  • India advanced to the semi-finals.

References

  • The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  1. ^ "Players". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 Aug 2013.