title: Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics
text: # Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  
  Singapore competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
  
  ## Athletes
  
  The following Singaporean athletes participated in the games:
  
  ### Athletics
  
  * Janet Jesudason
  * Mary Klass
  * Kesavan Soon
  * Tan Eng Yoon
  
  ### Basketball
  
  * Sy Kee Chao
  * Lee Liat Beng
  * Chen Sho Fa
  * Henderson Jerome
  * Ho Lien Siew
  * Ko Tai Chuen
  * Lee Chak Men
  * Ong Kiat Guan
  * Wee Tian Siak
  * Wong Kim Poh
  * Yee Tit Kwan
  * Yeo Gek Huat
  
  ### Hockey
  
  * Abdullah Hamid
  * Ajit Singh Gill
  * Arumugam Vijiaratnam
  * Burdette Mathew Coutts
  * Chai Hon Yam
  * Devadas Vellupillai
  * E. N Pillai
  * Edwin Jeyaceilan Doraisamy
  * Fred Fernandez
  * Michael George Wright
  * Osbert John de Rozario
  * Percy Milton Pennefather
  * Roy Sharma
  * Roland Schoon
  * Rudolf William Mosbergen
  * S. Jeyathurai
  * Sinnadurai Vellupillai
  * William Douglas Hay
  
  ### Water polo
  
  * Kee Soon Bee
  * Tan Eng Liang
  * Chee Lionel
  * Gan Eng Teck
  * Lim Ting Kiang David
  * Lim Teck Pan
  * Oh Chwee Hock
  * Tan Eng Bock
  * Thio Gim Hock
  * Alexander Wolters
  * Wiebe Wolters
  * Yeo Oon Tat Eric
  
  ### Weightlifting
  
  * Tan Howe Liang
  * Tan Ser Cher (7th place)
  * Wong Kay Poh
  
  ### Yachting
  
  * Kenneth Golding
  * Robert Ho
  * Ned Holiday
  * Keith Johnson
  * Jack Snowden
  