North Borneo at the Olympics

North Borneo at the Olympics is a history which includes only one summer olympic game in one country and two athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "North Borneo at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-1.

The British colony of North Borneo competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne in Australia. "Countries who participated in the Games,"  Bulletin du Comité International Olympique (Olympic Review), 1957 February, No. 57, p. 60; retrieved 2012-8-1.

This was the only Olympic appearance for the colony.  North Borneo sent two athletes who took part in the triple jump. They failed to win a medal.

In later years, athletes from North Borneo competed as part of the team from Malaysia.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes
 Malaysia at the Olympics

References

Further reading
 Organizing Committee of the XIV Olympiad. (1956).  The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 

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Category:Sport in Malaysia
Category:1956 Summer Olympics
Category:20th century in Malaysia