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Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne after missing the 1952 Games in Helsinki. The country sent a team of 12 players to compete in field hockey. Six of these players had also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Field Hockey
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[2] | ? | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Ghazi Salah-ud-Din | ? | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Abdul Kadir Nuristani[2] | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Din Mohammad Nuristani[2] | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jahan Gulam Nuristani[2] | ? | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Mohammad Amin Nuristani[2] | ? | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mohammad Anis Sherzai | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Mohammad Yahya Najem | ? | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Khan Nasrullah Totakhail[2] | ? | 3 | 0 | |||||
Group A
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- 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.