Nations in the 1956 Summer Olympics

Although the colors of the olympic flag represent the 5 continents, it isn't officially set which color represents which continent. Here the continents are in alphabetical order and the colors are arranged how they appear on the flag

This quiz includes all participating nations with a National Olympic Comitee.

Some of these Nations were not soverign countries.

Nations marked in grey only competed in the equestrian games held in Stockholm half a year prior (due to strict Australian quarantine regulations), but were not present in Melbourne.