NOCs at the 1956 Summer Olympics
NOCs in green participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not historically correct.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AFG |
Afghanistan | 12 | 0 | 12 |
 ARG |
Argentina | 27 | 1 | 28 |
 AUS |
Australia | 250 | 44 | 294 |
 AUT |
Austria | 24 | 5 | 29 |
 BEL |
Belgium | 51 | 3 | 54 |
 BER |
Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 BRA |
Brazil | 43 | 1 | 44 |
 BUL |
Bulgaria | 40 | 3 | 43 |
 CAN |
Canada | 77 | 15 | 92 |
 CHI |
Chile | 31 | 2 | 33 |
 TPE |
Republic of China | 20 | 0 | 20 |
 COL |
Colombia | 26 | 0 | 26 |
 CUB |
Cuba | 15 | 1 | 16 |
 TCH |
Czechoslovakia | 51 | 12 | 63 |
 DEN |
Denmark | 27 | 4 | 31 |
 ETH |
Ethiopia | 12 | 0 | 12 |
 FIJ |
Fiji | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 FIN |
Finland | 63 | 1 | 64 |
 FRA |
France | 119 | 18 | 137 |
 GER |
Unified Team of Germany | 134 | 24 | 158 |
 GBR |
Great Britain | 163 | 26 | 189 |
 GRE |
Greece | 13 | 0 | 13 |
 GUY |
British Guiana | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 HKG |
Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 HUN |
Hungary | 88 | 20 | 108 |
 ISL |
Iceland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 IND |
India | 58 | 1 | 59 |
 INA |
Indonesia | 20 | 2 | 22 |
 IRL |
Ireland | 11 | 1 | 12 |
 IRI |
Iran | 17 | 0 | 17 |
 ISR |
Israel | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 ITA |
Italy | 114 | 15 | 129 |
 JAM |
Jamaica | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 JPN |
Japan | 94 | 16 | 110 |
 KEN |
Kenya | 24 | 1 | 25 |
 LBR |
Liberia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 LUX |
Luxembourg | 10 | 1 | 11 |
 MAL |
Malaya | 32 | 1 | 33 |
 MEX |
Mexico | 21 | 3 | 24 |
 MYA |
Burma | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 NZL |
New Zealand | 43 | 8 | 51 |
 NGR |
Nigeria | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 NBO |
North Borneo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 NOR |
Norway | 18 | 0 | 18 |
 PAK |
Pakistan | 55 | 0 | 55 |
 PER |
Peru | 8 | 0 | 8 |
 PHI |
Philippines | 35 | 4 | 39 |
 POL |
Poland | 49 | 15 | 64 |
 POR |
Portugal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 PUR |
Puerto Rico | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 KOR |
Republic of Korea | 35 | 0 | 35 |
 ROU |
Romania | 33 | 11 | 44 |
 SGP |
Singapore | 47 | 2 | 49 |
 RSA |
South Africa | 44 | 6 | 50 |
 VNM |
South Vietnam | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 URS |
Soviet Union | 233 | 39 | 272 |
 SRI |
Ceylon | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 SWE |
Sweden | 74 | 14 | 88 |
 THA |
Thailand | 35 | 0 | 35 |
 BAH |
The Bahamas | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 TTO |
Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 TUR |
Turkey | 13 | 0 | 13 |
 UGA |
Uganda | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 USA |
United States | 251 | 46 | 297 |
 URU |
Uruguay | 21 | 0 | 21 |
 VEN |
Venezuela | 19 | 0 | 19 |
 YUG |
Yugoslavia | 32 | 3 | 35 |
| Total | 2819 | 371 | 3190 |