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[td]The [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) for Hong Kong was founded in 1950 as the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=SF&OC β Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.hkolympic.org/about-us/history/ |access-date=2025-08-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was renamed in 1999 to the [[Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China]] (SF&OC).<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong 2006 - Recreation, Sport and the Arts |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2006/en/19_21.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.yearbook.gov.hk}}</ref> It was recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) in 1951<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/hong-kong-china |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":8" />, and subsequently, Hong Kong began to be represented separately from [[United Kingdom at the Olympics|Great Britain]]. Hong Kong made its Olympics Games debut in [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 at Helsinki]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong at the Olympic Games |url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/hong-kong.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.topendsports.com}}</ref><ref name="SRHKG">{{cite web |title=Hong Kong |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |archive-date=9 January 2018 |access-date=27 May 2018 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> 1956 Melbourne Olympics was Hong Kong's 2nd appearance at an Olympic Games.<ref name="SRHKG" /> The delegation in 1956 consists of two swimmers, [[Cheung Kin Man]] and [[Wan Shiu Ming]].<ref name=":6" /> The delegation was led by [[Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales]], president of Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong at the time.<ref name = "pang"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200248 |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Dan |date=11 March 2020 |title=Hong Kong's sporting pioneer dies aged 100 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091780/hong-kong-sales-dies-aged-100 |website=inside the games}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td][[Cheung Kin Man]] was 24 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Cheung Kin Man |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48047 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> He had previously represented Hong Kong at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], and would represent Hong Kong again at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kin-Man Cheung |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/kin-man-cheung |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ι«θ·― |date=2020-07-25 |title=γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘ |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/306962/γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ-ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=ι«θ·― Sportsroad |language=en-GB}}</ref>. [[Wan Shiu Ming]] was 18 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48065 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> This was his only appearance in Olympic Games.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
[td][[Cheung Kin Man]] was 24 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Cheung Kin Man |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48047 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> He had previously represented Hong Kong at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], and would represent Hong Kong again at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kin-Man Cheung |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/kin-man-cheung |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ι«θ·― |date=2020-07-25 |title=γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘ |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/306962/γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ-ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=ι«θ·― Sportsroad |language=en-GB}}</ref>. In 1964 Tokyo Olympics torch relay, Cheung would be the torch bearer for the last leg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong |url=https://slscdn.hkmemory.hk/en/collections-memoriesweshare-live_broadcasts-olympic_torch.html |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=slscdn.hkmemory.hk |language=en}}</ref> [[Wan Shiu Ming]] was 18 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48065 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> This was his only appearance in Olympic Games.<ref name=":2" /> Wan would later win the Cross Harbour Race six times,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ζζζ₯ε°ι‘οΌζΈ‘ζ΅·ζ³³ε θ»ηεη’Όι ζΊ«θε€’ |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/archive/20070429/new/new_a91cnt.html |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=orientaldaily.on.cc}}</ref> winning the nickname of 'Flying Fish of Victoria Peak' (ε€ͺεΉ³ε±±ι£ι).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.hkolympians.org/wan-shiu-ming |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=HKOlympians |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]The [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) for Hong Kong was founded in 1950 as the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=SF&OC β Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.hkolympic.org/about-us/history/ |access-date=2025-08-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was renamed in 1999 to the [[Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China]] (SF&OC).<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong 2006 - Recreation, Sport and the Arts |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2006/en/19_21.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.yearbook.gov.hk}}</ref> It was recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) in 1951<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/hong-kong-china |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":8" />, and subsequently, Hong Kong began to be represented separately from [[United Kingdom at the Olympics|Great Britain]]. Hong Kong made its Olympics Games debut in [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 at Helsinki]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong at the Olympic Games |url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/hong-kong.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.topendsports.com}}</ref><ref name="SRHKG">{{cite web |title=Hong Kong |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |archive-date=9 January 2018 |access-date=27 May 2018 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> 1956 Melbourne Olympics was Hong Kong's 2nd appearance at an Olympic Games.<ref name="SRHKG" /> The delegation in 1956 consists of two swimmers, [[Cheung Kin Man]] and [[Wan Shiu Ming]].<ref name=":6" /> The delegation was led by [[Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales]], president of Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong at the time.<ref name = "pang"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200248 |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Dan |date=11 March 2020 |title=Hong Kong's sporting pioneer dies aged 100 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091780/hong-kong-sales-dies-aged-100 |website=inside the games}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 16:40, 31 August 2025
[/td][td]The [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) for Hong Kong was founded in 1950 as the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=SF&OC β Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.hkolympic.org/about-us/history/ |access-date=2025-08-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was renamed in 1999 to the [[Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China]] (SF&OC).<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong 2006 - Recreation, Sport and the Arts |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2006/en/19_21.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.yearbook.gov.hk}}</ref> It was recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) in 1951<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong, China |url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/hong-kong-china |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":8" />, and subsequently, Hong Kong began to be represented separately from [[United Kingdom at the Olympics|Great Britain]]. Hong Kong made its Olympics Games debut in [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 at Helsinki]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong at the Olympic Games |url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/hong-kong.htm |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.topendsports.com}}</ref><ref name="SRHKG">{{cite web |title=Hong Kong |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HKG/ |archive-date=9 January 2018 |access-date=27 May 2018 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> 1956 Melbourne Olympics was Hong Kong's 2nd appearance at an Olympic Games.<ref name="SRHKG" /> The delegation in 1956 consists of two swimmers, [[Cheung Kin Man]] and [[Wan Shiu Ming]].<ref name=":6" /> The delegation was led by [[Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales]], president of Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong at the time.<ref name = "pang"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200248 |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Dan |date=11 March 2020 |title=Hong Kong's sporting pioneer dies aged 100 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091780/hong-kong-sales-dies-aged-100 |website=inside the games}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td][[Cheung Kin Man]] was 24 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Cheung Kin Man |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48047 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> He had previously represented Hong Kong at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], and would represent Hong Kong again at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kin-Man Cheung |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/kin-man-cheung |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ι«θ·― |date=2020-07-25 |title=γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘ |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/306962/γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ-ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=ι«θ·― Sportsroad |language=en-GB}}</ref>. [[Wan Shiu Ming]] was 18 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48065 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> This was his only appearance in Olympic Games.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
[td][[Cheung Kin Man]] was 24 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Cheung Kin Man |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48047 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> He had previously represented Hong Kong at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], and would represent Hong Kong again at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kin-Man Cheung |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/kin-man-cheung |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ι«θ·― |date=2020-07-25 |title=γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘ |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/306962/γηΆεΉ΄ε₯§ιγ68εΉ΄εηθ΅«ηΎθΎεΊ-ι¦ζΈ―δΊΊη第δΈζ¬‘/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=ι«θ·― Sportsroad |language=en-GB}}</ref>. In 1964 Tokyo Olympics torch relay, Cheung would be the torch bearer for the last leg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong |url=https://slscdn.hkmemory.hk/en/collections-memoriesweshare-live_broadcasts-olympic_torch.html |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=slscdn.hkmemory.hk |language=en}}</ref> [[Wan Shiu Ming]] was 18 years old at the time of Melbourne Olympics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia β Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48065 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> This was his only appearance in Olympic Games.<ref name=":2" /> Wan would later win the Cross Harbour Race six times,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ζζζ₯ε°ι‘οΌζΈ‘ζ΅·ζ³³ε θ»ηεη’Όι ζΊ«θε€’ |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/archive/20070429/new/new_a91cnt.html |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=orientaldaily.on.cc}}</ref> winning the nickname of 'Flying Fish of Victoria Peak' (ε€ͺεΉ³ε±±ι£ι).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wan Shiu Ming |url=https://www.hkolympians.org/wan-shiu-ming |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=HKOlympians |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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