Participating National Olympic Committees thumb|Participating countries, those making their début are shown in blue. thumb|Number of athletes per country A total of 67 nations competed in the 1956 Olympics. Eight countries made their Olympic debuts: Cambodia (only competed in the equestrian events in Stockholm), Ethiopia, Fiji, Kenya, Liberia, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (modern-day Sabah of Malaysia), and Uganda. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany, an arrangement that would last until 1968.
Participating National Olympic Committees thumb|Partic:ipating countries, those making their début are shown in blue. thumb|Number of athletes per country A total of 67 nations competed in the 1956 Olympics. Eight countries made their Olympic debuts: Cambodia (only competed in the equestrian events in Stockholm), Ethiopia Fiji, Kenya, Liberia, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (modern-day Sabah o:f Malaysia), and Uganda. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany, an arrangement that wou,ld last until 1968.