Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Men: Hammer Throw

Date: 24 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Harold Connolly	USA	63.19m [207' 3 ¾"]
2	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	63.03m [206' 9 ½"]
3	Anatoly Samotsvetov	URS	62.56m [205' 3"]
4	Albert Hall	USA	61.96m [203' 3 ¼"]
5	Jozsef Csermak	HUN	60.70m [199' 1 ¾"]
6	Kresimir "Kreso" Racic	YUG	60.36m [198' ½"]
7	Dmitry Yegorov	URS	60.22m [197' 6 ¾"]
8	Sverre Strandli	NOR	59.21m [194' 3"]
9	Peter Allday	GBR	58.00m [190' 3 ½"]
10	Alfons Niklas	POL	57.70m [189' 3 ¾"]
11	Muhamad Iqbal	PAK	56.97m [186' 11"]
12	Donald Anthony	GBR	56.72m [186' 1"]
13	Guy Husson	FRA	55.02m [180' 6 ¼"]
14	Tadeusz Rut	POL	53.43m [175' 3 ½"]
15	Birger Asplund	SWE
Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown)
	Charles Morris	AUS
	Alejandro Diaz	CHI
	Martin Crowe	AUS
	Fumio Kamamoto	JPN
	Song Kyo-Sik	KOR
	Neville Gadsden	AUS
	Yoshio Kojima	JPN

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