Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Olympic Data Project

Men: 100m

Date: 23 November 1956 / 24 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	10.5
2	Thane Baker	USA	10.5
3	Hector Hogan	AUS	10.6
4	Ira Murchison	USA	10.6
5	Manfred "Manni" Germar	GER	10.7
6	Michael Agostini	TTO	10.7
Semi-finals
7	Maurice Rae	NZL	10.5
8	Abdullah Salem Khaliq	PAK	10.6
8	Marian Foik	POL	10.6

Men: 200m

Date: 26 November 1956 / 27 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	20.6
2	Andy Stanfield	USA	20.7
3	Thane Baker	USA	20.9
4	Michael Agostini	TTO	21.1
5	Boris Tokaryev	URS	21.2
6	Jose da Conceicao	BRA	21.3
Semi-finals
7	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.5
7	Abdullah Salem Khaliq	PAK	21.5
7	Maurice Rae	NZL	21.5
7	Leo Pohl	GER	21.5

Men: 400m

Date: 28 November 1956 / 29 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Charles Jenkins	USA	46.7
2	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	46.8
3	Voitto Hellsten	FIN	47.0
3	Ardalion Ignatyev	URS	47.0
5	Louis Jones	USA	48.1
6	Malcolm Spence	RSA	48.3
Semi-finals
7	Kevan Gosper	AUS	46.2
8	John Salisbury	GBR	47.3

Men: 800m

Date: 23 November 1956 / 24 November 1956 / 26 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Thomas Courtney	USA	1:47.7
2	Derek Johnson	GBR	1:47.8
3	Audun Boysen	NOR	1:48.1
4	Arnold Sowell	USA	1:48.3
5	Michael Farrell	GBR	1:49.2
6	Lonnie Spurrier	USA	1:49.3
7	Emile Leva	BEL
8	Bill Butchart	AUS

Men: 1500m

Date: 29 November 1956 / 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Ron Delany	IRL	3:41.2
2	Klaus Richtzenhain	GER	3:42.0
3	John Landy	AUS	3:42.0
4	Laszlo Tabori	HUN	3:42.4
5	Brian Hewson	GBR	3:42.6
6	Stanislav Jungwirth	TCH	3:42.6
7	Neville Scott	NZL	3:42.8
8	Ian Boyd	GBR	3:43.0

Men: 5000m

Date: 26 November 1956 / 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Vladimir Kuts	URS	13:39.6
2	Gordon Pirie	GBR	13:50.6
3	Derek Ibbotson	GBR	13:54.4
4	Miklos Szabo	HUN	14:03.4
5	Albert Thomas	AUS	14:04.6
6	Laszlo Tabori	HUN	14:09.8
7	Nyandika Maiyoro	KEN	14:19.0
8	Thyge Thogersen	DEN	14:21.0

Men: 10000m

Date: 23 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Vladimir Kuts	URS	28:45.6
2	Jozsef Kovacs	HUN	28:52.4
3	Allan Lawrence	AUS	28:53.6
4	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak	POL	29:21.6
5	Kenneth Norris	GBR	29:21.8
6	Ivan Chernyavsky	URS	29:31.6
7	David Power	AUS	29:49.6
8	Gordon Pirie	GBR	30:00.6

Men: 110m Hurdles

Date: 27 November 1956 / 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Lee Calhoun	USA	13.5
2	Jack Davis	USA	13.5
3	Joel Shankle	USA	14.1
4	Martin Lauer	GER	14.5
5	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.5
6	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.6
Semi-finals
7	Berthold Steines	GER	14.5
8	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.6
8	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.6
8	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.6

Men: 400m Hurdles

Date: 23 November 1956 / 24 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Glenn Davis	USA	50.1
2	Eddie Southern	USA	50.8
3	Josh Culbreath	USA	51.6
4	Yury Lituyev	URS	51.7
5	David Lean	AUS	51.8
6	Gerhardus Potgieter	RSA	56.0
Semi-finals
7	Guy Cury	FRA	51.5
8	Anatoly Yulin	URS	51.7

Men: 3000m Steeplechase

Date: 27 November 1956 / 29 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Christopher Brasher	GBR	8:41.2
2	Sandor Rozsnyoi	HUN	8:43.6
3	Ernst Larsen	NOR	8:44.0
4	Heinz Laufer	GER	8:44.4
5	Semyon Rzhishchin	URS	8:44.6
6	John Disley	GBR	8:44.6
7	Neil Robbins	AUS	8:50.0
8	Eric Shirley	GBR	8:57.0

Men: 4x100m Relay

Date: 30 November 1956 / 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Thane Baker; Leamon King; Bobby Joe Morrow; Ira Murchison	USA	39.5
2	Leonid Bartenyev; Yury Konovalov; Vladimir Sukharyev; Boris Tokaryev	URS	39.8
3	Heinz Futterer; Manfred "Manni" Germar; Lothar Knorzer; Leo Pohl	GER	40.3
4	Giovanni Ghiselli; Franco Galbiati; Luigi Gnocchi; Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	40.3
5	Kenneth Box; Roy Sandstrom; David Segal; Brian Shenton	GBR	40.6
6	Zenon Baranowski; Marian Foik; Janusz Jarzembowski; Edward Szmidt	POL	40.6
Semi-finals
7	Gavin Carragher; Hector Hogan; Raymond Land; Edward McGlynn	AUS	40.8
8	Abdul Aziz; Muhamad Sharif Butt; Abdullah Salem Khaliq; Ghulam Raziq	PAK	40.8

Men: 4x400m Relay

Date: 30 November 1956 / 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Thomas Courtney; Charles Jenkins; Louis Jones; Jesse Mashburn	USA	3:04.8
2	Graham Gipson; Kevan Gosper; Leon? Gregory; David Lean	AUS	3:06.2
3	Peter Higgins; Derek Johnson; John Salisbury; Michael Wheeler	GBR	3:07.2
4	Karl-Friedrich Haas; Jurgen Kuhl; Walter Oberste; Manfred Porschke	GER	3:08.2
5	Douglas Clement; Murray Cockburn; Laird Sloan; Terry Tobacco	CAN	3:10.2
6	Keith Gardner; George Kerr; Malcolm Spence; Melville Spence	JAM
Heats
7	Vaclav Janecek; Jaroslav Jiranek; Vilem Mandlik; Josef Trousil	TCH	3:10.8
8	Konstantin Grachev; Anatoly Yulin; Ardalion Ignatyev; Yury Lituyev	URS	3:11.2

Women: 100m

Date: 24 November 1956 / 26 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	11.5
2	Christa Stubnick	GER	11.7
3	Marlene Mathews	AUS	11.7
4	Isabelle Daniels	USA	11.8
5	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.9
6	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.0
Semi-finals
7	Gisela Kohler	GER	11.9
8	Vera Krepkina	URS	11.9

Women: 200m

Date: 29 November 1956 / 30 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	23.4
2	Christa Stubnick	GER	23.7
3	Marlene Mathews	AUS	23.8
4	Norma Croker	AUS	24.0
5	June Paul	GBR	24.3
6	Gisela Kohler	GER	24.3
Semi-finals
7	Maria Itkina	URS	24.3
8	Jean Scrivens	GBR	24.4

Women: 80m Hurdles

Date: 27 November 1956 / 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	10.7
2	Gisela Kohler	GER	10.9
3	Norma Thrower	AUS	11.0
4	Galina Bystrova	URS	11.0
5	Maria Golubnichaia	URS	11.3
6	Gloria Cooke	AUS	11.4
Semi-finals
7	Centa Gastl	GER	11.1
7	Marthe Lambert	FRA	11.1

Women: 4x100m Relay

Date: 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Norma Croker; Betty Cuthbert; Fleur Mellor; Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	44.5
2	Heather Armitage; Anne Pashley; June Paul; Jean Scrivens	GBR	44.7
3	Isabelle Daniels; Mae Faggs; Margaret Matthews; Wilma Rudolph	USA	44.9
4	Irena Botchkareva; Maria Itkina; Vera Krepkina; Galina Rezchikova	URS	45.6
5	Letizia Bertoni; Milena Greppi; Giuseppina Leone; Maria Musso	ITA	45.7
6	Gisela Kohler; Barbara Mayer; Maria Sander; Christa Stubnick	GER	47.2
Heats
7	Catherine Capdevielle; Micheline Fluchot; Simone Henry; Angele Picado	FRA	46.3
8	Maria Kusion; Barbara Lerczak; Genowefa Minicka; Halina Richter	POL	46.5

Men: Marathon

Date: 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Alain Mimoun	FRA	2:25:00
2	Franjo Mihalic	YUG	2:26:32
3	Veikko Karvonen	FIN	2:27:47
4	Lee Chang-Hoon	KOR	2:28:45
5	Yoshiaki Kawashima	JPN	2:29:19
6	Emil Zatopek	TCH	2:29:34
7	Ivan Filin	URS	2:30:37
8	Evert Nyberg	SWE	2:31:12

Men: 20km Walk

Date: 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Leonid Spirin	URS	1:31:27.4
2	Antanas Mikenas	URS	1:32:03.0
3	Bruno Junk	URS	1:32:12.0
4	John Ljunggren	SWE	1:32:24.0
5	Stanley Vickers	GBR	1:32:34.2
6	Donald Keane	AUS	1:33:52.0
7	George Coleman	GBR	1:34:01.8
8	Roland Hardy	GBR	1:34:40.4

Men: 50km Walk

Date: 24 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Norman Read	NZL	4:30:42.8
2	Yevgeny Maskinskov	URS	4:32:57.0
3	John Ljunggren	SWE	4:35:02.0
4	Abdon Pamich	ITA	4:39:00.0
5	Antal Roka	HUN	4:50:09.0
6	Raymond Smith	AUS	4:56:08.0
7	Adolf Weinacker	USA	5:00:16.0
8	Albert Johnson	GBR	5:02:19.0

Men: High Jump

Date: 23 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Charles Dumas	USA	2.12m [6' 11 ½"]
2	Charles Porter	AUS	2.10m [6' 10 ¾"]
3	Igor Kashkarov	URS	2.08m [6' 10"]
4	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.06m [6' 9"]
5	Kenneth Money	CAN	2.03m [6' 8"]
6	Vladimir Sitkin	URS	2.00m [6' 6 ¾"]
7	Phil Reavis	USA	2.00m [6' 6 ¾"]
7	Colin Ridgeway	AUS	2.00m [6' 6 ¾"]

Men: Pole Vault

Date: 24 November 1956 / 26 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Bob Richards	USA	4.56m [14' 11 ½"]
2	Robert Gutowski	USA	4.53m [14' 10 ¼"]
3	Georgios Roumbanis	GRE	4.50m [14' 9 ¼"]
4	George Mattos	USA	4.35m [14' 3 ¼"]
5	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE	4.25m [13' 11 ¼"]
6	Zenon Wazny	POL	4.25m [13' 11 ¼"]
7	Eeles Landstrom	FIN	4.25m [13' 11 ¼"]
8	Manfred Preussger	GER	4.25m [13' 11 ¼"]

Men: Long Jump

Date: 24 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Gregory Bell	USA	7.83m [25' 8 ¼"]
2	John Bennett	USA	7.68m [25' 2 ¼"]
3	Jorma Valkama	FIN	7.48m [24' 6 ½"]
4	Dmitry Bondarenko	URS	7.44m [24' 5"]
5	Karimu Babalola Olowu	NGR	7.36m [24' 1 ¾"]
6	Kazimierz Kropidlowski	POL	7.30m [23' 11 ½"]
7	Neville Price	RSA	7.28m [23' 10 ½"]
8	Oleg Fyodoseyev	URS	7.27m [23' 10 ¼"]

Men: Triple Jump

Date: 27 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.35m [53' 7 ¾"]
2	Vilhjalmur Einarsson	ISL	16.26m [53' 4 ¼"]
3	Vitold Kreyer	URS	16.02m [52' 6 ¾"]
4	William Sharpe	USA	15.88m [52' 1 ¼"]
5	Martin Rehak	TCH	15.85m [52' 0"]
6	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.80m [51' 10"]
7	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.73m [51' 7 ¼"]
8	Teruji Kogake	JPN	15.64m [51' 3 ¾"]

Men: Shot Put

Date: 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Parry O'Brien	USA	18.57m [60' 11"]
2	William Nieder	USA	18.18m [59' 7 ¾"]
3	Jiri Skobla	TCH	17.65m [57' 11"]
4	Kenneth Bantum	USA	17.48m [57' 4 ¼"]
5	Boris Balyayev	URS	16.96m [55' 7 ¾"]
6	Erik Uddebom	SWE	16.65m [54' 7 ½"]
7	Karl-Heinz Wegmann	GER	16.63m [54' 6 ¾"]
8	Georgios Tsakanikas	GRE	16.56m [54' 4"]

Men: Discus Throw

Date: 27 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Al Oerter	USA	56.36m [184' 11"]
2	Fortune Gordien	USA	54.81m [179' 9 ¾"]
3	Desmond Koch	USA	54.40m [178' 5 ¾"]
4	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	54.27m [178' ½"]
5	Otto Grigalka	URS	52.37m [171' 9 ¾"]
6	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.21m [171' 3 ½"]
7	Ferenc Klics	HUN	51.82m [170' ¼"]
8	Dako Radosevic	YUG	51.69m [169' 7"]

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"]

Men: Javelin Throw

Date: 26 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Egil Danielsen	NOR	85.71m [281' 2 ½"]
2	Janusz Sidlo	POL	79.98m [262' 4 ¾"]
3	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	79.50m [260' 10"]
4	Herbert Koschel	GER	74.68m [245' ¼"]
5	Jan Kopyto	POL	74.28m [243' 8 ½"]
6	Giovanni Lievore	ITA	72.88m [239' 1 ¼"]
7	Michel Macquet	FRA	71.84m [235' 8 ¼"]
8	Aleksandr Gorshkov	URS	70.32m [230' 8 ½"]

Women: High Jump

Date: 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Mildred McDaniel	USA	1.76m [5' 9 ¼"]
2	Thelma Hopkins	GBR	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
2	Maria Pissareva	URS	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
4	Gunhild Larking	SWE	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
5	Iolanda Balas	ROU	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
6	Michele Mason	AUS	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
7	Jessie Donaghy	NZL	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
8	Hermina Geyser	RSA	1.64m [5' 4 ½"]
8	Jirina Voborilova	TCH	1.64m [5' 4 ½"]

Women: Long Jump

Date: 27 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Elzbieta Krzesinska	POL	6.35m [20' 10"]
2	Willye White	USA	6.09m [19' 11 ¾"]
3	Nadejda Dvalichvili	URS	6.07m [19' 11"]
4	Erika Fisch	GER	5.89m [19' 4"]
5	Marthe Lambert	FRA	5.88m [19' 3 ½"]
6	Valentina Chaprounova	URS	5.85m [19' 2 ¼"]
7	Beverly Weigel	NZL	5.85m [19' 2 ¼"]
8	Nancy Borwick	AUS	5.82m [19' 1 ¼"]

Women: Shot Put

Date: 30 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Tamara Tychkevitch	URS	16.59m [54' 5 ¼"]
2	Galina Zybina	URS	16.53m [54' 2 ¾"]
3	Marianne Werner	GER	15.61m [51' 2 ½"]
4	Zinaida Doinikova	URS	15.54m [50' 11 ¾"]
5	Valerie Sloper	NZL	15.34m [50' 4"]
6	Earlene Brown	USA	15.12m [49' 7 ¼"]
7	Regina Branner	AUT	14.60m [47' 10 ¾"]
8	Nada Kotlusek	YUG	14.56m [47' 9 ¼"]

Women: Discus Throw

Date: 23 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Olga Fikotova	TCH	53.69m [176' 1 ¾"]
2	Irina Begliakova	URS	52.54m [172' 4 ½"]
3	Nina Ponomariova	URS	52.02m [170' 8"]
4	Earlene Brown	USA	51.35m [168' 5 ¾"]
5	Albina Elkina	URS	48.20m [158' 1 ¾"]
6	Isabel Avellan	ARG	46.73m [153' 3 ¾"]
7	Jirina Voborilova	TCH	45.84m [150' 4 ¾"]
8	Stepanka Mertova	TCH	45.78m [150' 2 ¼"]

Women: Javelin Throw

Date: 28 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Inessa Iaounzem	URS	53.86m [176' 8 ½"]
2	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	50.38m [165' 3 ½"]
3	Nadejda Koniaeva	URS	50.28m [164' 11 ½"]
4	Dana Zatopkova	TCH	49.83m [163' 5 ¾"]
5	Ingrid Almqvist	SWE	49.74m [163' 2 ¼"]
6	Urszula Figwer	POL	48.16m [158' 0"]
7	Erzsebet Vigh	HUN	48.07m [157' 8 ½"]
8	Karen Anderson	USA	48.00m [157' 5 ¾"]

Men: Decathlon

Date: 29 November 1956 / 30 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Milton Campbell	USA	7937
2	Rafer Johnson	USA	7587
3	Vasily Kuznetsov	URS	7465
4	Uno Palu	URS	6930
5	Martin Lauer	GER	6853
6	Walter Meier	GER	6773
7	Torbjorn Lassenius	FIN	6565
8	Yang Chuan-Kwang	TPE	6521

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