Melbourne 1956 - Swimming - Men: 100m backstroke - Heats

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Date: 4 December 1956
Summary
Heat 1

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Robert Christophe FRA 1:04.2
2 John Hayres AUS 1:04.4
3 Laszlo Magyar HUN 1:06.1
4 Albert Wiggins USA 1:06.2
5 Haydn Rigby GBR 1:06.9
6 Ahmad Nazir PAK 1:10.7
Heat 2
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Graham Sykes GBR 1:06.2
2 Kazuo Tomita JPN 1:06.4
3 Gilbert Bozon FRA 1:06.4
4 Ekkehard Miersch GER 1:07.5
5 Lincoln William Hurring NZL 1:07.5
6 Pedro Cayco PHI 1:11.6
Heat 3
Rank Name Nation Time
1 David Theile AUS 1:04.3
2 Yoshinobu Oyakawa USA 1:05.2
3 Keiji Hase JPN 1:06.3
4 William Brockway GBR 1:07.7
5 Joao Goncalves Filho BRA 1:07.9
6 Kin Man Cheung HKG 1:14.0
Heat 4
Rank Name Nation Time
1 John Monckton AUS 1:03.4
2 Frank McKinney USA 1:06.0
3 Dieter Pfeifer GER 1:06.7
4 Ladislav Bacik TCH 1:06.9
5 Gerard Coignot FRA 1:07.5
6 Hideo Ninomiya JPN 1:09.2
7 Heng Chek Lim MAL 1:12.4