1956 Olympic Games
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100m. | 200m. | 400m. | 800m. | 1500m. | 5000m. | 10,000m. | Marathon | 110m. Hurdles | 400m. Hurdles | 3000m. Steeplechase | 20km. Walk. Olympic Games 1956 | 50km. Walk | 4x100m. Relay | 4x400m. Relay | High Jump | Pole Vault | Long Jump | Triple Jump | Shot Put | Discus | Hammer | Javelin | Decathlon |
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Men's 100m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Bobby Joe MORROW (USA) 10.5
2. W. Thane BAKER (USA) 10.5
3. Hector HOGAN (AUS) 10.6
4. Ira MURCHISON (USA) 10.6
5. Manfred GERMAR (GER) 10.7
6. Michael AGOSTINI (TRI) 10.7 Back to Top
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Men's 200m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Bobby Joe MORROW (USA) 20.6 OR
2. Andrew STANFIELD (USA) 20.7
3. W. Thane BAKER (USA) 20.9
4. Michael AGOSTINI (TRI) 21.1
5. Boris TOKARYEV (RUS) 21.2
6. Jose Telles DA CONCEICAO (BRA) 21.3 Back to Top
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Men's 400m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Charles JENKINS (USA) 46.7
2. Karl-Friedrich HAAS (GER) 46.8
3. Voitto HELLSTEN (FIN) 47.0
3. Ardalion IGNATYEV (RUS) 47.0
5. Louis JONES (USA) 48.1
6. Malcolm SPENCE (SAF) 48.3 Back to Top
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Tom COURTNEY (USA) 1:47.7 OR
2. Derek JOHNSON (GBR) 1:47.8
3. Auden 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) 1:51.8
8. Bill BUTCHART (AUS) 1:52.5 Back to Top
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Men's 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Ron DELANY (IRL) 3:41.2 OR
2. Klaus RICHTZENHAN (GDR) 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 (CZE) 3:42.6
7. Neville SCOTT (NZL) 3:42.8
8. Ian BOYD (GBR) 3:43.0 Back to Top
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Men's 5000m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Volodymyr KUTS (UKR) 13:39.6 OR
2. Gordon PIRIE (GBR) 13:50.6
3. Derek IBBOTSON (GBR) 13:54.4
4. Miklos SZABO II (HUN) 14:03.4
5. Albert THOMAS (AUS) 14:04.6
6. Laszlo TABORI (HUN) 14:09.8
7. Maiyoro NYANDIKA (KEN) 14:19.0
8. Thyge THOGERSEN (DEN) 14:21.0 Back to Top
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Men's 10,000m. Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Volodymyr KUTS (UKR) 28:45.6 OR
2. Jozsef KOVACS (HUN) 28:52.4
3. Allan LAWRENCE (AUS) 28:53.6
4. Zdzislaw KRYSZKOWIAK (POL) 29:05.0
5. Ken NORRIS (GBR) 29:21.6
6. Ivan CHERNYASKY (UKR) 29:31.6
7. David POWER (AUS) 29:49.2
8. Gordon PIRIE (GBR) 29:49.6 Back to Top
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1956
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 (CZE) 2:29:34
7. Ivan FILIN (RUS) 2:30:27
8. Evert NYBERG (SWE) 2:31:12 Back to Top
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Men's 110m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Lee CALHOUN (USA) 13.5 OR
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 (RUS) 14.6 Back to Top
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Men's 400m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Glenn DAVIS (USA) 50.1 EOR
2. Eddie SOUTHERN (USA) 50.8
3. Joshua CULBREATH (USA) 51.6
4. Yuri LITUYEV (RUS) 51.7
5. David LEAN (AUS) 51.8
6. Gerhardus POTGIETER (SAF) 56.0 Back to Top
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Men's 3000m. Steeplechase Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Chris BRASHER (GBR) 8:41.2 OR
2. Sandor ROZSNYOI (HUN) 8:43.6
3. Ernst LARSEN (NOR) 8:44.0
4. Heinz LAUFER (GER) 8:44.4
5. Semyon RZHISCHIN (RUS) 8:44.6
6. John DISLEY (GBR) 8:44.6
7. Neil ROBBINS (AUS) 8:50.0
8. Eric SHIRLEY (GBR) 8:57.0 Back to Top
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Men's 20km. Walk. Olympic Games 1956
1. Leonid SPIRIN (RUS) 1:31:27.4
2. Antanas MIKENAS (LIT) 1:32:03.0
3. Bruno JUNK (EST) 1:32:12.0
4. John LJUNGGREN (SWE) 1:32:24.0
5. Stan 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 Back to Top
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Men's 50km. Walk. Olympic Games 1956
1. Norman READ (NZL) 4:30:42.8
2. Yevgeny MASKINSKOV (RUS) 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 Back to Top
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. U.S.A. (I. Murchison, L. King, W. T. Baker, B. J. Morrow) 39.5 WR
2. Soviet Union (B. Tokaryev, V. Sukharyev, L. Bartenyev, Y. Konovalov) 39.8
3. Germany (L. Knorzer, L. Pohl, H. Futterer, M. Germar) 40.3
4. Italy (F. Galbiati, G. Ghiselli, L. Gnocchi, V. Lombardo) 40.3
5. Great Britain 40.6
6. Poland 40.6 Back to Top
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. U.S.A. (L. Jones, J. Mashburn, C. Jenkins, T. Courtney) 3:04.8
2. Australia (L. Gregory, D. Lean, G. Gipson, K. Gosper) 3:06.2
3. Great Britain (J. Salisbury, M. Wheeler, F. P. Higgins, D. Johnson) 3:07.2
4. Germany (J. Kuhl, W. Oberste, M. Porschke, K.-F. Haas) 3:08.2
5. Canada 3:10.2
Disq: Jamaica Back to Top
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Charles DUMAS (USA) 2.12m. OR
2. Charles PORTER (AUS) 2.10m.
3. Igor KASHKAROV (RUS) 2.08m.
4. Stig PETTERSSON (SWE) 2.06m.
5. Kenneth MONEY (CAN) 2.03m.
6. Volodymyr SYTKIN (UKR) 2.00m.
7. Phil REAVIS (USA) 2.00m.
7. Colin RIDGEWAY (AUS) 2.00m. Back to Top
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Men's Pole Vault Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Robert RICHARDS (USA) 4.56m. OR
2. Robert GUTOWSKI (USA) 4.53m.
3. Georgios ROUBANIS (GRE) 4.50m.
4. George MATTOS (USA) 4.35m.
5. Ragnar LUNDBERG (SWE) 4.25m.
6. Zenon WAZNY (POL) 4.25m.
7. Eeles LANDSTROM (FIN) 4.25m.
8. Manfred PREUSSGER (GDR) 4.25m. Back to Top
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Men's Long Jump Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Gregory BELL (USA) 7.83m.
2. John BENNETT (USA) 7.68m.
3. Jorma VALKAMA (FIN) 7.48m.
4. Dmitri BONDARENKO (UKR) 7.44m.
5. Karim OLOWU (NGR) 7.36m.
6. Kazimierz KROPIDLOWSKI (POL) 7.30m.
7. Neville PRICE (SAF) 7.28m.
8. Oleg FYEDOSEYEV (RUS) 7.27m. Back to Top
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Men's Triple Jump Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Ademar Ferreira DA SILVA (BRA) 16.35m. OR
2. Vilhjalmur EINARSSON (ICE) 16.26m.
3. Vitold KREYER (RUS) 16.02m.
4. William SHARPE (USA) 15.88m.
5. Martin REHAK (CZE) 15.85m.
6. Leonid SHERBAKOV (RUS) 15.80m.
7. Koji SAKURAI (JPN) 15.73m.
8. Teruji KOGAKE (JPN) 15.64m. Back to Top
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Men's Shot Put Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. W. Parry O'BRIEN (USA) 18.57m. OR
2. William NIEDER (USA) 18.18m.
3. Jiri SKOBLA (CZE) 17.65m.
4. Kenneth BANTUM (USA) 17.48m.
5. Boris BALYAYEV (RUS) 16.96m.
6. Erik UDDEBOM (SWE) 16.65m.
7. Karlheinz WEGMANN (GER) 16.63m.
8. Georgios TSAKANIKAS (GRE) 16.56m. Back to Top
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Al OERTER (USA) 56.36m. OR
2. Fortune GORDIEN (USA) 54.81m.
3. Desmond KOCH (USA) 54.40m.
4. Mark PHARAOH (GBR) 54.27m.
5. Otto GRIGALKA (RUS) 52.37m.
6. Adolfo CONSOLINI (ITA) 52.21m.
7. Ferenc KLICS (HUN) 51.82m.
8. Dako RADOSEVIC (YUG) 51.69m. Back to Top
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Men's Hammer Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Harold CONNOLLY (USA) 63.19m. OR
2. Mikhail KRIVONOSOV (BLR) 63.03m.
3. Anatoly SAMOTSVETOV (RUS) 62.56m.
4. Albert HALL (USA) 61.96m.
5. Jozsef CSERMAK (HUN) 60.70m.
6. Kresimir RACIC (YUG) 60.36m.
7. Dmitri YEGOROV (UKR) 60.22m.
8. Sverre STRANDLI (NOR) 59.21m. Back to Top
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Egil DANIELSEN (NOR) 85.71m. WR
2. Janusz SIDLO (POL) 79.98m.
3. Viktor TSYBULENKO (UKR) 79.50m.
4. Herbert KOSCHEL (GER) 75.68m.
5. Jan KOPYTO (POL) 74.28m.
6. Giovanni LIEVORE (ITA) 72.88m.
7. Michel MACQUET (FRA) 71.84m.
8. Aleksandr GORSHCOV (RUS) 70.32m. Back to Top
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Men's Decathlon Final. Olympic Games 1956
1. Milton CAMPBELL (USA) 7937 OR
2. Rafer JOHNSON (USA) 7587
3. Vassily KUSNETSOV (RUS) 7465
4. Uno PALU (EST) 6930
5. Martin LAUER (GER) 6853
6. Walter MEIER (GDR) 6773
7. Torbjorn LASSENIUS (FIN) 6565
8. Yang CHUAN-KWANG (TAI) 6521 Back to Top
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