Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Medal table
3 References
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres | Bobby Morrow  United States | 10.5 | Thane Baker United States | 10.5 | Hector Hogan  Australia | 10.6 |
| 200 metres | Bobby Morrow United States | 20.6 (OR) | Andy Stanfield United States | 20.7 | Thane Baker United States | 20.9 |
| 400 metres | Charles Jenkins United States | 46.7 | Karl-Friedrich Haas  United Team of Germany | 46.8 | Voitto Hellstén  Finland | 47.0 |
Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union | 47.0 | |||||
| 800 metres | Tom Courtney United States | 1:47.7 (OR) | Derek Johnson  Great Britain | 1:47.8 | Audun Boysen  Norway | 1:48.1 |
| 1500 metres | Ron Delany  Ireland | 3:41.2 (OR) | Klaus Richtzenhain United Team of Germany | 3:42.0 | John Landy Australia | 3:42.0 |
| 5000 metres | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | 13:39.6 (OR) | Gordon Pirie Great Britain | 13:50.6 | Derek Ibbotson Great Britain | 13:54.4 |
| 10,000 metres | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | 28:45.6 (OR) | József Kovács  Hungary | 28:52.4 | Allan Lawrence Australia | 28:53.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Lee Calhoun United States | 13.5 (OR) | Jack Davis United States | 13.5 (OR) | Joel Shankle United States | 14.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Davis United States | 50.1 (=OR) | Eddie Southern United States | 50.8 | Joshua Culbreath United States | 51.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Chris Brasher Great Britain | 8:41.2 (OR) | Sándor Rozsnyói Hungary | 8:43.6 | Ernst Larsen Norway | 8:44.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |  United States (USA)Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison | 39.5 (WR) |  Soviet Union (URS)Leonid Bartenev Yuriy Konovalov Vladimir Sukharev Boris Tokarev | 39.8 |  United Team of Germany (EUA)Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl | 40.3 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | United States (USA) Tom Courtney Charles Jenkins Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn | 3:04.8 |  Australia (AUS)Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper Leon Gregory David Lean | 3:06.2 |  Great Britain (GBR)Peter Higgins Derek Johnson John Salisbury Michael Wheeler | 3:07.2 |
| Marathon | Alain Mimoun  France | 2:25:00 | Franjo Mihalić  Yugoslavia | 2:26:32 | Veikko Karvonen Finland | 2:27:47 |
| 20 kilometres walk | Leonid Spirin Soviet Union | 1:31:27.4 | Antanas Mikenas Soviet Union | 1:32:03.0 | Bruno Junk Soviet Union | 1:32:12.0 |
| 50 kilometres walk | Norman Read  New Zealand | 4:30:42.8 | Yevgeniy Maskinskov Soviet Union | 4:32:57.0 | John Ljunggren  Sweden | 4:35:02.0 |
| High jump | Charles Dumas United States | 2.12 m (OR) | Chilla Porter Australia | 2.10 m | Igor Kashkarov Soviet Union | 2.08 m |
| Pole vault | Bob Richards United States | 4.56 m (OR) | Bob Gutowski United States | 4.53 m | Georgios Roubanis  Greece | 4.50 m |
| Long jump | Greg Bell United States | 7.83 m | John Bennett United States | 7.68 m | Jorma Valkama Finland | 7.48 m |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva  Brazil | 16.35 m (OR) | Vilhjálmur Einarsson  Iceland | 16.26 m | Vitold Kreer Soviet Union | 16.02 m |
| Shot put | Parry O'Brien United States | 18.57 m (OR) | Bill Nieder United States | 18.18 m | Jiří Skobla  Czechoslovakia | 17.65 m |
| Discus throw | Al Oerter United States | 56.36 m (OR) | Fortune Gordien United States | 54.81 m | Desmond Koch United States | 54.40 m |
| Hammer throw | Harold Connolly United States | 63.19 m (OR) | Mikhail Krivonosov Soviet Union | 63.03 m | Anatoli Samotsvetov Soviet Union | 62.56 m |
| Javelin throw | Egil Danielsen Norway | 85.71 m (WR) | Janusz Sidło  Poland | 79.98 m | Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union | 79.50 m |
| Decathlon | Milt Campbell United States | 7937 (OR) | Rafer Johnson United States | 7587 | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 7465 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 11.5 | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | 11.7 | Marlene Matthews Australia | 11.7 |
| 200 metres | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 23.4 (=OR) | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | 23.7 | Marlene Matthews Australia | 23.8 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | 10.7 (OR) | Gisela Köhler United Team of Germany | 10.9 | Norma Thrower Australia | 11.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Australia (AUS) Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 44.5 (WR) | Great Britain (GBR) Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Paul Jean Scrivens | 44.7 | United States (USA) Isabelle Daniels Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph | 44.9 |
| High jump | Mildred McDaniel United States | 1.76 m (WR) | Thelma Hopkins Great Britain | 1.67 m | none awarded | |
Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union | 1.67 m | |||||
| Long jump | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | 6.35 m (=WR) | Willye White United States | 6.09 m | Nadezhda Dvalishvili Soviet Union | 6.07 m |
| Shot put | Tamara Tyshkevich Soviet Union | 16.59 m (OR) | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | 16.53 m | Marianne Werner United Team of Germany | 15.61 m |
| Discus throw | Olga Fikotová Czechoslovakia | 53.69 m (OR) | Irina Beglyakova Soviet Union | 52.54 m | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union | 52.02 m |
| Javelin throw | Inese Jaunzeme Soviet Union | 53.86 m (OR) | Marlene Ahrens  Chile | 50.38 m | Nadezhda Konyayeva Soviet Union | 50.28 m |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 |  Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 nations) | 33 | 34 | 33 | 100 | |
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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