Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union |
1.67 m |
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| 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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