Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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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

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Bobby Joe Morrow
United States (USA)
United States Thane Baker
United States (USA)
Australia Hector Hogan
Australia (AUS)
200 metres United States Bobby Joe Morrow
United States (USA)
United States Andy Stanfield
United States (USA)
United States Thane Baker
United States (USA)
400 metres United States Charlie Jenkins
United States (USA)
Germany Karl-Friedrich Haas
Germany (EUA)
Finland Voitto Hellsten
Finland (FIN)
Soviet Union Ardalion Ignatyev
Soviet Union (URS)
800 metres United States Tom Courtney
United States (USA)
Great Britain Derek Johnson
Great Britain (GBR)
Norway Audun Boysen
Norway (NOR)
1.500 metres Ireland Ron Delany
Ireland (IRL)
Germany Klaus Richtzenhain
Germany (EUA)
Australia John Landy
Australia (AUS)
5.000 metres Soviet Union Vladimir Kuts
Soviet Union (URS)
Great Britain Gordon Pirie
Great Britain (GBR)
Great Britain Derek Ibbotson
Great Britain (GBR)
10.000 metres Soviet Union Vladimir Kuts
Soviet Union (URS)
Hungary József Kovács
Hungary (HUN)
Australia Allan Lawrence
Australia (AUS)
Marathon France Alain Mimoun
France (FRA)
Yugoslavia Franjo Mihalić
Yugoslavia (YUG)
Finland Veikko Karvonen
Finland (FIN)
110 metre hurdles United States Lee Calhoun
United States (USA)
United States Jack Davis
United States (USA)
United States Joel Shankle
United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles United States Glenn Ashby Davis
United States (USA)
United States Eddie Southern
United States (USA)
United States Joshua Culbreath
United States (USA)
3.000 metre
steeplechase
Great Britain Chris Brasher
Great Britain (GBR)
Hungary Sándor Rozsnyói
Hungary (HUN)
Norway Ernst Larsen
Norway (NOR)
4×100 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Thane Baker
Leamon King
Bobby Joe Morrow
Ira Murchison
Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS)
Leonid Bartenev
Yuri Konovalov
Vladimir Sukharev
Boris Tokarev
Germany Germany (EUA)
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar
Lothar Knörzer
Leonhard Pohl
4×400 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Tom Courtney
Charlie Jenkins
Louis Jones
Jesse Mashburn
Australia Australia (AUS)
Graham Gipson
Kevan Gosper
Leon Gregory
David Lean
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Francis Higgins
Derek Johnson
John Salisbury
Michael Wheeler
20 km walk Soviet Union Leonid Spirin
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Antanas Mikenas
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Bruno Junk
Soviet Union (URS)
50 km walk New Zealand Norman Read
New Zealand (NZL)
Soviet Union Yevgeni Maskinskov
Soviet Union (URS)
Sweden John Ljunggren
Sweden (SWE)
High jump United States Charles Dumas
United States (USA)
Australia Charles Porter
Australia (AUS)
Soviet Union Igor Kashkarov
Soviet Union (URS)
Pole vault United States Bob Richards
United States (USA)
United States Bob Gutowski
United States (USA)
Greece Georgios Roubanis
Greece (GRE)
Long jump United States Greg Bell
United States (USA)
United States John Bennett
United States (USA)
Finland Jorma Valkama
Finland (FIN)
Triple jump Brazil Adhemar da Silva
Brazil (BRA)
Iceland Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Iceland (ISL)
Soviet Union Vitold Kreer
Soviet Union (URS)
Shot put United States Parry O'Brien
United States (USA)
United States Bill Nieder
United States (USA)
Czechoslovakia Jiří Skobla
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Discus throw United States Al Oerter
United States (USA)
United States Fortune Gordien
United States (USA)
United States Desmond Koch
United States (USA)
Javelin throw Norway Egil Danielsen
Norway (NOR)
Poland Janusz Sidło
Poland (POL)
Soviet Union Viktor Tsybulenko
Soviet Union (URS)
Hammer throw United States Harold Connolly
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Mikhail Krivonosov
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Anatoli Samotsvetov
Soviet Union (URS)
Decathlon United States Milt Campbell
United States (USA)
United States Rafer Johnson
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Vasili Kuznetsov
Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Australia Betty Cuthbert
Australia (AUS)
Germany Christa Stubnick
Germany (EUA)
Australia Marlene Matthews
Australia (AUS)
200 metres Australia Betty Cuthbert
Australia (AUS)
Germany Christa Stubnick
Germany (EUA)
Australia Marlene Matthews
Australia (AUS)
80 metre hurdles Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australia (AUS)
Germany Gisela Köhler
Germany (EUA)
Australia Norma Thrower
Australia (AUS)
4×100 metre relay Australia Australia (AUS)
Norma Croker
Betty Cuthbert
Fluer Mellor
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Heather Armitage
Anne Pashley
June Foulds
Jean Scrivens
United States United States (USA)
Isabelle Daniels
Mae Faggs
Margaret Matthews
Wilma Rudolph
High jump United States Mildred McDaniel
United States (USA)
Great Britain Thelma Hopkins
Great Britain (GBR)
none awarded
Soviet Union Mariya Pissareva
Soviet Union (URS)
Long jump Poland Elżbieta Krzesińska
Poland (POL)
United States Willye White
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
Soviet Union (URS)
Shot put Soviet Union Tamara Tyshkevich
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Galina Zybina
Soviet Union (URS)
Germany Marianne Werner
Germany (EUA)
Discus throw Czechoslovakia Olga Fikotová
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Soviet Union Irina Beglyakova
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Nina Romashkova
Soviet Union (URS)
Javelin throw Soviet Union Inese Yaunzeme
Soviet Union (URS)
Chile Marlene Ahrens
Chile (CHI)
Soviet Union Nadezhda Konyaeva
Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 16 10 5 31
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 7 10 22
3 Australia Australia 4 2 6 12
4 Great Britain Great Britain 1 4 2 7
5 Poland Poland 1 1 0 2
6 Norway Norway 1 0 2 3
7 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 0 1 2
8 Brazil Brazil 1 0 0 1
France France 1 0 0 1
Ireland Ireland 1 0 0 1
New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 1
12 Germany Germany 0 5 2 7
13 Hungary Hungary 0 2 0 2
14 Chile Chile 0 1 0 1
Iceland Iceland 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 1 0 1
17 Finland Finland 0 0 3 3
18 Greece Greece 0 0 1 1
Sweden Sweden 0 0 1 1

[edit] References