Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground
Dates November 23 (heats and quarterfinals)
November 24 (semifinals and final)
Competitors 65 from 32 nations
Medalists
  Bobby Morrow
United States
  Thane Baker
United States
  Hec Hogan
Australia
«1952 1960»
Athletics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between November 23 and November 24. The final was won by American Bobby Morrow.

Contents

Results

Heats

The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ira Murchison United States 10.67
2 Jan Jarzembowski Poland 10.95
3 Hilmar Þorbjörnsson Iceland 11.12
4 Mario Colarossi Italy 11.14
5 René Ahumada Mexico 11.26
6 Raja bin Ngah Ali Malaya 11.41

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago 10.98
2 Luigi Gnocchi Italy 11.01
3 Titus Erinle Nigeria 11.09
4 Jorge de Barros Brazil 11.15
5 Vanchak Voradilok Thailand 11.78
6 Roba Negousse Ethiopia 12.07

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maurice Rae New Zealand 10.84
2 Abdul Khaliq Pakistan 10.97
3 Manfred Steinbach Germany 10.99
4 Rafael Romero Venezuela 11.14
5 Evaristo Iglesias Cuba 11.50

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ben Nduga Uganda 10.88
2 Ken Box Great Britain 10.96
3 Kyohei Ushio Japan 11.09
4 Kesevan Soon Singapore 11.35
5 Jack Parrington Canada 11.62

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marian Foik Poland 10.88
2 Boris Tokarev Soviet Union 11.09
3 Franco Galbiati Italy 11.13
4 Tom Robinson Bahamas 11.30
5 Jalal Gozal Indonesia 11.45
6 James Roberts Liberia 11.45

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manfred Germar Germany 10.91
2 Ray Land Australia 11.05
3 Keith Gardner Jamaica 11.22
4 Alain David France 11.24
5 Emmanuel Putu Liberia 11.44
6 Beyene Legesse Ethiopia 11.94

Heat seven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Leonid Bartenev Soviet Union 10.93
2 Béla Goldoványi Hungary 11.02
3 Clive Bonas Venezuela 11.17
4 Gavin Carragher Australia 11.36
5 Thomas Obi Nigeria 11.47
6 Bjørn Nilsen Norway 11.58

Heat eight

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hec Hogan Australia 10.72
2 René Bonino France 10.96
3 Géza Varasdi Hungary 11.00
4 Akira Kiyofuji Japan 11.00

Heat nine

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thane Baker United States 10.93
2 Edmund Turton Trinidad and Tobago 11.38
3 Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan Malaya 11.56
4 Tan Eng Yoon Singapore 11.63

Heat ten

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stan Levenson Canada 10.94
2 Heinz Fütterer Germany 11.10
3 João Pires Sobrinho Brazil 11.14
4 Joe Goddard Trinidad and Tobago 11.19
5 Oliver Hunter British Guiana 11.22
6 Ghulam Raziq Pakistan 11.26

Heat eleven

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Edward Ajado Nigeria 11.01
2 Roy Sandstrom Great Britain 11.05
3 Dick Harding Canada 11.20
4 Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan 11.26
5 Abebe Hailou Ethiopia 11.54
6 Snay Wongchaoom Thailand 11.95

Heat twelve

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bobby Morrow United States 10.90
2 Yuriy Konovalov Soviet Union 11.04
3 David Segal Great Britain 11.19
4 Phaibulya Vacharabhan Thailand 11.27
5 Lee Kah Fook Malaya 11.84

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bobby Morrow United States 10.55 =OR
2 Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago 10.75
3 Maurice Rae New Zealand 10.78
4 Béla Goldoványi Hungary 10.95
5 Heinz Fütterer Germany 10.99
6 Ray Land Australia 11.15

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ira Murchison United States 10.55 =OR
2 Abdul Khaliq Pakistan 10.78
3 Yuriy Konovalov Soviet Union 10.93
4 Luigi Gnocchi Italy 10.96
5 Edmund Turton Trinidad and Tobago 11.37
6 Ben Nduga Uganda 12.95

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hec Hogan Australia 10.78
2 Boris Tokarev Soviet Union 10.87
3 Stan Levenson Canada 10.93
4 Jan Jarzembowski Poland 10.98
5 Edward Ajado Nigeria 11.02
6 Ken Box Great Britain 11.45

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thane Baker United States 10.62
2 Manfred Germar Germany 10.80
3 Marian Foik Poland 10.83
4 Leonid Bartenev Soviet Union 10.84
5 René Bonino France 10.96
6 Roy Sandstrom Great Britain 11.03

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ira Murchison United States 10.79
2 Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago 10.79
3 Manfred Germar Germany 10.85
4 Abdul Khaliq Pakistan 10.93
5 Stan Levenson Canada 10.94
6 Yuriy Konovalov Soviet Union 11.11

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bobby Morrow United States 10.52 =OR
2 Thane Baker United States 10.61
3 Hec Hogan Australia 10.62
4 Maurice Rae New Zealand 10.68
5 Marian Foik Poland 10.84
6 Boris Tokarev Soviet Union 10.91

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
Bobby Morrow United States 10.62
Thane Baker United States 10.77
Hec Hogan Australia 10.77
4 Ira Murchison United States 10.79
5 Manfred Germar Germany 10.86
6 Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago 10.88

Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record; DQ = Disqualified

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