Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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No. of events	33
Competitors	720 from 61 nations

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.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
400 metres	Charles Jenkins United States	46.7	Karl-Friedrich Haas United Team of Germany	46.8	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
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 Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union	1.67 m	none awarded
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
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
18	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		33	34	33	100

References

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