Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||
| Dates | November 24 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:30:42.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 | |
The men's 50 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 24, 1956. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Norman Read (NZL)
|
4:30:42.8 |
|
 Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS)
|
4:32:57.0 |
|
 John Ljunggren (SWE)
|
4:35:02.0 |
| 4. |  Abdon Pamich (ITA)
|
4:39:00.0 |
| 5. |  Antal Róka (HUN)
|
4:50:09.0 |
| 6. |  Ray Smith (AUS)
|
4:56:08.0 |
| 7. |  Adolf Weinacker (USA)
|
5:00:16.0 |
| 8. |  Albert Johnson (GBR)
|
5:02:19.0 |
| 9. | Eric Hall (GBR)
|
5:03:59.0 |
| 10. |  Ion Barbu (ROU)
|
5:08:33.6 |
| 11. | Elliott Denman (USA)
|
5:12:14.0 |
| 12. | Leo Sjögren (USA)
|
5:12:34.0 |
| 13. | Ronald Crawford (AUS)
|
5:22:36.0 |
| — |  Milan Skřont (TCH)
|
DNF |
| — | Josef Dolezal (TCH)
|
DNF |
| — | Grigory Klimov (URS)
|
DNF |
| — | János Somogyi (HUN)
|
DNF |
| — | Dumitru Parachivescu (ROU)
|
DNF |
| — | Don Thompson (GBR)
|
DNF |
| — | Ted Allsopp (AUS)
|
DSQ |
| — | Mikhail Lavrov (URS)
|
DSQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2017.