Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
Men's marathon 45km at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | ||||||||||||
Dates | December 1 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:25:00 | ||||||||||||
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 | |
These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held on Saturday December 1, 1956. There were a total number of 46 participants from 23 nations, with 13 runners not completing the race.[1]
Results
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | Alain Mimoun (FRA) | 2:25:00 |
2 | Franjo Mihalić (YUG) | 2:26:32 |
3 | Veikko Karvonen (FIN) | 2:27:47 |
4 | Lee Chang-Hoon (KOR) | 2:28:45 |
5 | Yoshiaki Kawashima (JPN) | 2:29:19 |
6 | Emil Zátopek (TCH) | 2:29:34 |
7 | Ivan Filin (URS) | 2:30:37 |
8 | Evert Nyberg (SWE) | 2:31:12 |
9 | Thomas Nilsson (SWE) | 2:33:33 |
10 | Eino Oksanen (FIN) | 2:36:10 |
11 | Arnold Vaide (SWE) | 2:36:21 |
12 | Choi Chunk-Sik (KOR) | 2:36:53 |
13 | Paavo Kotila (FIN) | 2:38:59 |
14. | Mercer Davies (RSA) | 2:39:48 |
15. | Harry Hicks (GBR) | 2:39:55 |
16. | Hideo Hamamura (JPN) | 2:40:53 |
17. | Albert Richards (NZL) | 2:41:34 |
18. | John Russell (AUS) | 2:41:44 |
19. | Lothar Beckert (EUA) | 2:42:10 |
20. | Nick Costes (USA) | 2:42:20 |
21. | Johnny Kelley (USA) | 2:43:40 |
22. | Muhamad Havlidar Aslam (PAK) | 2:44:33 |
23. | Adolf Gruber (AUT) | 2:46:20 |
24. | Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) | 2:47:18 |
25. | Keith Ollerenshaw (AUS) | 2:48:12 |
26. | Myitung Naw (BIR) | 2:49:32 |
27. | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) | 2:52:05 |
28. | Kurt Hartung (EUA) | 2:52:14 |
29. | Bashay Feleke (ETH) | 2:53:37 |
30. | Abdul Rashid (PAK) | 2:57:47 |
31. | Kanuti Sum (KEN) | 2:58:42 |
32. | Gebre Birkay (ETH) | 2:58:49 |
33. | Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) | 3:04:17 |
— | Giuseppe Lavelli (ITA) | DNF |
— | Jan Barnard (RSA) | DNF |
— | Ron Clark (GBR) | DNF |
— | Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI) | DNF |
— | Ali Baghbanbashi (IRI) | DNF |
— | Boris Grishayev (URS) | DNF |
— | Les Perry (AUS) | DNF |
— | Juan Silva (CHI) | DNF |
— | Albert Ivanov (URS) | DNF |
— | Klaus Porbadnik (EUA) | DNF |
— | Fred Norris (GBR) | DNF |
— | Im Hwa-dong (KOR) | DNF |
— | Dean Thackwray (USA) | DNF |
References
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External links
- Official Report
- Results