Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Final round
The final round included all 13 competitors who had qualified earlier that day by reaching the mark of 7.15 meters. The finals format was set up in two sections.

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Section Title: Final round
Table Section Text: The final round included all 13 competitors who had qualified earlier that day by reaching the mark of 7.15 meters. The finals format was set up in two sections.

RANK	Athlete Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6	Best Jump

Gregory Bell (USA)	6.98	7.83	7.77	X	7.16	7.83 m

John Bennett (USA)	7.68	7.61	X	X	7.68 m

Jorma Valkama (FIN)	7.11	X	7.48	7.07	7.22	7.00	7.48 m

4	Dmitriy Bondarenko (URS)	7.44	X	7.13	X	6.89	6.99	7.44 m

5	Karim Olowu (NGR)	7.28	6.77	7.36	6.42	X	6.91	7.36 m

6	Kazimierz Kropidlowski (POL)	7.27	6.92	7.30	6.95	7.03	6.94	7.30 m

7	Neville Price (RSA)	X	7.28	X	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.28 m

8	Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS)	X	7.25	7.27	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.27 m

9	Roy Cruttenden (GBR)	7.15	X	6.96	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.15 m

10	Henryk Grabowski (POL)	X	X	7.15	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.15 m

11	Ken Wilmshurst (GBR)	7.14	7.06	7.05	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.14 m

12	Fermín Donazar (URU)	X	X	6.57	OUT	OUT	OUT	6.57 m

13	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)	X	X	X	OUT	OUT	OUT	No Mark

Sentence(s)

Gregory Bell won with 7.83 m.

final_sentence: Gregory Bell won with 7.83 m.