# Atletiek op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956

Atletiek op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 :
| Baanevenementen |||
| 100 m | mannen | vrouwen |
| 200 m | mannen | vrouwen |
| 400 m | mannen | |
| 800 m | mannen | |
| 1500 m | mannen | |
| 5000 m | mannen | |
| 10.000 m | mannen | |
| 80 m horden | | vrouwen |
| 110 m horden | mannen | |
| 400 m horden | mannen | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | mannen | |
| 4×100 m estafette | mannen | vrouwen |
| 4×400 m estafette | mannen | |
| Wegevenementen |||
| Marathon | mannen | |
| 20 kilometer snelwandelen | mannen | |
| 50 kilometer snelwandelen | mannen | |
| Veldevenementen |||
| Verspringen | mannen | vrouwen |
| Hink-stap-springen | mannen | |
| Hoogspringen | mannen | vrouwen |
| Polsstokhoogspringen | mannen | |
| Kogelstoten | mannen | vrouwen |
| Discuswerpen | mannen | vrouwen |
| Speerwerpen | mannen | vrouwen |
| Kogelslingeren | mannen | |
| Gecombineerde evenementen |||
| Tienkamp | mannen | |
Atletiek is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.

## Heren
### 100 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Bobby Morrow | USA | 10.5 |
| 2 | Thane Baker | USA | 10.5 |
| 3 | Hector Hogan | AUS | 10.6 |
| 4 | Ira Murchison | USA | 10.6 |
| 5 | Manfred Germar | EUA | 10.7 |
| 6 | Michael Agostini | TRI | 10.7 |

### 200 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Bobby Morrow | USA | WR 20.6 |
| 2 | Andy Stanfield | USA | 20.7 |
| 3 | Thane Baker | USA | 20.9 |
| 4 | Michael Agostini | TRI | 21.1 |
| 5 | Boris Tokarjev | URS | 21.2 |
| 6 | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 21.3 |

### 400 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Charlie Jenkins | USA | 46.7 |
| 2 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | EUA | 46.8 |
| 3 | Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 47.0 |
| 3 | Ardaljon Ignatjev | URS | 47.0 |
| 5 | Lou Jones | USA | 48.1 |
| 6 | Malcolm Clive Spence | RSA | 48.3 |

### 800 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Tom Courtney | USA | OR 1:47.7 |
| 2 | Derek Johnson | GBR | 1:47.8 |
| 3 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:48.1 |
| 4 | Arnold Sowell | USA | 1:48.3 |
| 5 | Michael Farrell | GBR | 1:49.2 |
| 6 | Lonnie Spurrier | USA | 1:49.3 |
| 7 | Émile Leva | BEL | 1:51.7 |
| 8 | Bill Butchart | AUS | 1:52.5 |

### 1500 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Ron Delany | IRL | OR 3:41.2 |
| 2 | Klaus Richtzenhain | EUA | 3:42.0 |
| 3 | John Landy | AUS | 3:42.0 |
| 4 | László Tábori | HUN | 3:42.4 |
| 5 | Brian Hewson | GBR | 3:42.6 |
| 6 | Stanislav Jungwirth | TCH | 3:42.6 |
| 7 | Neville Scott | NZL | 3:42.8 |
| 8 | Ian Boyd | GBR | 3:43.0 |

### 5000 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Vladimir Koets | URS | OR 13:39.6 |
| 2 | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 13:50.6 |
| 3 | Derek Ibbotson | GBR | 13:54.4 |
| 4 | Miklós Szabó | HUN | 14:03.4 |
| 5 | Albert Thomas | AUS | 14:04.6 |
| 6 | László Tábori | HUN | 14:09.8 |
| 7 | Maiyoro Nyandika | KEN | 14:19.0 |
| 8 | Thyge Thøgersen | DEN | 14:21.0 |

### 10000 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Vladimir Koets | URS | OR 28:45.6 |
| 2 | József Kovács | HUN | 28:52.4 |
| 3 | Allan Lawrence | AUS | 28:53.6 |
| 4 | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | POL | 29:00.0 |
| 5 | Kenneth Norris | GBR | 29:05.0 |
| 6 | Ivan Tsjernjavskij | URS | 29:31.6 |
| 7 | Dave Power | AUS | 29:49.6 |
| 8 | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 30:00.6 |

### marathon

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 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 | 2:29:43 |
| 7 | Ivan Filin | URS | 2:30:37 |
| 8 | Evert Nyberg | SWE | 2:31:12 |

### 110 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Lee Calhoun | USA | OR 13.5 |
| 2 | Jack Davis | USA | OR 13.5 |
| 3 | Joel Shankle | USA | 14.1 |
| 4 | Martin Lauer | EUA | 14.5 |
| 5 | Stanko Lorger | YUG | 14.5 |
| 6 | Boris Stoljarov | URS | 14.6 |

### 400 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Glenn Davis | USA | OR 50.1 |
| 2 | Eddie Southern | USA | 50.8 |
| 3 | Josh Culbreath | USA | 51.6 |
| 4 | Joeri Litoejev | URS | 51.7 |
| 5 | David Lean | AUS | 51.7 |
| 6 | Gerhardus Potgieter | RSA | 56.0 |

### 3000 m steeple chase

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Chris Brasher | GBR | OR 8:41.2 |
| 2 | Sándor Rozsnyói | HUN | 8:43.6 |
| 3 | Ernst Larsen | NOR | 8:44.0 |
| 4 | Heinz Laufer | EUA | 8:44.4 |
| 5 | Semjon Rzjisjtsjin | URS | 8:44.6 |
| 6 | John Disley | GBR | 8:44.6 |
| 7 | Neil Robbins | AUS | 8:50.0 |
| 8 | Eric Shirley | GBR | 8:57.0 |

### 4x100 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Ira Murchison Leamon King Thane Baker Bobby Morrow | USA | WR 39.5 |
| 2 | Boris Tokarjev Vladimir Soecharev Leonid Bartenev Joeri Konovalov | URS | 39.8 |
| 3 | Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar | EUA | 40.3 |
| 4 | Franco Galbiati Giovanni Ghiselli Luigi Gnocchi Vincenzo Lombardo | ITA | 40.3 |
| 5 | Kenneth Box Roy Sandstrom Brian Shenton David Segal | GBR | 40.6 |
| 6 | Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Edward Schmidt Zenon Baranowski | POL | 40.6 |

### 4x400 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Tom Courtney Charlie Jenkins Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn | USA | 3:04.8 |
| 2 | Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper Leon Gregory David Lean | AUS | 3:06.2 |
| 3 | Francis Higgins Derek Johnson John Salisbury Michael Wheeler | GBR | 3:07.2 |
| 4 | Walter Oberste Manfred Pörschke Jürgen Kühl Karl-Friedrich Haas | EUA | 3:08.2 |
| 5 | Terry Tobacco Laird Sloan Murray Cockburn Douglas Clement | CAN | 3:10.2 |
| | Keith Gardner George Kerr Malcolm A. E. Spence Melville Spence | JAM | DQ |

### 20 km snelwandelen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Leonid Spirin | URS | OR 1:31:27.4 |
| 2 | Antanas Mikenas | URS | 1:32:03.0 |
| 3 | Bruno Junk | URS | 1:32:12.0 |
| 4 | John Ljunggren | SWE | 1:32:24.0 |
| 5 | Stanley Vickers | GBR | 1:32:34.2 |
| 6 | Donald Keane | AUS | 1:33:52.0 |
| 7 | George Coleman | GBR | 1:34:01.8 |
| 8 | Roland Hardy | GBR | 1:34:40.4 |

### 50 km snelwandelen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Norman Read | NZL | 4:30:42.8 |
| 2 | Jevgeni Maskinskov | URS | 4:32:57.0 |
| 3 | John Ljunggren | SWE | 4:35:02.0 |
| 4 | Abdon Pamich | ITA | 4:39:00.0 |
| 5 | Antal Róka | HUN | 4:50:09.0 |
| 6 | Raymond Smith | AUS | 4:56:08.0 |
| 7 | Adolf Weinacker | USA | 5:00:16.0 |
| 8 | Albert Johnson | GBR | 5:02:19.0 |

### hoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Charles Dumas | USA | OR 2.12 m |
| 2 | Charles Porter | AUS | 2.10 m |
| 3 | Igor Kasjkarov | URS | 2.08 m |
| 4 | Stig Pettersson | SWE | 2.06 m |
| 5 | Kenneth Money | CAN | 2.03 m |
| 6 | Vladimir Sitkin | URS | 2.00 m |
| 7 | Colin Ridgeway | AUS | 2.00 m |
| 7 | Phil Reavis | USA | 2.00 m |

### polsstokhoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Bob Richards | USA | OR 4.56 m |
| 2 | Bob Gutowski | USA | 4.53 m |
| 3 | Georgios Roubanis | GRE | 4.50 m |
| 4 | George Mattos | USA | 4.35 m |
| 5 | Ragnar Lundberg | SWE | 4.25 m |
| 6 | Zenon Ważny | POL | 4.25 m |
| 7 | Eeles Landström | URS | 4.25 m |
| 8 | Manfred Preußger | EUA | 4.25 m |

### verspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Greg Bell | USA | 7.83 m |
| 2 | John Bennett | USA | 7.68 m |
| 3 | Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7.48 m |
| 4 | Dmitri Bondarenko | URS | 7.44 m |
| 5 | Karimu Babalola Olowu | NGR | 7.36 m |
| 6 | Kazimierz Kropidłowski | POL | 7.30 m |
| 7 | Neville Price | RSA | 7.28 m |
| 8 | Oleg Fjodosejev | URS | 7.27 m |

### hink-stap-springen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | OR 16.35 m |
| 2 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | ISL | 16.26 m |
| 3 | Vitold Krejer | URS | 16.02 m |
| 4 | Bill Sharpe | USA | 15.88 m |
| 5 | Martin Řehák | TCH | 15.85 m |
| 6 | Leonid Sjtsjerbakov | URS | 15.50 m |
| 7 | Koji Sakurai | JPN | 15.73 m |
| 8 | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.64 m |

### kogelstoten

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Parry O'Brien | USA | OR 18.57 m |
| 2 | Bill Nieder | USA | 18.18 m |
| 3 | Jiří Skoblá | TCH | 17.65 m |
| 4 | Kenneth Bantum | USA | 17.48 m |
| 5 | Boris Baljajev | URS | 16.96 m |
| 6 | Erik Uddebom | SWE | 16.65 m |
| 7 | Karl-Heinz Wegmann | EUA | 16.63 m |
| 8 | Georgios Tsakanikas | GRE | 16.56 m |

### discuswerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Al Oerter | USA | OR 56.36 m |
| 2 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 54.81 m |
| 3 | Desmond Koch | USA | 54.40 m |
| 4 | Mark Pharaoh | GBR | 54.27 m |
| 5 | Otto Grigalka | URS | 52.37 m |
| 6 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.21 m |
| 7 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51.82 m |
| 8 | Dako Radošević | YUG | 51.69 m |

### kogelslingeren

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Harold Connolly | USA | OR 63.19 m |
| 2 | Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63.03 m |
| 3 | Anatoli Samotsvetov | URS | 62.56 m |
| 4 | Albert Hall | USA | 61.96 m |
| 5 | József Csermák | HUN | 60.70 m |
| 6 | Krešimir Račić | YUG | 60.36 m |
| 7 | Dmitri Jegorov | NOR | 60.22 m |
| 8 | Sverre Strandli | NOR | 59.21 m |

### speerwerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Egil Danielsen | NOR | WR 85.71 m |
| 2 | Janusz Sidło | POL | 79.98 m |
| 3 | Viktor Tsyboelenko | URS | 79.50 m |
| 4 | Herbert Koschel | EUA | 74.68 m |
| 5 | Jan Kopyto | POL | 74.28 m |
| 6 | Giovanni Lievore | ITA | 72.88 m |
| 7 | Michel Macquet | FRA | 71.84 m |
| 8 | Aleksandr Gorsjkov | URS | 70.32 m |

### tienkamp

| rang | sporter(s) | land | punten |
| 1 | Milt Campbell | USA | WR 7937 |
| 2 | Rafer Johnson | USA | 7587 |
| 3 | Vassili Koesnezov | URS | 7465 |
| 4 | Uno Palu | URS | 6930 |
| 5 | Martin Lauer | EUA | 6853 |
| 6 | Walter Meier | EUA | 6773 |
| 7 | Torbjörn Lassenius | FIN | 6565 |
| 8 | Yang Chuan-Kwang | RCO | 6521 |

## Dames
### 100 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 11.5 |
| 2 | Christa Stubnick | EUA | 11.7 |
| 3 | Marlene Matthews | AUS | 11.7 |
| 4 | Isabelle Daniels | USA | 11.8 |
| 5 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.9 |
| 6 | Heather Armitage | GBR | 12.0 |
Betty Cuthbert liep een OR in de series, tijd 11.4 s.

### 200 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | OR 23.4 |
| 2 | Christa Stubnick | EUA | 23.7 |
| 3 | Marlene Matthews | AUS | 23.8 |
| 4 | Norma Croker | AUS | 24.0 |
| 5 | June Paul | GBR | 24.3 |
| 6 | Gisela Köhler | EUA | 24.3 |

### 80 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Shirley Strickland-de la Hunty | AUS | 10.7 |
| 2 | Gisela Köhler | EUA | 10.9 |
| 3 | Norma Thrower | AUS | 11.0 |
| 4 | Galina Bystrova | URS | 11.0 |
| 5 | Maria Goloebnitshaja | URS | 11.3 |
| 6 | Gloria Cooke | AUS | 11.4 |

### 4x100 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Shirley Strickland-de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert | AUS | WR 44.5 |
| 2 | Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Paul Heather Armitage | GBR | 44.7 |
| 3 | Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels | USA | 44.9 |
| 4 | Vera Krepkina Galina Restsjikova Maria Itkina Irina Botsjkarjova | URS | 45.6 |
| 5 | Maria Musso Letizia Bertoni Maria Greppi Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 45.7 |
| 6 | Maria Sander Christa Stubnick Gisela Köhler Barbara Mayer | EUA | 47.2 |

### hoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Mildred McDaniel | USA | WR 1.76 m |
| 2 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1.67 m |
| 2 | Maria Pissarjeva | URS | 1.67 m |
| 4 | Gunhild Larking | SWE | 1.67 m |
| 5 | Iolanda Balaş | ROU | 1.67 m |
| 6 | Michele Mason | AUS | 1.67 m |
| 7 | Jessie Mary Donaghy | NZL | 1.67 m |
| 8 | Hermina Geyser | RSA | 1.64 m |
| 8 | Jiřina Vobořilová | TCH | 1.64 m |

### verspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | POL | WR 6.35 m |
| 2 | Willye White | USA | 6.09 m |
| 3 | Nadeshda Dvalisjvili | URS | 6.07 m |
| 4 | Erika Fisch | EUA | 5.89 m |
| 5 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 5.88 m |
| 6 | Valentina Sjaproenova | URS | 5.85 m |
| 7 | Beverly Weigel | NZL | 5.85 m |
| 8 | Nancy Borwick | AUS | 5.82 m |

### kogelstoten

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Tamara Tysjkevitsj | URS | OR 16.59 m |
| 2 | Galina Zybina | URS | 16.53 m |
| 3 | Marianne Werner | EUA | 15.61 m |
| 4 | Zinaida Dojnikova | URS | 15.54 m |
| 5 | Valerie Sloper | NZL | 15.34 m |
| 6 | Earlene Brown | USA | 15.12 m |
| 7 | Regina Branner | AUT | 14.60 m |
| 8 | Nadya Kotlušek | YUG | 14.56 m |

### discuswerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Olga Fikotová | TCH | OR 53.69 m |
| 2 | Irina Begljakova | URS | 52.54 m |
| 3 | Nina Ponomarjova | URS | 52.02 m |
| 4 | Earlene Brown | USA | 51.35 m |
| 5 | Albina Jelkina | URS | 48.20 m |
| 6 | Isabel Avellán | ARG | 46.73 m |
| 7 | Jiřina Vobořilová | TCH | 45.84 m |
| 8 | Štěpánka Mertová | TCH | 45.78 m |

### speerwerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Inese Jaunzeme | URS | OR 53.86 m |
| 2 | Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 50.38 m |
| 3 | Nadeshda Konjajeva | URS | 50.28 m |
| 4 | Dana Zátopková | TCH | 49.83 m |
| 5 | Ingrid Almqvist | SWE | 49.74 m |
| 6 | Urszula Figwer | POL | 48.16 m |
| 7 | Erszébet Vigh | HUN | 48.07 m |
| 8 | Karen Anderson | USA | 48.00 m |

## Medaillespiegel

| rang | land | 1 goud | 2 zilver | 3 brons | totaal |
| 1 | Verenigde Staten | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Sovjet-Unie | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Australië | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Groot-Brittannië | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Polen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Noorwegen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Tsjecho-Slowakije | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazilië | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Frankrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ierland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nieuw-Zeeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Duits eenheidsteam | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Hongarije | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Chili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Joegoslavië | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | IJsland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Griekenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Zweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| totaal | totaal | 33 | 34 | 33 | 100 |
* ↑ In het officiële rapport wordt een tijd van 29.21,6 vermeld
* ↑ In het officiële rapport wordt een tijd van 29.21,8 vermeld

### Externe link

* (en) Officieel rapport Olympische Zomerspelen 1956
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