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USA Olympic Trials, Los Angeles 1956
Men, Track
100 m
Remarks
1 Bobby Morrow USA 10.3  
2 Ira Murchison USA 10.4  
3 Thane Baker USA 10.4  
4 Leamon King USA 10.4  
5 John Haines USA 10.4  
6 Theodius Bush USA 10.5  
7 Rodney Richard USA 10.6  
8 Willie Williams USA 10.6  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
200 m
1 Bobby Morrow USA 20.6 =WR
2 Thane Baker USA 20.7  
3 Andrew Stanfield USA 20.9  
4 Dick Blair USA 21.2  
5 Theodius Bush USA 21.3  
6 Robert Whilden USA 21.4  
7 Rodney Richard USA 21.5  
8 Larry McBride USA 21.6  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
400 m
1 Louis Jones USA 45.2 WR
2 James Lea USA 45.7  
3 Charles Jenkins USA 46.1  
4 Jesse Mashburn USA 46.4  
5 Russ Ellis USA 47.2  
6 Jerry White USA 47.4  
7 Reggie Pearman USA 47.9  
8 Mike Larrabee USA 48.4  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
800 m
1 Tom Courtney USA 1.46.4 AR
2 Arnold Sowell USA 1.46.9  
3 Lonnie Spurrier USA 1.47.6  
4 Lang Stanley USA 1.47.9  
5 Bill Tidwell USA 1.49.3  
6 Malvin Whitfield USA 1.49.3  
7 Eugene Maynard USA 1.50.0e  
8 Richard Foerster USA 1.50.5  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
1500 m
1 Jerome Walters USA 3.47.6 TR
2 Ted Wheeler USA 3.48.0  
3 Don Bowden USA 3.48.6  
4 Fred Dwyer USA 3.48.6  
5 Bob Seaman USA 3.50.5  
6 Leonard Simpson USA 3.51.3  
7 Ed Murphy USA 3.52.6  
8 Paul Johnson USA 3.56.9  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
5000 m
1 William Dellinger USA 14.26.0 TR
2 Curtis Stone USA 14.29.0  
3 Max Truex USA 14.30.8  
4 Richard Hart USA 14.38.5  
5 Mal Robertson USA 14.49.8  
6 Bob Sbarra USA 14.56.2  
7 Jerry Smart USA 14.57.0e  
8 Gordon McKenzie USA 14.57.8  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
10000 m
1 Max Truex USA 30.52.0  
2 Richard Hart USA 31.06.3  
3 Gordon McKenzie USA 31.06.8  
4 Jerry Smart USA 31.14.0  
5 Fred Wilt USA 32.07.7  
6 Jack Blackburn USA 32.24.2  
7 Luther Burdell USA 32.36.5  
8 Hal Higdon USA 33.13.6  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
110 m Hurdles
1 Lee Calhoun USA 13.8 TR
1 Jack Davis USA 13.8 TR
3 Joel Shankle USA 14.1  
4 Milton Campbell USA 14.1  
5 Charles Pratt USA 14.2  
6 Willard Thomson USA 14.4  
7 Harrison Dillard USA 14.5  
8 Elias Gilbert USA dnf  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
400 m Hurdles
1 Glenn Davis USA 49.5 WR
2 Edward Southern USA 49.7  
3 Joshua Culbreath USA 50.6  
4 Willie Atterberry USA 51.2  
5 Robert Rittenberg USA 51.9  
6 Roy Thompson USA 53.2  
7 Dewie Lee Yoder USA 53.9  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956
3000 m Steeplechase
1 Philip Coleman USA 9.00.3 TR
2 Charles Jones USA 9.00.6  
3 Horace Ashenfelter USA 9.02.4  
4 Ken Reiser USA 9.15.1  
5 Jerry Smart USA 9.21.4  
6 Bill Collins USA 9.22.0e  
7 Don Hubbard USA 9.43.7  
8 Dave Peterson USA 9.45.9  
American Athletes at Olympic 1956