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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