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XVI Olympic Game, Melbourne 1956
Men, Track
100 m
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 FRG 10.7  
6 Michael Agostini TRI 10.7  
200 m
1 Bobby Morrow USA 20.6 WR
2 Andrew Stanfield USA 20.7  
3 Thane Baker USA 20.9  
4 Michael Agostini TRI 21.1  
5 Boris Tokaryev URS 21.2  
6 Jose Telles da Conceicao BRA 21.3  
400 m
1 Charles Jenkins USA 46.7  
2 Karl-Friedrich Haas FRG 46.8  
3 Ardalion Ignatyev URS 47.0  
3 Voitto Hellsten FIN 47.0  
5 Louis Jones USA 48.1  
6 Malcolm Spence RSA 48.3  
800 m
1 Tom Courtney USA 1.47.7 OR
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 Emile Leva BEL 1.51.8  
8 Bill Butchart AUS 1.52.5  
1500 m
1 Ronald Delany IRL 3.41.2 OR
2 Klaus Richtzenhein GDR 3.42.0  
3 John Landy AUS 3.42.0  
4 Laszlo Tabori 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
1 Vladimir Kuts URS 13.39.6 OR
2 Gordon Pirie GBR 13.50.6  
3 Derek Ibbotson GBR 13.54.4  
4 Miklos Szabo HUN 14.03.4  
5 Albert Thomas AUS 14.04.6  
6 Laszlo Tabori HUN 14.09.8  
7 Maiyoro Nyandika KEN 14.19.0  
8 Thyge Thögersen DEN 14.21.0  
10000 m
1 Vladimir Kuts URS 28.45.6 OR
2 Jozsef Kovacs HUN 28.52.4  
3 Allan Lawrence AUS 28.53.6  
4 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL 29.05.0  
5 Ken Norris GBR 29.21.6  
6 Ivan Chernyavskiy URS 29.31.6  
7 David Power AUS 29.49.2  
8 Gordon Pirie GBR 29.49.6  
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1 Alain Mimoun FRA 2.25.00  
2 Franjo Mihalic 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 2.30.27  
8 Evert Nyberg SWE 2.31.12  
110 m Hurdles
1 Lee Calhoun USA 13.5 OR
2 Jack Davis USA 13.5 OR
3 Joel Shankle USA 14.1  
4 Martin Lauer FRG 14.5  
5 Stanko Lorger YUG 14.5  
6 Boris Stolyarov URS 14.6  
400 m Hurdles
1 Glenn Davis USA 50.1 OR
2 Edward Southern USA 50.8  
3 Joshua Culbreath USA 51.6  
4 Yuriy Lituyev URS 51.7  
5 Dave Lean AUS 51.8  
6 Gerhardus Potgieter RSA 56.0  
3000 m Steeplechase
1 Chris Brasher GBR 8.41.2 OR
2 Sandor Rozsnyoi HUN 8.43.6  
3 Ernst Larsen NOR 8.44.0  
4 Heinz Laufer FRG 8.44.4  
5 Semyon Rzhishchin 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  
20 km Road Walk
1 Leonid Spirin URS 1.31.28 OR
2 Antonas Mikenas URS 1.32.03  
3 Bruno Junk URS 1.32.12  
4 John Ljunggren SWE 1.32.24  
5 Stanley Vickers GBR 1.32.24  
6 Donald Keane AUS 1.33.33  
7 George Coleman GBR 1.34.18  
8 Roland Hardy GBR 1.34.41  
50 km Road Walk
1 Norman Read NZL 4.30.43  
2 Yevgeniy Maskinskov URS 4.32.57  
3 John Ljunggren SWE 4.35.02  
4 Abdon Pamich ITA 4.39.00  
5 Raymond Smith AUS 4.56.08  
6 Adolph Weinacker USA 5.00.16  
7 Eric Hall GBR 5.03.59  
8 Elliot Denman USA 5.12.14  
Relays
4 x 100 m
1 United States 39.5 WR
  Murchison, King, Baker, Morrow  
2 Soviet Union 39.8 ER
  Tokaryev, Sukharyev, Bartenyev, Konovalov  
3 Germany 40.3  
  Knorzer, Pohl, Futterer, Germar  
4 Italy 40.3  
5 Great Britain 40.6  
6 Poland 40.6  
4 x 400 m
1 United States 3.04.7  
  Jones, Mashburn, Jenskins, Courtney  
2 Australia 3.06.0  
  Gregory, Lean, Gipson, Gosper  
3 Great Britain 3.07.1  
  Salisbury, Wheeler, Higgins, Johnson  
4 West Germany 3.08.2  
5 Canada 3.10.2  
Jamaica DSQ