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1956
Track
Field
100 y
1
Leamon King
USA
9.3
1
David Sime
USA
9.3
3
Michael Agostini
TRI
9.4
3
Bobby Morrow
USA
9.4
3
Edward Waters
USA
9.4
3
Kenneth Kave
USA
9.4
7
Hector Hogan
AUS
9.5
7
Alexander Burl
USA
9.5
7
George Sydnor
USA
9.5
7
Robert Whilden
USA
9.5
100 m
1
Willie Williams
USA
10.1
1
Ira Murchison
USA
10.1
1
Leamon King
USA
10.1
4
Bobby Morrow
USA
10.2
4
Thane Baker
USA
10.2
4
David Sime
USA
10.2
7
Leonid Bartenyev
URS
10.3
7
Boris Tokaryev
URS
10.3
7
Lester Carney
USA
10.3
7
Roy Sandstrom
GBR
10.3
200 m
1
David Sime
USA
20.4
*str
2
Michael Agostini
TRI
20.5
*str
3
Thane Baker
USA
20.6
*
3
Bobby Morrow
USA
20.6
3
Andrew Stanfield
USA
20.6
6
Ardalion Ignatyev
URS
20.7
6
Karl-Friedrich Haas
FRG
20.7
H
8
Arthur Pollard
USA
20.8
*str
9
Theodius Bush
USA
20.9
9
Manfred Germar
FRG
20.9
400 m
1
Louis Jones
USA
45.2
2
James Lea
USA
45.5
*
3
Tom Courtney
USA
45.8
4
Jesse Mashburn
USA
45.9
*
5
Charles Jenkins
USA
46.1
5
Voitto Hellsten
FIN
46.1
7
Karl-Friedrich Haas
FRG
46.2
7
Kevan Gosper
AUS
46.2
9
John Haines
USA
46.3
*
10
Jerry White
USA
46.4
*
800 m
1
Tom Courtney
USA
1.46.4
1
Audun Boysen
NOR
1.46.4
3
Arnold Sowell
USA
1.46.7
4
Roger Moens
BEL
1.47.2
5
Brian Hewson
GBR
1.47.5
6
Lonnie Spurrier
USA
1.47.6
7
Derek Johnson
GBR
1.47.7
8
Lajos Szentgali
HUN
1.47.8
9
Lang Stanley
USA
1.47.9
10
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
1.48.0
1500 m
1
Istvan Rózsavölgyi
HUN
3.40.5
2
Ingvar Eriksson
SWE
3.41.2
2
Ronald Delany
IRL
3.41.2
4
Dan Waern
SWE
3.41.3
5
Siegfried Herrmann
GDR
3.41.8
6
Olavi Salsola
FIN
3.42.0
6
Laszlo Tabori
HUN
3.42.0
6
Klaus Richtzenhein
GDR
3.42.0
6
John Landy
AUS
3.42.0
10
Stanislav Jungwirth
TCH
3.42.4
1 Mile
1
John Landy
AUS
3.58.6
1
James Bailey
AUS
3.58.6
3
Ronald Delany
IRL
3.59.0
3
Istvan Rózsavölgyi
HUN
3.59.0
5
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
3.59.1
6
Derek Ibbotson
GBR
3.59.4
7
Mervyn Lincoln
AUS
4.00.6
8
Fred Dwyer
USA
4.00.8
9
Bob Seaman
USA
4.01.4
10
Murray Halberg
NZL
4.01.8
5000 m
1
Gordon Pirie
GBR
13.36.8
2
Vladimir Kuts
URS
13.39.6
3
Sandor Iharos
HUN
13.46.6
4
Jerzy Chromik
POL
13.51.0
5
Miklos Szabo II
HUN
13.54.4
5
Derek Ibbotson
GBR
13.54.4
7
Kazimierz Zimny
POL
13.58.6
8
Velisa Mugosa
YUG
13.58.8
9
Christopher Chataway
GBR
13.59.6
10
Allan Lawrence
AUS
14.01.8
10000 m
1
Vladimir Kuts
URS
28.30.4
2
Sandor Iharos
HUN
28.42.8
3
Jozsef Kovacs
HUN
28.52.4
4
Allan Lawrence
AUS
28.53.6
5
Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak
POL
29.05.0
6
Jerzy Chromik
POL
29.10.0
7
Alain Mimoun
FRA
29.13.4
8
Gordon Pirie
GBR
29.17.2
9
Albert Thomas
AUS
29.21.0
10
Ken Norris
GBR
29.21.6
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Paavo Kotila
FIN
2.18.05
2
Eino Oksanen
FIN
2.18.51
3
Veikko Karvonen
FIN
2.18.56
4
Eino Pulkkinen
FIN
2.19.27
5
Ivan Filin
URS
2.20.05
6
Ronald Clark
GBR
2.20.15
7
Olavi Manninen
FIN
2.21.17
8
Johannes Barnard
RSA
2.21.38
9
Lothar Beckert
GDR
2.21.45
10
Fred Norris
GBR
2.21.48
110 m Hurdles
1
Jack Davis
USA
13.3
*
2
Lee Calhoun
USA
13.5
3
Milton Campbell
USA
13.6
*
4
Joel Shankle
USA
13.7
*
5
Charles Pratt
USA
13.8
5
Rafer Johnson
USA
13.8
5
Elias Gilbert
USA
13.8
*
8
Bill Curtis
USA
13.9
8
Martin Lauer
FRG
13.9
10
Lee Loewen
USA
14.0
400 m Hurdles
1
Glenn Davis
USA
49.5
2
Edward Southern
USA
49.7
3
Yuriy Lituyev
URS
50.4
4
Joshua Culbreath
USA
50.6
5
Igor Ilyin
URS
50.7
6
Aubrey Lewis
USA
50.9
7
Willie Atterberry
USA
51.2
8
Vyacheslav Bogatov
URS
51.3
8
Gerhardus Potgieter
RSA
51.3
10
Dave Lean
AUS
51.4
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Sandor Rozsnyoi
HUN
8.35.6
2
Semyon Rzhishchin
URS
8.39.8
3
Laszlo Jeszenszky
HUN
8.40.8
4
Chris Brasher
GBR
8.41.2
5
Ernst Larsen
NOR
8.42.4
5
Ilkka Auer
FIN
8.42.4
7
Heinz Laufer
FRG
8.44.4
8
John Disley
GBR
8.44.6
9
Vasiliy Vlasenko
URS
8.46.8
10
Olavi Rinteenpää
FIN
8.47.4