Track and Field Statistics
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USA Top 10 Lists - 1956
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Men
1956
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Charles Dumas
USA
2.149
2
Donald Stewart
USA
2.089
3
Philip Reavis
USA
2.083
i
3
Ernest Shelton
USA
2.083
5
Walter Mangham
USA
2.076
6
Vernon Wilson
USA
2.07
7
William Russell
USA
2.064
8
Robert Barksdale
USA
2.057
i
8
Herman Wyatt
USA
2.057
ex
10
Bernard Allard
USA
2.054
Pole Vault
1
Donald Bragg
USA
4.71
i
2
Robert Richards
USA
4.70
2
Robert Gutowski
USA
4.70
4
Jerry Welbourn
USA
4.58
i
4
Ron Morris
USA
4.58
6
George Mattos
USA
4.53
7
Donald Laz
USA
4.52
i
7
Earl Poucher
USA
4.52
i
9
Fred Barnes
USA
4.48
9
Jim Graham
USA
4.48
Long Jump
1
Gregory Bell
USA
8.09
2
Ernest Shelby
USA
7.95
3
John Bennett
USA
7.83
4
Rafer Johnson
USA
7.76
5
George Brown
USA
7.75
6
Oscar Bean
USA
7.73
7
Rosslyn Range
USA
7.72
8
Malachi Andrews
USA
7.71
9
Walter Taylor
USA
7.62
10
Douglas Fowlkes
USA
7.59
Triple Jump
1
William Sharpe
USA
15.88
2
Ira Davis
USA
15.82
3
George Shaw
USA
15.33
4
Ron Duckett
USA
15.16
5
Willie Hollie
USA
15.10
6
Kent Floerke
USA
15.09
7
Pat Lochiatto
USA
15.03
8
John Davis
USA
14.88
9
Glenn Beerline
USA
14.87
10
Donald Troutman
USA
14.85
Shot Put
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
19.25
2
William Nieder
USA
18.38
3
Kenneth Bentum
USA
18.30
4
Charles Butt
USA
17.60
5
Don Vick
USA
17.50
6
Stan Lampert
USA
17.41
7
David Owen
USA
17.38
8
Ray Martin
USA
17.28
9
Fred Berman
USA
17.17
10
Donald Everage
USA
17.13
Discus Throw
1
Fortune Gordien
USA
57.21
2
Parry O'Brien
USA
56.46
3
Alfred Oerter
USA
56.36
4
Jack Ellis
USA
55.25
5
Desmond Koch
USA
55.08
6
Ron Drummond
USA
55.02
7
Rink Babka
USA
54.77
8
Carl Vereen
USA
53.48
9
Don Vick
USA
53.35
10
Byrl Thompson
USA
53.22
Hammer Throw
1
Harold Connolly
USA
68.54
2
Clifford Blair
USA
65.95
3
Albert Hall
USA
62.36
4
John Morefield
USA
60.26
5
Bill McWilliams
USA
59.80
6
Martin Engel
USA
59.23
7
Robert Backus
USA
59.04
8
Donald Seifert
USA
55.47
9
John Bard
USA
55.29
10
Robert Taylor
USA
54.24
Javelin Throw
1
Franklin Held
USA
82.29
2
Cyrus Young
USA
79.15
3
Philip Conley
USA
76.53
4
Charles Higgins
USA
76.27
5
Albert Cantello
USA
75.17
6
Leo Long
USA
75.03
7
Sid Kiwitt
USA
74.67
8
Ben Garcia
USA
73.94
9
William Alley
USA
73.91
10
John Bugge
USA
73.03
Decathlon
1
Milton Campbell
USA
7937
2
Rafer Johnson
USA
7755
3
Robert Mathias
USA
7194
4
Robert Richards
USA
7054
5
Robert Lawson
USA
6889
6
Samuel Adams
USA
6884
7
Charles Pratt
USA
6808
8
Philip Mulkey
USA
6514
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Jim Klein
USA
6468
10
Aubrey Lewis
USA
6425