1956 Summer Olympics / Athletics
Athletics at the XVI. Olympic Games |
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Date: | November 23 to December 1 | ||
Competition location: | Melbourne | ||
Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
Decisions: | Men: 24 / women: 9 | ||
Participating nations: | 59 | ||
Attendees: | Men: 570 / women: 148 | ||
← Helsinki 1952 | Rome 1960 → |
1956 Olympic Games (athletics medal table) |
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space | team | Total | |||
1 | United States | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 7th | 10 | 22nd |
3 | Australia | 4th | 2 | 6th | 12 |
4th | Great Britain | 1 | 4th | 2 | 7th |
5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
6th | Norway | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
7th | Czechoslovakia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
8th | Brazil | 1 | - | - | 1 |
France | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Ireland | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
New Zealand | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
12 | Germany | - | 5 | 2 | 7th |
13 | Hungary | - | 2 | - | 2 |
14th | Chile | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Iceland | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
17th | Finland | - | - | 3 | 3 |
18th | Greece | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | - | - | 1 | 1 |
At the XVI. Olympic Games 1956 in Melbourne found 33 competitions in athletics instead.
The venue and its special features
For the first time, the Olympic Games took place on the Australian continent . This meant that the competitions due to the position of Australia on the southern hemisphere were held at a time when in Europe and North America the athletics season rests - a special challenge for the athletes from the continents of the Northern Hemisphere . The end of November / beginning of December normally represents a transition phase between summer and indoor seasons in the northern continents. The athletes usually use this to incorporate special training elements with a view to preparing for the upcoming highlights, which is of course completely different had to expire.
Participants and boycott issue
As with the last games in Helsinki, there were initially no restrictions on participation for certain nations.
A premiere took place here in the form of the appearance of an all-German team made up of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR . This construct was not without controversy and was discussed a lot in the IOC , in politics and among sports associations. In order to be competitive, considerable efforts were made, especially in the GDR. The aim of the GDR policy was to undermine the claim to sole representation for FRG Germany. For the West German politicians, however , an all-German team was still the lesser evil with regard to the possible alternative with two separate German teams. The team finally started under the official name "Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne" (EUA). As a hymn, a bit grudgingly agreed on Beethoven's "Hymn to Joy". The solution reached was very much welcomed by the IOC.
In addition, a special problem arose from two events of global political importance and with consequences for the Olympic Games in Melbourne . In connection with the Egyptian-Israeli war there were boycotts by Egypt , Iraq , Lebanon and Cambodia .
The invasion of Hungary by Soviet troops also had an impact ; against this background there were boycott threats from the Netherlands , Spain and Switzerland . The politicians in Germany were also considering banning West German athletes from participating in the games. The Netherlands, Spain and, for the most part, Switzerland, too, finally carried out their boycott threats, while the Federal Republic of Germany took part in Melbourne as part of an all-German team - as did Hungary itself. In addition, the People's Republic of China decided to stay away from the games a few weeks in advance because the Republic of China was allowed to participate.
Stadion
The venue was the Melbourne Cricket Ground , whose history dates back to 1853. The stadium was and is mainly used for sporting events in the fields of cricket and Australian football . It is the largest cricket stadium in the world.
A cinder track with the usual lap length of four hundred meters was available for the athletics events.
Competitions
The competition offer was identical to that of the last games in Helsinki , apart from a minor change . There were 24 disciplines for men and nine for women, who still had to be content with three individual runs - 100 meters , 200 meters and 80 meter hurdles . Furthermore, there was not a single medium or long haul . In addition, only the 4 x 100 meter relay was held in the running area . There were still two jumping disciplines with high and long jump as well as three push and throw competitions with the shot put , discus throw and javelin throw .
Only the length of the shorter walking distance in the men's program was changed. Instead of the previous ten, the distance has been extended to double the distance of twenty kilometers. To date - as of September 2017 - nothing has changed in the field of men's Olympic disciplines. For women, however, there were still numerous additions to be made for the future.
Sporting successes
The level of performance was also high at this major event. There were seven new or discontinued world records in seven disciplines. In a further nineteen disciplines, the Olympic record was improved or leveled twenty times.
As in all previous athletics games, the most successful nation was the United States with sixteen gold medals. With five Olympic victories, the Soviet Union was now well ahead of Australia in second place , which was four times at the top . All other nations achieved at most one Olympic victory in athletics.
There were two outstanding athletes in these games, both came from the sprint area and each won three gold medals over 100 meters . 200 meters and in the 4 x 100 meter relay :
- Betty Cuthbert from Australia
- Bobby Morrow from the USA
Four athletes each won two gold medals in athletics at these games:
- Shirley Strickland de la Hunty ( Australia ): 80-meter hurdles and 4-by-100-meter relay . She continued the successes of the last games in Helsinki .
- Wolodymyr Kuz ( Soviet Union ): 5000 and 10,000 meter runs
- Charles Jenkins ( USA ): 400-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay
- Tom Courtney ( USA ): 800-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay
Results men
100 m
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Bobby Morrow | United States | 10.5 |
2 | Thane Baker | United States | 10.5 |
3 | Hector Hogan | OUT | 10.6 |
4th | Ira Murchison | United States | 10.6 |
5 | Manfred Germar | EUA | 10.7 |
6th | Mike Agostini | TTO | 10.7 |
Final on November 24th
200 m
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Bobby Morrow | United States | 20.6 WRe / OR |
2 | Andy Stanfield | United States | 20.7 |
3 | Thane Baker | United States | 20.9 |
4th | Mike Agostini | TRI | 21.1 |
5 | Boris Tokarev | URS | 21.2 |
6th | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 21.3 |
Final on November 27th
400 m
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Charles Jenkins | United States | 46.7 |
2 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | EUA | 46.8 |
3 | Voitto Hellstén | FIN | 47.0 |
Ardalion Ignatiev | URS | ||
5 | Lou Jones | United States | 48.1 |
6th | Malcolm Spence | RSA | 48.3 |
Final on November 29th
800 m
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Tom Courtney | United States | 1: 47.7 OR |
2 | Derek Johnson | GBR | 1: 47.8 |
3 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1: 48.1 |
4th | Arnie Sowell | United States | 1: 48.3 |
5 | Mike Farrell | GBR | 1: 49.2 |
6th | Lonnie Spurrier | United States | 1: 49.3 |
7th | Émile Leva | BEL | 1: 51.8 |
8th | Bill Butchart | OUT | 1: 52.2 |
Final on November 26th
1500 m
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Ron Delany | IRL | 3: 41.2 OR |
2 | Klaus Richtzenhain | EUA | 3: 42.0 |
3 | John Landy | OUT | 3: 42.0 |
4th | László Tábori | HUN | 3: 42.4 |
5 | Brian Hewson | GBR | 3: 42.6 |
6th | Stanislav Jungwirth | TCH | 3: 42.6 |
7th | Neville Scott | NZL | 3: 42.8 |
8th | Ian Boyd | GBR | 3: 43.0 |
Final on December 1st
5000 m
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Volodymyr Kuz | URS | 13: 39.6 OR |
2 | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 13: 50.6 |
3 | Derek Ibbotson | GBR | 13: 54.4 |
4th | Miklós Szabó | HUN | 14: 03.4 |
5 | Albie Thomas | OUT | 14: 04.6 |
6th | László Tábori | HUN | 14: 09.8 |
7th | Nyandika Maiyoro | KEN | 14: 19.0 |
8th | Thyge Thøgersen | THE | 14: 21.0 |
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12 | Herbert Schade | EUA | 14: 31.8 |
Final on November 28th
10,000 m
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Volodymyr Kuz | URS | 28: 45.6 OR |
2 | József Kovács | HUN | 28: 52.4 |
3 | Allan Lawrence | OUT | 28: 53.6 |
4th | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | POLE | 29: 05.0 |
5 | Ken Norris | GBR | 29: 21.6 |
6th | Ivan Chernyavskyi | URS | 29: 31.6 |
7th | Dave Power | OUT | 29: 49.2 |
8th | Gordon Pirie | GBR | 29: 49.6 |
Date: November 23
marathon
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Alain Mimoun | FRA | 2:25:00 |
2 | Franjo Mihalic | YUG | 2:26:32 |
3 | Veikko Karvonen | FIN | 2:27:47 |
4th | Lee Chang-hoon | COR | 2:28:45 |
5 | Yoshiaki Kawashima | JPN | 2:29:19 |
6th | Emil Zatopek | TCH | 2:29:34 |
7th | Ivan Filin | URS | 2:30:37 |
8th | Evert Nyberg | SWE | 2:31:12 |
Date: December 1st
110 m hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Lee Calhoun | United States | 13.5 OR |
2 | Jack Davis | United States | 13.5 OR |
3 | Joel Shankle | United States | 14.1 |
4th | Martin Lauer | EUA | 14.5 |
5 | Stanko Lorger | YUG | 14.5 |
6th | Boris Stolyarov | URS | 14.6 |
Final on November 26th
400 m hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Glenn Davis | United States | 50.1 ORe |
2 | Eddie Southern | United States | 50.8 |
3 | Josh Culbreath | United States | 51.6 |
4th | Yuri Lituev | URS | 51.7 |
5 | David Lean | OUT | 51.8 |
6th | Gert Potgieter | RSA | 56.0 |
Final on November 24th
3000 m obstacle
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Chris Brasher | GBR | 8: 41.2 OR |
2 | Sándor Rozsnyói | HUN | 8: 43.6 |
3 | Ernst Larsen | NOR | 8: 44.0 |
4th | Heinz Laufer | EUA | 8: 44.4 |
5 | Semyon Rshishchin | URS | 8: 44.6 |
6th | John Disley | GBR | 8: 44.6 |
7th | Neil Robbins | OUT | 8: 50.0 |
8th | Eric Shirley | GBR | 8: 57.0 |
Final on November 29th
4 × 100 m relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
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1 | United States |
Ira Murchison Leamon King Thane Baker Bobby Morrow |
39.5 WR |
2 | Soviet Union |
Leonid Bartenew Boris Tokarew Yuri Konovalov Vladimir Sukharev |
39.8 |
3 | Germany |
Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar |
40.3 |
4th | Italy |
Franco Galbiati Giovanni Ghiselli Luigi Gnocchi Vincenzo Lombardo |
40.3 |
5 | Great Britain |
Kenneth Box Roy Sandstrom David Segal Brian Shenton |
40.6 |
6th | Poland |
Marian Foik Janusz Jarzembowski Edward Szmidt Zenon Baranowski |
40.6 |
Final on December 1st
4 × 400 m relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 | United States |
Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn Charles Jenkins Tom Courtney |
3: 04.8 |
2 | Australia |
Leon Gregory David Lean Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper |
3: 06.2 |
3 | Great Britain |
John Salisbury Michael Wheeler Peter Higgins Derek Johnson |
3: 07.2 |
4th | Germany |
Jürgen Kühl Walter Colonel Manfred Poerschke Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3: 08.2 |
5 | Canada |
Laird Sloan Douglas Clement Murray Cockburn Terry Tobacco |
3: 10.2 |
Jamaica |
Keith Gardner George Kerr Malcolm Spence Melville Spence |
DSQ |
Final on December 1st
20 km walking
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Leonid Spirin | URS | 1:31:28 OR |
2 | Antanas Mikėnas | URS | 1:32:03 |
3 | Bruno Junk | URS | 1:32:12 |
4th | John Ljunggren | SWE | 1:32:24 |
5 | Stan Vickers | GBR | 1:32:35 |
6th | Donald Keane | OUT | 1:33:52 |
7th | George Coleman | GBR | 1:34:02 |
8th | Roland Hardy | GBR | 1:34:41 |
Date: November 28th
50 km of walking
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Norman Read | NZL | 4:30:43 |
2 | Yevgeny Maskinskov | URS | 4:32:57 |
3 | John Ljunggren | SWE | 4:35:02 |
4th | Abdon Pamich | ITA | 4:39:00 |
5 | Antal Róka | HUN | 4:50:09 |
6th | Ray Smith | OUT | 4:56:08 |
7th | Adolf Weinacker | United States | 5:00:16 |
8th | Albert Johnson | GBR | 5:02:19 |
Date: November 24th
high jump
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Charles Dumas | United States | 2.12 OR |
2 | Chilla Porter | OUT | 2.10 |
3 | Igor Kashkarov | URS | 2.08 |
4th | Stig Pettersson | SWE | 2.06 |
5 | Ken Money | CAN | 2.03 |
6th | Volodymyr Sitkin | URS | 2.00 |
7th | Phil Reavis | United States | 2.00 |
Colin Ridgeway | OUT | 2.00 |
Final on November 23rd
Pole vault
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Richards | United States | 4.56 OR |
2 | Bob Gutowski | United States | 4.53 |
3 | Georgios Roumbanis | GRE | 4.50 |
4th | George Mattos | United States | 4.35 |
5 | Ragnar Lundberg | SWE | 4.25 |
6th | Zenon Ważny | POLE | 4.25 |
7th | Eeles Landström | FIN | 4.25 |
8th | Manfred Preussger | EUA | 4.25 |
Final on November 26th
Long jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Bell | United States | 7.83 |
2 | John Bennett | United States | 7.68 |
3 | Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7.48 |
4th | Dmytro Bondarenko | URS | 7.44 |
5 | Karim Olowu | NGR | 7.36 |
6th | Kazimierz Kropidłowski | POLE | 7.30 |
7th | Neville Price | RSA | 7.28 |
8th | Oleg Fyodoseyev | URS | 7.27 |
Final on November 24th
Triple jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 16.35 OR |
2 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | ISL | 16.26 |
3 | Witold Krejer | URS | 16.02 |
4th | Bill Sharpe | United States | 15.88 |
5 | Martin Řehák | TCH | 15.85 |
6th | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.80 |
7th | Kōji Sakurai | JPN | 15.73 |
8th | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.64 |
Final on November 27th
Shot put
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Parry O'Brien | United States | 18.57 OR |
2 | Bill Nieder | United States | 18.18 |
3 | Jíři Skobla | TCH | 17.65 |
4th | Ken Bantum | United States | 17.48 |
5 | Boris Belyayev | URS | 16.96 |
6th | Erik Uddebom | SWE | 16.65 |
7th | Karl-Heinz Wegmann | EUA | 16.63 |
8th | Georgios Tsakanikas | GRE | 16.56 |
Final on November 28th
Discus throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Oerter | United States | 56.36 OR |
2 | Fortune Gordia | United States | 54.81 |
3 | The cook | United States | 54.40 |
4th | Mark Pharaoh | GBR | 54.27 |
5 | Oto Grigalka | URS | 52.37 |
6th | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.21 |
7th | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51.82 |
8th | Dako Radosevic | YUG | 51.69 |
Final on November 27th
Hammer throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Hal Connolly | United States | 63.19 OR |
2 | Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63.03 |
3 | Anatoly Samotsvetov | URS | 62.56 |
4th | Albert Hall | United States | 61.96 |
5 | József Csermák | HUN | 60.70 |
6th | Krešimir Račić | YUG | 60.36 |
7th | Dmytro Jehorow | URS | 60.22 |
8th | Sverre Strandli | NOR | 59.21 |
Final on November 24th
Javelin throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Egil Danielsen | NOR | 85.71 WR |
2 | Janusz Sidło | POLE | 79.98 |
3 | Viktor Zybulenko | URS | 79.50 |
4th | Herbert Koschel | EUA | 74.68 |
5 | Jan Kopyto | POLE | 74.28 |
6th | Giovanni Lievore | ITA | 72.88 |
7th | Michel Macquet | FRA | 71.84 |
8th | Alexander Gorshkov | URS | 70.32 |
Final on November 26th
Decathlon
space | athlete | country | P - official value. | P - 85 value. |
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1 | Milt Campbell | United States | 7937 WR | 7565 |
2 | Rafer Johnson | United States | 7587 | 7422 |
3 | Vasily Kuznetsov | URS | 7465 | 7330 |
4th | Uno Palu | URS | 6930 | 7028 |
5 | Martin Lauer | EUA | 6853 | 6910 |
6th | Walter Meier | EUA | 6773 | 6910 |
7th | Torbjörn Lassenius | FIN | 6565 | 6782 |
8th | Yang Chuan-Kwang | TWN | 6521 | 6695 |
Date: 29./30. November
Results women
100 m
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Betty Cuthbert | OUT | 11.5 |
2 | Christa Stubnick | EUA | 11.7 |
3 | Marlene Mathews | OUT | 11.7 |
4th | Isabelle Daniels | United States | 11.8 |
5 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.9 |
6th | Heather Armitage | GBR | 12.0 |
Final on November 26th
200 m
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Betty Cuthbert | OUT | 23.4 ORe |
2 | Christa Stubnick | EUA | 23.7 |
3 | Marlene Mathews | OUT | 23.8 |
4th | Norma Croker | OUT | 24.0 |
5 | June Paul | GBR | 24.3 |
6th | Gisela Koehler | EUA | 24.3 |
Final on November 30th
80 m hurdles
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | OUT | 10.7 OR |
2 | Gisela Koehler | EUA | 10.9 |
3 | Norma Thrower | OUT | 11.0 |
4th | Galina Bystrowa | URS | 11.0 |
5 | Maria Golubnichaya | URS | 11.3 |
6th | Gloria Cooke | OUT | 11.4 |
Final on November 28th
4 × 100 m relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia |
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert |
44.5 WR |
2 | Great Britain |
Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Foulds Heather Armitage |
44.7 |
3 | United States |
Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels |
44.9 |
4th | Soviet Union |
Vera Krepkina Galina Restschikowa Marija Itkina Irina Botschkarjowa |
45.6 |
5 | Italy |
Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Maria Musso |
45.7 |
6th | Germany |
Maria Sander Christa Stubnick Gisela Koehler Bärbel Mayer |
47.2 |
Final on December 1st
high jump
space | Athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mildred McDaniel | United States | 1.76 WR |
2 | Maria Pissareva | URS | 1.67 |
Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1.67 | |
4th | Gunhild Larking | SWE | 1.67 |
5 | Iolanda Balaș | ROME | 1.67 |
6th | Michele Mason | OUT | 1.67 |
7th | Mary Donaghy | NZL | 1.67 |
8th | Hermina Geyser | RSA | 1.64 |
Jiřina Vobořilová | TCH | 1.64 | |
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18th | Inge Kilian | EUA | 1.55 |
Final on December 1st
Long jump
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | POLE | 6.35 WRe |
2 | Willye White | United States | 6.09 |
3 | Nadezhda Dwalishvili | URS | 6.07 |
4th | Erika fish | EUA | 5.89 |
5 | Marthe Lambert | FRA | 5.88 |
6th | Valentina Schaprunowa | URS | 5.85 |
7th | Beverly Weigel | NZL | 5.85 |
8th | Nancy Borwick | OUT | 5.82 |
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10 | Helga Hoffmann | EUA | 5.73 |
Final on November 27th
Krzesińska set her world record on August 20, 1956 in the second attempt .
Shot put
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tamara Tyschkewitsch | URS | 16.59 OR |
2 | Galina Sybina | URS | 16.53 |
3 | Marianne Werner | EUA | 15.61 |
4th | Sinaida Doinikova | URS | 15.54 |
5 | Valerie Sloper | NZL | 15.34 |
6th | Earlene Brown | United States | 15.12 |
7th | Regina Branner | AUT | 14.60 |
8th | Nada Kotlušek | YUG | 14.56 |
Final on November 30th
Discus throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Olga Fikotová | TCH | 53.69 OR |
2 | Irina Beglyakova | URS | 52.54 |
3 | Nina Ponomaryova | URS | 52.02 |
4th | Earlene Brown | United States | 51.35 |
5 | Albina Jelkina | URS | 48.20 |
6th | Isabel Avellan | ARG | 46.73 |
7th | Jiřina Vobořilová | TCH | 45.84 |
8th | Štěpánka Mertová | TCH | 45.78 |
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10 | Marianne Werner | EUA | 43.34 |
Final on November 23rd
Javelin throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Inese Jaunzeme | URS | 53.86 OR |
2 | Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 50.38 |
3 | Nadezhda Konjayeva | URS | 50.28 |
4th | Dana Zátopková | TCH | 49.83 |
5 | Ingrid Almqvist | SWE | 49.74 |
6th | Urszula Figwer | POLE | 48.16 |
7th | Erzsébet Vígh | HUN | 48.07 |
8th | Karen Anderson | United States | 48.00 |
Final on November 28th
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Report of the 1956 Olympic Games , p. 269 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 1, 2017
- ↑ Elke Brick, The All-German Olympic Teams - A Paradox in Sports History? , Dissertation by the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science at Bielefeld University, May 2013, pp. 114–128 (PDF), accessed on October 1, 2017
- ↑ History of Olympic Boycotts and Exclusions , Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics section on sputniknews.com, accessed October 1, 2017
- ↑ Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne on australia.com, accessed October 1, 2017
literature
Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 119–168
Web links
- IOC website on athletics at the 1956 Olympic Games at olympic.org, accessed October 1, 2017
- Official report of the 1956 Olympic Games at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed October 1, 2017
- XVI Olympic Game, Melbourne 1956 on trackfield.brinkster.net
- Melbourne 1956: Summer Games in Winter on sportschau.de, accessed on October 1, 2017
- Olympia-Lexikon on olympia-lexikon.de, accessed on October 1, 2017
- The Melbourne Peasant Sacrifice 1956 Neue Zürcher Zeitung November 22, 2006, accessed October 1, 2017
- The Chinese Boomerang Spiegel Online March 17, 2008, accessed October 1, 2017
Video
- Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games - Official Olympic Film | Olympic History , published July 22, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed October 1, 2017