Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 24, 1956. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
DatesNovember 24
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Winning time4:30:42.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norman Read
 New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgeniy Maskinskov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Ljunggren
 Sweden
← 1952
1960 →
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Final classification

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RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME
    Norman Read (NZL) 4:30:42.8
    Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS) 4:32:57.0
    John Ljunggren (SWE) 4:35:02.0
4.   Abdon Pamich (ITA) 4:39:00.0
5.   Antal Róka (HUN) 4:50:09.0
6.   Ray Smith (AUS) 4:56:08.0
7.   Adolf Weinacker (USA) 5:00:16.0
8.   Albert Johnson (GBR) 5:02:19.0
9.   Eric Hall (GBR) 5:03:59.0
10.   Ion Barbu (ROU) 5:08:33.6
11.   Elliott Denman (USA) 5:12:14.0
12.   Leo Sjögren (USA) 5:12:34.0
13.   Ronald Crawford (AUS) 5:22:36.0
  Milan Skřont (TCH) DNF
  Josef Dolezal (TCH) DNF
  Grigory Klimov (URS) DNF
  János Somogyi (HUN) DNF
  Dumitru Parachivescu (ROU) DNF
  Don Thompson (GBR) DNF
  Ted Allsopp (AUS) DSQ
  Mikhail Lavrov (URS) DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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