Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's
Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Leonid Spirin (URS)
|
1:31:27.4 |
|
Antanas Mikėnas (URS)
|
1:32:03.0 |
|
Bruno Junk (URS)
|
1:32:12.0 |
| 4. |  John Ljunggren (SWE)
|
1:32:24.0 |
| 5. |  Stan Vickers (GBR)
|
1:32:34.2 |
| 6. |  Don Keane (AUS )
|
1:33:52.0 |
| 7. | George Coleman (GBR)
|
1:34:01.8 |
| 8. | Roland Hardy (GBR)
|
1:34:40.4 |
| 9. |  Giuseppe Dordoni (ITA )
|
1:35:00.4 |
| 10. | Ted Allsopp (AUS)
|
1:35:43.0 |
| 11. | Abdon Pamich (ITA)
|
1:36:03.6 |
| 12. |  Henry Laskau (USA)
|
1:38:46.8 |
| 13. | Ronald Crawford (AUS)
|
1:39:35.0 |
| 14. |  Dumitru Parachivescu (ROU )
|
1:39:57.4 |
| 15. | Ion Barbu (ROU)
|
1:41:37.8 |
| 16. | Bruce MacDonald (USA)
|
1:43:25.6 |
| 17. | James Hewson (USA)
|
1:46:24.8 |
| — |  Josef Dolezal (TCH )
|
DNF |
| — |  Alexander Oakley (CAN )
|
DNF |
| — |  Dieter Lindner (EUA)
|
DSQ |
| — | Lars Hindmar (SWE)
|
DSQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2017.