Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| 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 | |
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Melbourne, Australia. Eighteen nations took part in the competition.[1]
Final classification
| RANK | NATION | NAME ATHLETES | HEAT | SEMI | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 United States (USA)
|
Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison |
40.5 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
|
 Soviet Union (URS)
|
40.7 | 40.3 | 39.8 | |
|
 United Team of Germany (EUA)
|
Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl |
40.8 | 40.5 | 40.3 |
| 4. |  Italy (ITA)
|
Giovanni Ghiselli Franco Galbiati Luigi Gnocchi Vincenzo Lombardo |
40.9 | 41.1 | 40.3 |
| 5. |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
41.2 | 40.6 | 40.6 | |
| 6. |  Poland (POL)
|
Janusz Jarzembowski
Edward Szmidt |
40.9 | 41.0 | 40.6 |
| — |  Australia (AUS)
|
Raymond Land
Edward McGlynn |
40.6 | 40.8 | DNQ |
| — |  Pakistan (PAK)
|
Abdul Aziz Muhammad Sharif Butt Abdul Khaliq Ghulam Raziq |
41.3 | 40.8 | DNQ |
| — |  France (FRA)
|
Jocelyn Delecourt
Constantin Lissenko |
40.8 | 41.3 | DNQ |
| — |  Japan (JPN)
|
Kanji Akagi Akira Kiyofuji Masaji Tajima Kyohei Ushio |
42.2 | 41.3 | DNQ |
| — |  Hungary (HUN)
|
Geza Varasdi
|
41.5 | 41.5 | DNQ |
| — |  Brazil (BRA)
|
José Telles da Conceição
|
41.6 | 43.8 | DNQ |
| — |  Canada (CAN)
|
John Parrington
|
41.7 | DNQ | DNQ |
| — |  Venezuela (VEN)
|
Alfonso Bruno Clive Bonas Rafael Romero Apolinar Solórzano |
42.0 | DNQ | DNQ |
| — |  Thailand (THA)
|
Snay Wongchaoom
|
44.2 | DNQ | DNQ |
| — |  Ethiopia (ETH)
|
Robba Nigouse
|
44.3 | DNQ | DNQ |
| — |  Liberia (LBR)
|
Emmanuel Gbecy Putu
James Roberts |
47.7 | DNQ | DNQ |
| — |  Nigeria (NGR)
|
Rafio Adio Oluwa
|
DSQ | DNQ | DNQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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