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

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
DatesNovember 24, 1956
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
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Pathe Highlights

The men's

Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 24, 1956. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]

Final classification

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

  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.