1956 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Bobby Morrow, USA | 10.5 | |
| Thane Baker, USA | 10.5 | ||
| Hector Hogan, AUS | 10.6 | ||
| 200m | Bobby Morrow, USA | 20.6 | OR |
| Andrew Stanfield, USA | 20.7 | ||
| Thane Baker, USA | 20.9 | ||
| 400m | Charley Jenkins, USA | 46.7 | |
| Karl-Friedrich Haas, GER | 46.8 | ||
| Voitto Hellsten, FIN / Ardalion Ignatiev | 47.0 | ||
| 800m | Tom Courtney, USA | 1:47.7 | OR |
| Derek Johnson, GBR | 1:47.8 | ||
| Andun Boysen, NOR | 1:48.1 | ||
| 1500m | Ron Delany, IRE | 3:41.2 | OR |
| Klaus Richtzenhain, GER | 3:42.0 | ||
| John Landy, AUS | 3:48.1 | ||
| 5000m | Vladimir Kuts, USSR | 13:39.6 | OR |
| Gordon Pirie, GBR | 13:50.6 | ||
| Derek Ibbotson, GBR | 13:54.4 | ||
| 10,000m | Vladimir Kuts, USSR | 28:45.6 | OR |
| József Kovács, HUN | 28:52.4 | ||
| Allan Lawrence, AUS | 28:53.6 | ||
| Marathon | Alain Mimoun, FRA | 2:25:00.0 | |
| Franjo Mihalic, YUG | 2:26:32.0 | ||
| Veikko Karvonen, FIN | 2:27:47.0 | ||
| 110m H | Lee Calhoun, USA | 13.5 | OR |
| Jack Davis, USA | 13..5 | ||
| Joel Shankle, USA | 14.1 | ||
| 400m H | Glenn Davis, USA | 50.1 | =OR |
| Eddie Southern, USA | 50.8 | ||
| Joshua Culbreath, USA | 51.6 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Chris Brasher, GBR | 8:41.2 | OR |
| Sándor Rozsnyói, HUN | 8:43.6 | ||
| Ernst Larsen, NOR | 8:44.0 | ||
| 20k Walk | Leonid Spirin, USSR | 1:31:27.4 | |
| Antonas Mikenas, USSR | 1:32:03.0 | ||
| Bruno Yunk, USSR | 1:32:12.0 | ||
| 50k Walk | Norman Read, NZE | 4:30:42.8 | |
| Yevgeniy Maskinskov, USSR | 4:32:57.0 | ||
| John Lundgren, SWE | 4:35:02.0 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow) | 39.5 | WR |
| Soviet Union | 39.8 | ||
| Germany | 40.3 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Charlie Jenkins, Tom Courtney) | 3:04.8 | |
| Australia | 3:06.2 | ||
| Great Britain | 3:07.2 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Charley Dumas, USA | 6-111/2 | OR |
| Charles Porter, AUS | 6-101/2 | ||
| Igor Kashkarov, USSR | 6-93/4 | ||
| Pole Vault | Bob Richards, USA | 14-111/2 | OR |
| Bob Gutowski, USA | 14-101/4 | ||
| Georgios Roubanis, GRE | 14-9 | ||
| Long Jump | Greg Bell, USA | 25- 81/4 | |
| John Bennett, USA | 25-21/4 | ||
| Jorma Valkama, FIN | 24-61/4 | ||
| Triple Jump | Adhemar da Silva, BRA | 53- 73/4 | OR |
| Vilhjálmur Einarsson, ISL | 53-4 | ||
| Vitold Kreyer, USSR | 52-61/2 | ||
| Shot Put | Parry O'Brien, USA | 60-111/4 | OR |
| Bill Nieder, USA | 59-71/2 | ||
| Jiri Skobla, CZE | 57-103/4 | ||
| Discus | Al Oerter, USA | 184-11 | OR |
| Fortune Gordien, USA | 179-91/2 | ||
| Desmond Koch, USA | 178-51/2 | ||
| Hammer | Harold Connolly, USA | 207- 3 | OR |
| Michail Krivonosov, USSR | 206-9 | ||
| Anatoliy Samotsvetov, USSR | 205-3 | ||
| Javelin | Egil Danielson, NOR | 281- 2 | WR |
| Janusz Sidlo, POL | 262-4 | ||
| Viktor Tsibulenko, USSR | 260-10 | ||
| Decathlon | Milt Campbell, USA | 7937 pts | OR |
| Rafer Johnson, USA | 7587 | ||
| Vassily Kusnetsov, USSR | 7465 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 11.5 | |
| Christa Stubnick, GER | 11.7 | ||
| Marlene Matthews, AUS | 11.7 | ||
| 200m | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 23.4 | =OR |
| Christa Stubnick, GER | 23.7 | ||
| Marlene Matthews, AUS | 23.8 | ||
| 80m H | Shirley Strickland, AUS | 10.7 | OR |
| Gisela Köhler, GER | 10.9 | ||
| Norma Thrower, AUS | 11.0 | ||
| 4x100m | AUS (Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert) | 44.5 | WR |
| Great Britain | 44.7 | ||
| United States | 44.9 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Mildred McDaniel, USA | 5- 91/4 | WR |
| Maria Pisaryeva, USSR | 5-51/2 | ||
| Thelma Hopkins, GBR | 5-51/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL | 20-10 | =WR |
| Willye White, USA | 19-113/4 | ||
| Nadyezda Dvalishvili, USSR | 19-103/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Tamara Tyshkevich, USSR | 54- 5 | OR |
| Galina Zybina, USSR | 54-23/4 | ||
| Marianne Werner, GER | 51-21/2 | ||
| Discus | Olga Fikotová, CZE | 176- 1 | OR |
| Irina Beglyakova, USSR | 172-41/2 | ||
| Nina Ponomaryeva, USSR | 170-8 | ||
| Javelin | Inese Jaunzeme, USSR | 176- 8 | |
| Marlene Ahrens, CHI | 165-3 | ||
| Nadyezda Konyayeva, USSR | 164-111/2 |
