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

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk 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]

Final classification

RANKNAME ATHLETETIME
 Norman Read (NZL) 4:30:42.8
 Yevgeniy 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.
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