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Olympic Games Melbourne 1956

Melbourne 1956Athletics Results

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10000m men

Gold
vladimir kuts
USSR
Silver
jozsef kovacs
Hungary
Bronze
allan lawrence
Australia
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100m men

Gold
bobby morrow
United States of America
Silver
walter thane baker
United States of America
Bronze
hec hogan
Australia
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100m women

Gold
betty cuthbert
Australia
Silver
christa stubnick
Germany
Bronze
marlene mathews-willard
Australia
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110m hurdles men

Gold
lee calhoun
United States of America
Silver
jack davis
United States of America
Bronze
joel shankle
United States of America
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1500m men

Gold
ronald michael delany
Ireland
Silver
klaus richtzenhain
Germany
Bronze
john landy
Australia
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200m men

Gold
bobby morrow
United States of America
Silver
andrew william stanfield
United States of America
Bronze
walter thane baker
United States of America
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200m women

Gold
betty cuthbert
Australia
Silver
christa stubnick
Germany
Bronze
marlene mathews-willard
Australia
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20km walk men

Gold
leonid spirin
USSR
Silver
antanas mikenas
USSR
Bronze
bruno junk
USSR
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3000m steeplechase men

Gold
christopher william brasher
Great Britain
Silver
sandor rozsnyoi
Hungary
Bronze
ernst larsen
Norway
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400m hurdles men

Gold
glenn ashby davis
United States of America
Silver
silas edward southern
United States of America
Bronze
joshua culbreath
United States of America
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400m men

Gold
charles lamont jenkins
United States of America
Silver
karl-friedrich haas
Germany
Bronze
ardalion ignatyev
USSR
Bronze
voitto valdemar hellsten
Finland
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4x100m relay men

Gold
United States of America
Silver
USSR
Bronze
Germany
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4x100m relay women

Gold
Australia
Silver
Great Britain
Bronze
United States of America
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4x400m relay men

Gold
United States of America
Silver
Australia
Bronze
Great Britain
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5000m men

Gold
vladimir kuts
USSR
Silver
gordon pirie
Great Britain
Bronze
george derek ibbotson
Great Britain
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50km walk men

Gold
norman richard read
New Zealand
Silver
yevgeni maskinskov
USSR
Bronze
john artur ljunggren
Sweden
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800m men

Gold
thomas william courtney
United States of America
Silver
derek james neville johnson
Great Britain
Bronze
audun boysen
Norway
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80m hurdles women

Gold
shirley strickland-de la hunty
Australia
Silver
gisela köhler-birkemeyer
Germany
Bronze
norma claire thrower-austin
Australia
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decathlon men

Gold
milton gray campbell
United States of America
Silver
rafer lewis johnson
United States of America
Bronze
vasili kuznetsov
USSR
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discus throw men

Gold
alfred oerter
United States of America
Silver
fortune edward gordien
United States of America
Bronze
desmond dalworth koch
United States of America
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discus throw women

Gold
olga fikotova-connolly
Czechoslovakia
Silver
irina beglyakova
USSR
Bronze
nina romashkova-ponomareva
USSR
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hammer throw men

Gold
hal connolly
United States of America
Silver
mikhail krivonosov
USSR
Bronze
anatoli samotsvetov
USSR
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high jump men

Gold
charles everett dumas
United States of America
Silver
charles michael porter
Australia
Bronze
igor kashkarov
USSR
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high jump women

Gold
mildred louise mcdaniel
United States of America
Silver
thelma elizabeth hopkins
Great Britain
Silver
mariya pissareva
USSR
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javelin throw men

Gold
egil danielsen
Norway
Silver
janusz sidlo
Poland
Bronze
viktor tsybulenko
USSR
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javelin throw women

Gold
inese yaunzeme
USSR
Silver
marlene ahrens
Chile
Bronze
nadezhda konyaeva
USSR
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long jump men

Gold
gregory curtis bell
United States of America
Silver
john dale bennett
United States of America
Bronze
jorma rainer valkama
Finland
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long jump women

Gold
elzbieta dunska-krzesinska
Poland
Silver
willye white
United States of America
Bronze
nadezhda khnykina-dvalishvili
USSR
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marathon men

Gold
alain mimoun
France
Silver
franjo mihalic
Yugoslavia
Bronze
veikko leo karvonen
Finland
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pole vault men

Gold
bob richards
United States of America
Silver
robert allen gutowski
United States of America
Bronze
georgios roubanis
Greece
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shot put men

Gold
parry o'brien
United States of America
Silver
william henry nieder
United States of America
Bronze
jiri skobla
Czechoslovakia
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shot put women

Gold
tamara tyshkevich
USSR
Silver
galina zybina
USSR
Bronze
marianne werner-schulze-entrup
Germany
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triple jump men

Gold
adhemar ferreira da silva
Brazil
Silver
vilhjalmur einarsson
Iceland
Bronze
vitold kreer
USSR
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