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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometre walk
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Winning time1:31:27.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonid Spirin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antanas Mikėnas
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Junk
 Soviet Union
1960 →

The men's 20 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonid Spirin  Soviet Union 1:31:27.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antanas Mikėnas  Soviet Union 1:32:03.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Junk  Soviet Union 1:32:12.0
4 John Ljunggren  Sweden 1:32:24.0
5 Stan Vickers  Great Britain 1:32:34.2
6 Don Keane  Australia 1:33:52.0
7 George Coleman  Great Britain 1:34:01.8
8 Roland Hardy  Great Britain 1:34:40.4
9 Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 1:35:00.4
10 Ted Allsopp  Australia 1:35:43.0
11 Abdon Pamich  Italy 1:36:03.6
12 Henry Laskau  United States 1:38:46.8
13 Ronald Crawford  Australia 1:39:35.0
14 Dumitru Parachivescu  Romania 1:39:57.4
15 Ion Barbu  Romania 1:41:37.8
16 Bruce MacDonald  United States 1:43:25.6
17 James Hewson  United States 1:46:24.8
Josef Dolezal  Czechoslovakia DNF
Alexander Oakley  Canada DNF
Dieter Lindner  United Team of Germany DSQ
Lars Hindmar  Sweden DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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