Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Appearance
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Men's 20 kilometre walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Competitors | 21 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:31:27.4 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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Leonid Spirin | ![]() |
1:31:27.4 | ||
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Antanas Mikėnas | ![]() |
1:32:03.0 | ||
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Bruno Junk | ![]() |
1:32:12.0 | ||
4 | John Ljunggren | ![]() |
1:32:24.0 | ||
5 | Stan Vickers | ![]() |
1:32:34.2 | ||
6 | Don Keane | ![]() |
1:33:52.0 | ||
7 | George Coleman | ![]() |
1:34:01.8 | ||
8 | Roland Hardy | ![]() |
1:34:40.4 | ||
9 | Giuseppe Dordoni | ![]() |
1:35:00.4 | ||
10 | Ted Allsopp | ![]() |
1:35:43.0 | ||
11 | Abdon Pamich | ![]() |
1:36:03.6 | ||
12 | Henry Laskau | ![]() |
1:38:46.8 | ||
13 | Ronald Crawford | ![]() |
1:39:35.0 | ||
14 | Dumitru Parachivescu | ![]() |
1:39:57.4 | ||
15 | Ion Barbu | ![]() |
1:41:37.8 | ||
16 | Bruce MacDonald | ![]() |
1:43:25.6 | ||
17 | James Hewson | ![]() |
1:46:24.8 | ||
— | Josef Dolezal | ![]() |
DNF | ||
Alexander Oakley | ![]() |
DNF | |||
Dieter Lindner | ![]() |
DSQ | |||
Lars Hindmar | ![]() |
DSQ |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.