Men's 100 m freestyle - Swimming
Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics

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Men's 100 m freestyle 1956
Final
Jon HenricksAUS55,4OR
John DevittAUS55,8
Gary ChapmanAUS56,7
4. Reid PattersonUSA57,2
5. Richard HanleyUSA57,6
6. William WoolseyUSA57,6
7. Atsushi TaniJPN58,0
8. Aldo EminenteFRA58,1
Semifinal
1. Jon HenricksAUS55,7OR
2. Richard HanleyUSA56,9q
3. Atsushi TaniJPN57,4q
4. Aldo EminenteFRA58,0q
5. Hiroshi SuzukiJPN58,0
6. Vitaly SorokinURS58,2
7. Paolo PucciITA58,8
8. Carlo PedersoliITA59,0
Semifinal
1. John DevittAUS56,4q
2. Gary ChapmanAUS56,9q
3. Reid PattersonUSA57,1q
4. William WoolseyUSA58,0q
5. Gyula DobayHUN58,1
6. Manabu KogaJPN58,1
7. Paul VoellGER58,6
8. Ronald RobertsGBR58,9
Round 1
1. Jon HenricksAUS57,3q
2. Richard HanleyUSA57,8q
3. William SteuartRSA59,2
4. Lev BalandinURS59,6
5. Hans KöhlerGER59,8
6. Karri KäyhköFIN59,8
7. Andre LaurentBEL1.00,7
Round 1
1. Manabu KogaJPN57,7q
2. Aldo EminenteFRA58,0q
3. Vitaly SorokinURS58,6q
4. Kin Man CheungHKG59,8
5. Horst BleekerGER1.00,1
6. Sergio MartinezCOL1.00,2
7. Peter DuncanRSA1.00,4
Round 1
1. John DevittAUS57,2q
2. Paolo PucciITA58,3q
3. Hiroshi SuzukiJPN58,4q
4. Paul VoellGER58,4q
5. Kenneth WilliamsGBR59,4
6. Dennis FordRSA59,5
7. Sri Chand BajajIND1.01,6
Round 1
1. Reid PattersonUSA56,8OR
2. Atsushi TaniJPN57,1q
3. Carlo PedersoliITA58,5q
4. Haroldo de Melo LaraBRA59,9
5. Habib NasutionINA1.00,1
6. Alexandre JanyFRA1.00,2
Round 1
1. Gary ChapmanAUS57,8q
2. William WoolseyUSA58,2q
3. Ronald RobertsGBR58,3q
4. Gyula DobayHUN58,5q
5. George ParkCAN58,8
6. Dakula ArabaniPHI1.00,2
7. Wan Shiu MingHKG1.00,7

Men's 100 m freestyle - Swimming - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics

Event Format: Swimmers competed in preliminary heats, semifinals and final. Normally eight swimmers competed in each heat. The 16 swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the semifinals. From the semifinals the eight swimmers with the best time in the semifinals advanced to the final.

Event facts: Men's 100 m freestyle competition was held at the Swimming Stadium and 34 athletes participated in the event.

These results for Men's 100 m freestyle - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database
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