Soviet Union in Athletics
Results in Melbourne 1956*


Athlete	Event	Heat	Res.	Pos.


Valentina Ballod	High jump W	Final	1,60	11
		Qualifying Round	1,58	14	Q


Boris Balyayev	Shot put M	Final	16,96	5
		Qualifying Round	15,03	14	q


Leonid Bartenyev	100 m M	Quarterfinal	10,6	4
		Round 1	10,7	1	Q

	200 m M	Quarterfinal	21,4	4
		Round 1	21,8	2	Q

	4x100 m M	Final	39,8
		Semifinal	40,3	1	Q
		Round 1	40,7	1	Q


Irina Begliakova	Discus throw W	Final	52,54
		Qualifying Round	47,65	3	Q


Nila Bessedina	80 m hurdles W	Round 1	11,5	5


Pyotr Bolotnikov	10000 m M	Final	--	16

	5000 m M	Final	14.21,4	9
		Round 1	14.28,0	4	Q


Dmitri Bondarenko	Long jump M	Final	7,44	4
		Qualifying Round	7,37	5	q


Irina Botchkaryova	4x100 m W	Final	45,6	4
		Round 1	46,1	3	Q


Kim Bukhantsev	Discus throw M	Final	48,58	12
		Qualifying Round	49,65	4	Q


Vladimir Bulatov	Pole vault M	Final	4,15	9
		Qualifying Round	4,15	2	q


Galina Bystrova	80 m hurdles W	Final	11,0	4
		Semifinal	11,0	1	Q
		Round 1	10,9	2	Q


Vitaliy Chernobai	Pole vault M	Final	4,00	13
		Qualifying Round	4,15	8	q


Zinaida Doinikova	Shot put W	Final	15,54	4
		Qualifying Round	13,48	9	Q


Nadezhda Dvalischvili	Long jump W	Final	6,07
		Qualifying Round	5,95	3	Q


Oleg Fedoseyev	Long jump M	Final	7,27	8
		Qualifying Round	7,42	3	q


Ivan Filin	Marathon M	Final	2.30.27	7


Maria Golubnichaya	80 m hurdles W	Final	11,3	5
		Semifinal	11,0	3	Q
		Round 1	11,1	2	Q


Aleksandr Gorshkov	Javelin throw M	Final	70,32	8
		Qualifying Round	72,31	5	Q


Konstantin Grachev	4x400 m M	Round 1	3.11,2	3


Konstantin Grachov	400 m M	Round 1	49,4	4


Otto Grigalka	Discus throw M	Final	52,37	5
		Qualifying Round	48,11	9	Q


Boris Grishayev	Marathon M	Final	dnf	-


Inessa Iaunzeme	Javelin throw W	Final	53,86		OR
		Qualifying Round	46,19	6	Q


Ardalion Ignatyev	400 m M	Final	47,0
		Semifinal	46,8	1	Q
		Quarterfinal	46,8	1	Q
		Round 1	48,6	1	Q

	4x400 m M	Round 1	3.11,2	3


Vera Iougova	200 m W	Semifinal	24,9	6
		Round 1	24,9	2	Q


Maria Itkina	200 m W	Semifinal	24,3	4
		Round 1	24,1	1	Q

	4x100 m W	Final	45,6	4
		Round 1	46,1	3	Q


Albert Ivanov	Marathon M	Final	dnf	-


Anatoly Julin	400 m hurdles M	Semifinal	51,7	5
		Round 1	52,1	1	Q


Bruno Junk	20 km walk M	Final	1.32.12,0


Yevgeny Kadyaykin	3000 m steeplechase M	Round 1	9.09,6	9


Igor Kashkarov	High jump M	Final	2,08
		Qualifying Round	1,92	1	Q


Grigory Klimov	50 km walk M	Final	dnf	-


Olga Kocheleva	200 m W	Round 1	25,3	5


Nadiya Koniayeva	Javelin throw W	Final	50,28
		Qualifying Round	47,19	3	Q


Yuri Konovalov	100 m M	Semifinal	10,8	6
		Quarterfinal	10,7	3	Q
		Round 1	10,6	2	Q

	200 m M	Round 1	22,0	3

	4x100 m M	Final	39,8
		Semifinal	40,3	1	Q
		Round 1	40,7	1	Q


Vitold Kreer	Triple jump M	Final	16,02
		Qualifying Round	15,38	5	q


Vera Krepkina	100 m W	Semifinal	11,9	5
		Round 1	11,9	2	Q

	4x100 m W	Final	45,6	4
		Round 1	46,1	3	Q


Mikhail Krivonosov	Hammer throw M	Final	63,03
		Qualifying Round	54,53	15	Q


Yuri Kutenko	Decathlon M	Final standing	dnf	-


Vladimir Kuts	10000 m M	Final	28.45,6		OR

	5000 m M	Final	13.39,6		OR
		Round 1	14.15,4	2	Q


Vassily Kuznetsov	Decathlon M	Final standing	7465


Vladimir Kuznetsov	Javelin throw M	Final	67,14	12
		Qualifying Round	73,89	3	Q


Mikhail Lavrov	50 km walk M	Final	dq	-


Yuri Lituyev	400 m hurdles M	Final	51,7	4
		Semifinal	51,8	3	Q
		Round 1	51,6	1	Q

	4x400 m M	Round 1	3.11,2	3


Vladimir Lochilov	Shot put M	Final	15,62	13
		Qualifying Round	15,64	10	q


Yevgeny Maskinskov	50 km walk M	Final	4.32.57,0


Boris Matveyev	Discus throw M	Final	51,38	9
		Qualifying Round	48,97	6	Q


Antanas Mikenas	20 km walk M	Final	1.32.03,0


Anatoly Mikhailov	110 m hurdles M	Round 1	14,5	4


Uno Palu	Decathlon M	Final standing	6930	4


Anatoly Petrov	Pole vault M	Final	4,15	11
		Qualifying Round	4,15	8	q


Jonas Pipine	1500 m M	Round 1	3.50,6	9


Maria Pissaryeva	High jump W	Final	1,67
		Qualifying Round	1,58	7	Q


Vladimir Polyakov	High jump M	Qualifying Round	nm	-


Nina Ponomaryeva	Discus throw W	Final	52,02
		Qualifying Round	48,34	2	Q


Galina Popova	100 m W	Semifinal	12,2	5
		Round 1	11,6	1	Q


Galina Reschikova	4x100 m W	Final	45,6	4
		Round 1	46,1	3	Q


Galina Rezchikova	100 m W	Semifinal	12,1	6
		Round 1	11,8	2	Q


Semyon Rzhischin	3000 m steeplechase M	Final	8.44,6	5
		Round 1	8.53,0	2	Q


Anatoly Samotsvetov	Hammer throw M	Final	62,56
		Qualifying Round	59,53	1	Q


Valentina Schaprunova	Long jump W	Final	5,85	6
		Qualifying Round	5,86	4	Q


Leonid Sherbakov	Triple jump M	Final	15,80	6
		Qualifying Round	15,59	2	q


Vladimir Sitkin	High jump M	Final	2,00	6
		Qualifying Round	1,92	1	Q


Yevgeny Sokolov	1500 m M	Round 1	3.49,2	6


Leonid Spirin	20 km walk M	Final	1.31.27,4		OR


Boris Stolyarov	110 m hurdles M	Final	14,6	6
		Semifinal	14,5	3	Q
		Round 1	14,3	3	Q


Sergey Sukhanov	1500 m M	Round 1	3.53,0	7


Vladimir Sukharev	4x100 m M	Final	39,8
		Semifinal	40,3	1	Q
		Round 1	40,7	1	Q


Ivan Tcherniavskiy	10000 m M	Final	29.31,6	6

	5000 m M	Final	14.22,4	10
		Round 1	14.32,2	3	Q


Igor Ter-Ovanesian	Long jump M	Final	nm	-
		Qualifying Round	7,15	13	q


Boris Tokarev	100 m M	Semifinal	10,7	6
		Quarterfinal	10,7	2	Q
		Round 1	10,6	2	Q

	200 m M	Final	21,2	5
		Semifinal	21,3	3	Q
		Quarterfinal	21,2	2	Q
		Round 1	21,6	1	Q

	4x100 m M	Final	39,8
		Semifinal	40,3	1	Q
		Round 1	40,7	1	Q


Viktor Tsybulenko	Javelin throw M	Final	79,50
		Qualifying Round	71,20	8	Q


Tamara Tyshkevich	Shot put W	Final	16,59		OR
		Qualifying Round	14,43	1	Q


Vasily Vlasenko	3000 m steeplechase M	Round 1	8.55,0	7


Dmitri Yegorov	Hammer throw M	Final	60,22	7
		Qualifying Round	57,03	8	Q


Albina Yelkina	Discus throw W	Final	48,20	5
		Qualifying Round	43,90	6	Q


Anatoly Yulin	4x400 m M	Round 1	3.11,2	3


Galina Zybina	Shot put W	Final	16,53
		Qualifying Round	14,08	3	Q


* The list of Soviet olympians in Athletics at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics is not yet completed. All possible medalists are already included.

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