Olympian Database
Athletics at the 1956 Olympics |  |
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Events |
Olympic Champions |
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| 100 m W |  | AUS | Elizabeth Cuthbert | ||
| 100 m M |  | USA | Bobby Morrow | ||
| 200 m W | | AUS | Elizabeth Cuthbert | ||
| 200 m M | | USA | Bobby Morrow | ||
| 400 m M | | USA | Charles Jenkins | ||
| 800 m M | | USA | Tom Courtney | ||
| 1500 m M |  | IRL | Ron Delany | ||
| 5000 m M |  | URS | Vladimir Kuts | ||
| 10000 m M | | URS | Vladimir Kuts | ||
| Marathon M |  | FRA | Alain Mimoun | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | AUS | Shirley Strickland | ||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Lee Calhoun | ||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Glenn Davis | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |  | GBR | Chris Brasher | ||
| 20 km walk M | | URS | Leonid Spirin |   | |
| 50 km walk M |  | NZL | Norman Read | ||
| High jump W | | USA | Mildred McDaniel | ||
| High jump M | | USA | Charles Dumas | ||
| Long jump W |  | POL | Elsbieta Krzesinska | ||
| Long jump M | | USA | Gregory Bell | ||
| Triple jump M |  | BRA | Ademar Ferreira da Silva | ||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Robert Richards | ||
| Javelin throw W | | URS | Inessa Iaunzeme | ||
| Javelin throw M |  | NOR | Egil Danielsen | ||
| Discus throw W |  | TCH | Olga Fikotova | ||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Al Oerter | ||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Harold Connolly | ||
| Shot put W | | URS | Tamara Tyshkevich | ||
| Shot put M | | USA | Parry O'Brien | ||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Milton Campbell | ||
| 4x100 m W | | AUS | Fleur Mellor | ||
| Norma Croker | |||||
| Shirley Strickland | |||||
| Elizabeth Cuthbert | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Bobby Morrow | ||
| Leamon King | |||||
| Ira Murchison | |||||
| Walter Thane Baker | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Jesse Mashburn | ||
| Tom Courtney | |||||
| Lou Jones | |||||
| Charles Jenkins | |||||
| These facts about olympic Athletics and the Melbourne 1956 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
