Men's Javelin throw - Athletics |  | ||||
 Men's Javelin throw 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Egil Danielsen |  | NOR | 85,71 | WR | ||||
 | Janusz Sidlo |  | POL | 79,98 | |||||
 | Viktor Tsybulenko |  | URS | 79,50 | |||||
| 4. | Herbert Koschel |  | GER | 74,68 | |||||
| 5. | Jan Kopyto | | POL | 74,28 | |||||
| 6. | Giovanni Lievore |  | ITA | 72,88 | |||||
| 7. | Michel Macquet |  | FRA | 71,84 | |||||
| 8. | Aleksandr Gorshkov | | URS | 70,32 | |||||
| 9. | Heinrich Will | | GER | 69,86 | |||||
| 10. | Philip Conley |  | USA | 69,74 | |||||
| 11. | Cyrus Young | | USA | 68,64 | |||||
| 12. | Vladimir Kuznetsov | | URS | 67,14 | |||||
| 13. | Sandor Krasznai |  | HUN | 66,33 | |||||
| 14. | Muhammad Nawaz |  | PAK | 62,55 | |||||
| Benjamin Garcia | | USA | nm | ||||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | Cyrus Young | | USA | 74,76 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Egil Danielsen | | NOR | 74,15 | Q | ||||
| 3. | Vladimir Kuznetsov | | URS | 73,89 | Q | ||||
| 4. | Herbert Koschel | | GER | 72,90 | Q | ||||
| 5. | Aleksandr Gorshkov | | URS | 72,31 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Janusz Sidlo | | POL | 72,00 | Q | ||||
| 7. | Michel Macquet | | FRA | 71,23 | Q | ||||
| 8. | Viktor Tsybulenko | | URS | 71,20 | Q | ||||
| 9. | Benjamin Garcia | | USA | 71,17 | Q | ||||
| 10. | Heinrich Will | | GER | 70,38 | Q | ||||
| 11. | Giovanni Lievore | | ITA | 69,64 | Q | ||||
| 12. | Philip Conley | | USA | 68,50 | Q | ||||
| 13. | Jan Kopyto | | POL | 68,19 | Q | ||||
| 14. | Muhammad Nawaz | | PAK | 67,57 | Q | ||||
| 15. | Sandor Krasznai | | HUN | 67,39 | Q | ||||
| 16. | Robert Grant |  | AUS | 65,76 | |||||
| 17. | Jalal Khan | | PAK | 65,35 | |||||
| 18. | Leon Syrovatski | | FRA | 64,58 | |||||
| 19. | Reinaldo Oliver Martinez |  | PUR | 63,68 | |||||
| 20. | Peter Cullen |  | GBR | 62,77 | |||||
| 21. | James Achurch | | AUS | 57,09 | |||||
Men's Javelin throw - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Men's Javelin throw competition was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 21 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's Javelin throw - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
