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

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Men's 100 m backstroke 1956
Final
David TheileAUS1.02,2OR
John MoncktonAUS1.03,2
Frank McKinneyUSA1.04,5
4. Robert ChristopheFRA1.04,9
5. John HayresAUS1.05,0
6. Graham SykesGBR1.05,6
7. Albert WigginsUSA1.05,8
8. Yoshinobu OyakawaUSA1.06,9
Semifinal
1. John MoncktonAUS1.04,1q
2. David TheileAUS1.04,8q
3. Yoshinobu OyakawaUSA1.05,0q
4. Graham SykesGBR1.06,5q
5. Kazuo TomitaJPN1.06,5
6. Dieter PfeifferGER1.07,6
7. Laszlo MagyarHUN1.07,6
8. Ladislav BacikTCH1.07,9
Semifinal
1. Robert ChristopheFRA1.04,6q
2. John HayresAUS1.05,0q
3. Frank McKinneyUSA1.05,3q
4. Albert WigginsUSA1.06,4q
6. Keiji HaseJPN1.06,5
7. Ekkehard MierschGER1.06,6
8. Haydn RigbyGBR1.07,6
Round 1
1. Robert ChristopheFRA1.04,2OR
2. John HayresAUS1.04,4q
3. Laszlo MagyarHUN1.06,1q
4. Albert WigginsUSA1.06,2q
5. Haydn RigbyGBR1.06,9q
6. Ahmed NazirPAK1.10,7
Round 1
1. Graham SykesGBR1.06,2q
2. Kazuo TomitaJPN1.06,4q
4. Ekkehard MierschGER1.07,5q
5. Lincoln HurringNZL1.07,5
6. Pedro CaycoPHI1.11,6
Round 1
1. David TheileAUS1.04,3q
2. Yoshinobu OyakawaUSA1.05,2q
3. Keiji HaseJPN1.06,3q
4. William John BrockwayGBR1.07,7
5. Joao Goncalves FilhoBRA1.07,9
6. Kin Man CheungHKG1.14,0
Round 1
1. John MoncktonAUS1.03,4OR
2. Frank McKinneyUSA1.06,0q
3. Dieter PfeifferGER1.06,7q
4. Ladislav BacikTCH1.06,9q
5. Gerard CoignotFRA1.07,5
6. Hideo NinomiyaJPN1.09,2
7. Lim Heng ChekMAS1.12,4

Men's 100 m backstroke - 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 backstroke competition was held at the Swimming Stadium and 25 athletes participated in the event.

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