1956 Italian Athletics Championships

1956 Italian Athletics Championships
Olympic Stadium during the Rome 1960 opening day four year after this event
Dates	28–30 September
Host city	Rome
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	36 (25 men, 11 women)
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Italian Athletics Championships was the 46th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Rome (main event) from 28 to 30 September. ^{[1] [2]}

Champions

Paola Paternoster three titles, all in the throws, at this edition of championships.

Full results. ^{[3] [4]}

Track events
Event	Men	Performance	Women	Performance
100 m	Luigi Gnocchi	10.4	Giusy Leone	11.9
200 m	Luigi Gnocchi	21.4	Giusy Leone	24.3
400 m	Renato Panciera	47.8
800 m	Gianfranco Baraldi	1:53.7	Vita Virgilio	2:20.0
1500 m	Gianfranco Baraldi	3:53.8
5000 m	Francesco Perrone	14:36.4
10,000 m	Franco Volpi	30:37.2
110/80 m hs	Giampiero Massardi	15.0	Milena Greppi	11.5
400 m hs	Mauro Bettella	52.6
3000 m st	Vincenzo Leone	9:43.6
10,000 m walk	Abdon Pamich	45:37:4
Field events
High jump	Gianmario Roveraro	1.91 m	Osvalda Giardi	1.57 m
Pole vault	Edmondo Ballotta	4.20 m
Long jump	Attilio Bravi Valerio Colatore	7.13 m	Piera Fassio	5.42 m
Triple jump	Ennio Evangelio	14.72 m
Shot put	Silvano Meconi	16.07 m	Paola Paternoster	13.22 m
Discus throw	Adolfo Consolini	53.14 m	Paola Paternoster	44.95 m
Hammer throw	Teseo Taddia	55.09 m
Javelin throw	Giovanni Lievore	73.76 m	Paola Paternoster	44.48 m
Combined
Decathlon/Pentathlon	Umberto Bordignon	5054 pts	Osvalda Giardi	3569 pts
Road events
Half marathon (20 km)	Rino Lavelli	1:06:30
Marathon	Rino Lavelli	2:38:15.0
20 km walk	Pino Dordoni	1:38:41.0
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich	4:31:06.0
Cross country
Cross (7 km/1.2 km)	Luigi Conti	25:20.2	Germana Bustreo	4:09.8

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
2. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI 1906-2015 - Storia, Sedi, Programmi" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
3. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI – 1906/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

External links

• Italian Athletics Federation