Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Dates	November 24, 1956
Competitors	21 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:30:42.8
Medalists
Norman Read   New Zealand Yevgeniy Maskinskov   Soviet Union John Ljunggren   Sweden
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Pathe Highlights

The men's 50 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 24, 1956. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations. ^[1]

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
	Norman Read  (NZL)	4:30:42.8
	Yevgeny Maskinskov  (URS)	4:32:57.0
	John Ljunggren  (SWE)	4:35:02.0
4.	Abdon Pamich  (ITA)	4:39:00.0
5.	Antal Róka  (HUN)	4:50:09.0
6.	Ray Smith  (AUS)	4:56:08.0
7.	Adolf Weinacker  (USA)	5:00:16.0
8.	Albert Johnson  (GBR)	5:02:19.0
9.	Eric Hall  (GBR)	5:03:59.0
10.	Ion Barbu  (ROU)	5:08:33.6
11.	Elliott Denman  (USA)	5:12:14.0
12.	Leo Sjögren  (USA)	5:12:34.0
13.	Ronald Crawford  (AUS)	5:22:36.0
—	Milan Skřont  (TCH)	DNF
—	Josef Dolezal  (TCH)	DNF
—	Grigory Klimov  (URS)	DNF
—	János Somogyi  (HUN)	DNF
—	Dumitru Parachivescu  (ROU)	DNF
—	Don Thompson  (GBR)	DNF
—	Ted Allsopp  (AUS)	DSQ
—	Mikhail Lavrov  (URS)	DSQ

References

1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• Results