Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground
DateNovember 29–30, 1956
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning points7937
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Milt Campbell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Rafer Johnson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Vasili Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  
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The Men's decathlon competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 29–30. [1]

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Rafer Johnson  (USA)7985 Kingsburg, United States June 11, 1955
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Bob Mathias  (USA)7887 Helsinki, Finland July 26, 1952

Schedule

All times are local

DateTimeRound
Thursday, November 29, 195610:00
11:00
14:15
16:00
18:30
100 metres
Long Jump
Shot Put
High Jump
400 metres
Friday, November 30, 195609:00
10:00
13:15
16:15
18:30
110 metres hurdles
Discus Throw
Pole Vault
Javelin Throw
1500 metres

Overall results

Key
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteOverall points 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110 m H DT PV JT 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  Milt Campbell  (USA)7937990
10.8 s
898
7.33 m
850
14.76 m
886
1.89 m
940
48.8 s
1124
14.0 s
775
44.98 m
476
3.40 m
668
57.08 m
330
4:50.6 min
Silver medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  Rafer Johnson  (USA)7587948
10.9 s
902
7.34 m
819
14.48 m
806
1.83 m
900
49.3 s
788
15.1 s
688
42.17 m
695
3.90 m
738
60.27 m
303
4:54.2 min
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasili Kuznetsov  (URS)7465834
11.2 s
798
7.04 m
820
14.49 m
711
1.75 m
828
50.2 s
840
14.9 s
754
44.33 m
720
3.95 m
854
65.13 m
306
4:53.8 min
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Uno Palu  (URS)6930737
11.5 s
681
6.65 m
709
13.39 m
886
1.89 m
786
50.8 s
716
15.4 s
637
40.38 m
556
3.60 m
768
61.59 m
454
4:35.6 min
5Flag of Germany.svg  Martin Lauer  (EUA)6853870
11.1 s
734
6.83 m
659
12.86 m
806
1.83 m
995
48.2 s
894
14.7 s
609
39.38 m
364
3.10 m
540
50.66 m
382
4:43.8 min
6Flag of Germany.svg  Walter Meier  (EUA)6773800
11.3 s
725
6.80 m
671
12.99 m
845
1.86 m
900
49.3 s
575
16.1 s
562
37.59 m
596
3.70 m
492
47.97 m
607
4:20.6 min
7Flag of Finland.svg  Torbjörn Lassenius  (FIN)6565650
11.8 s
672
6.62 m
715
13.45 m
656
1.70 m
786
50.8 s
612
15.9 s
664
41.36 m
645
3.80 m
717
59.33 m
448
4:36.2 min
8Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Yang Chuan-kwang  (ROC)6521834
11.2 s
755
6.90 m
544
11.56 m
976
1.95 m
751
51.3 s
813
15.0 s
469
33.92 m
438
3.30 m
685
57.88 m
256
5:00.8 min
9Flag of Australia.svg  Pat Leane  (AUS)6427768
11.4 s
722
6.79 m
696
13.26 m
845
1.86 m
772
51.0 s
523
16.4 s
595
38.86 m
516
3.50 m
706
58.83 m
284
4:56.8 min
10Flag of Australia.svg  John Cann  (AUS)6278948
10.9 s
659
6.57 m
598
12.18 m
656
1.70 m
900
49.3 s
673
15.6 s
592
38.76 m
226
2.70 m
686
57.89 m
340
4:49.2 min
11Flag of Australia.svg  Ian Bruce  (AUS)6025678
11.7 s
672
6.62 m
609
12.30 m
806
1.83 m
751
51.3 s
612
15.9 s
536
36.62 m
476
3.40 m
554
51.38 m
331
4:50.4 min
12State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Najmeddin Farabi  (IRN)5103572
12.1 s
575
6.25 m
524
11.31 m
656
1.70 m
684
52.3 s
372
17.4 s
347
28.73 m
438
3.30 m
375
41.23 m
560
4:24.8 min
US flag 48 stars.svg  Bob Richards  (USA)DNF678
11.7 s
610
6.39 m
628
12.52 m
711
1.75 m
684
52.3 s
458
16.8 s
566
37.77 m
1023
4.45 m
423
44.09 m
DNS
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Kutenko  (URS)DNF707
11.6 s
678
6.64 m
817
14.46 m
NM807
50.5 s
632
15.8 s
861
47.57 m
795
4.10 m
DNSDNS
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Walter Herssens  (BEL)DNF650
11.8 s
656
6.56 m
509
11.12 m
770
1.80 m
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.