Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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The men's 20 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]
| Men's 20 kilometre walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Competitors | 21 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:31:27.4 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Leonid Spirin |  Soviet Union
|
1:31:27.4 | ||
|
Antanas Mikėnas | Soviet Union
|
1:32:03.0 | ||
|
Bruno Junk | Soviet Union
|
1:32:12.0 | ||
| 4 | John Ljunggren |  Sweden
|
1:32:24.0 | ||
| 5 | Stan Vickers |  Great Britain
|
1:32:34.2 | ||
| 6 | Don Keane |  Australia
|
1:33:52.0 | ||
| 7 | George Coleman | Great Britain
|
1:34:01.8 | ||
| 8 | Roland Hardy | Great Britain
|
1:34:40.4 | ||
| 9 | Giuseppe Dordoni |  Italy
|
1:35:00.4 | ||
| 10 | Ted Allsopp | Australia
|
1:35:43.0 | ||
| 11 | Abdon Pamich | Italy
|
1:36:03.6 | ||
| 12 | Henry Laskau |  United States
|
1:38:46.8 | ||
| 13 | Ronald Crawford | Australia
|
1:39:35.0 | ||
| 14 | Dumitru Parachivescu |  Romania
|
1:39:57.4 | ||
| 15 | Ion Barbu | Romania
|
1:41:37.8 | ||
| 16 | Bruce MacDonald | United States
|
1:43:25.6 | ||
| 17 | James Hewson | United States
|
1:46:24.8 | ||
| — | Josef Dolezal |  Czechoslovakia
|
DNF | ||
| Alexander Oakley |  Canada
|
DNF | |||
| Dieter Lindner |  United Team of Germany
|
DSQ | |||
| Lars Hindmar | Sweden
|
DSQ |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2017.