Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Winning time1:31:27.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonid Spirin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antanas Mikėnas
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Junk
 Soviet Union
1960 →

Results

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
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