| 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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| 1960 → | ||||||||||
| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
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.
Results
| 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
- "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.
External links
| 10 and 20 kilometres race walk at the Olympic Games | |
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| Summary | |
| Men's 10 km | |
| Men's 20 km | |
| Women's 10 km | |
| Women's 20 km | |
| Other distances: 1908: Men's 3500 m walk • 1908: Men's 10 miles walk • 1920: Men's 3000 m walk | |
| Olympic champions in men's 20 km race walk | |
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