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

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk 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]

Athletics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Final classification
RANKNAME ATHLETETIME
 Norman Read (NZL) 4:30:42.8
 Yevgeniy 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.
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