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

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
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 walk
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

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]

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonid Spirin  Soviet Union 1:31:27.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antanas Mikėnas  Soviet Union 1:32:03.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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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