Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Date	26 November
Competitors	21 from 12 nations
Winning distance	85.71 WR
Medalists
Egil Danielsen  Norway Janusz Sidło  Poland Viktor Tsybulenko  Soviet Union

The men's javelin throw was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying stage and the final both were held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956.^[1]

The 1956 Olympic Games are notable for being the only time that Finland did not take part in this event.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE
	Egil Danielsen (NOR)	85.71 m WR
	Janusz Sidło (POL)	79.98 m
	Viktor Tsybulenko (URS)	79.50 m
4.	Herbert Koschel (EUA)	74.68 m
5.	Jan Kopyto (POL)	74.28 m
6.	Giovanni Lievore (ITA)	72.88 m
7.	Michel Macquet (FRA)	71.84 m
8.	Aleksandr Gorshkov (URS)	70.32 m
9.	Heiner Will (EUA)	69.86 m
10.	Philip Conley (USA)	69.74 m
11.	Cy Young (USA)	68.64 m
12.	Vladimir Kuznetzov (URS)	67.14 m
13.	Sandor Krasznai (HUN)	66.33 m
14.	Muhammad Nawaz (PAK)	62.55 m
15.	Benjamin Garcia (USA)	NM
—	Reinaldo Oliver Martínez (PUR)	DNQ
—	Léon Syrovatski (FRA)	DNQ
—	John Achurch (AUS)	DNQ
—	Jalal Khan (PAK)	DNQ
—	Peter Cullen (GBR)	DNQ
—	Bob Grant (AUS)	DNQ

References

1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

External links

• Official Report
• Results