Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
DateNovember 29–30
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning points7937
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Milt Campbell  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rafer Johnson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
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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

The Men's decathlon competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 29–30.[1]

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Rafer Johnson (USA) 7985 Kingsburg, United States June 11, 1955
Olympic record  Bob Mathias (USA) 7887 Helsinki, Finland July 26, 1952

Schedule

All times are local

Date Time Round
Thursday, November 29, 1956 10:00
11:00
14:15
16:00
18:30		 100 metres
Long Jump
Shot Put
High Jump
400 metres
Friday, November 30, 1956 09:00
10:00
13:15
16:15
18:30		 110 metres hurdles
Discus Throw
Pole Vault
Javelin Throw
1500 metres

Overall results

Key
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Overall points 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110 m H DT PV JT 1500 m
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Milt Campbell (USA) 7937 990
10.8 s 		898
7.33 m 		850
14.76 m 		886
1.89 m 		940
48.8 s 		1124
14.0 s 		775
44.98 m 		476
3.40 m 		668
57.08 m 		330
4:50.6 min
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Rafer Johnson (USA) 7587 948
10.9 s 		902
7.34 m 		819
14.48 m 		806
1.83 m 		900
49.3 s 		788
15.1 s 		688
42.17 m 		695
3.90 m 		738
60.27 m 		303
4:54.2 min
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 7465 834
11.2 s 		798
7.04 m 		820
14.49 m 		711
1.75 m 		828
50.2 s 		840
14.9 s 		754
44.33 m 		720
3.95 m 		854
65.13 m 		306
4:53.8 min
4  Uno Palu (URS) 6930 737
11.5 s 		681
6.65 m 		709
13.39 m 		886
1.89 m 		786
50.8 s 		716
15.4 s 		637
40.38 m 		556
3.60 m 		768
61.59 m 		454
4:35.6 min
5  Martin Lauer (EUA) 6853 870
11.1 s 		734
6.83 m 		659
12.86 m 		806
1.83 m 		995
48.2 s 		894
14.7 s 		609
39.38 m 		364
3.10 m 		540
50.66 m 		382
4:43.8 min
6  Walter Meier (EUA) 6773 800
11.3 s 		725
6.80 m 		671
12.99 m 		845
1.86 m 		900
49.3 s 		575
16.1 s 		562
37.59 m 		596
3.70 m 		492
47.97 m 		607
4:20.6 min
7  Torbjörn Lassenius (FIN) 6565 650
11.8 s 		672
6.62 m 		715
13.45 m 		656
1.70 m 		786
50.8 s 		612
15.9 s 		664
41.36 m 		645
3.80 m 		717
59.33 m 		448
4:36.2 min
8  Yang Chuan-kwang (ROC) 6521 834
11.2 s 		755
6.90 m 		544
11.56 m 		976
1.95 m 		751
51.3 s 		813
15.0 s 		469
33.92 m 		438
3.30 m 		685
57.88 m 		256
5:00.8 min
9  Pat Leane (AUS) 6427 768
11.4 s 		722
6.79 m 		696
13.26 m 		845
1.86 m 		772
51.0 s 		523
16.4 s 		595
38.86 m 		516
3.50 m 		706
58.83 m 		284
4:56.8 min
10  John Cann (AUS) 6278 948
10.9 s 		659
6.57 m 		598
12.18 m 		656
1.70 m 		900
49.3 s 		673
15.6 s 		592
38.76 m 		226
2.70 m 		686
57.89 m 		340
4:49.2 min
11  Ian Bruce (AUS) 6025 678
11.7 s 		672
6.62 m 		609
12.30 m 		806
1.83 m 		751
51.3 s 		612
15.9 s 		536
36.62 m 		476
3.40 m 		554
51.38 m 		331
4:50.4 min
12  Najmeddin Farabi (IRN) 5103 572
12.1 s 		575
6.25 m 		524
11.31 m 		656
1.70 m 		684
52.3 s 		372
17.4 s 		347
28.73 m 		438
3.30 m 		375
41.23 m 		560
4:24.8 min
—  Bob Richards (USA) DNF 678
11.7 s 		610
6.39 m 		628
12.52 m 		711
1.75 m 		684
52.3 s 		458
16.8 s 		566
37.77 m 		1023
4.45 m 		423
44.09 m 		DNS
—  Yuriy Kutenko (URS) DNF 707
11.6 s 		678
6.64 m 		817
14.46 m 		NM 807
50.5 s 		632
15.8 s 		861
47.57 m 		795
4.10 m 		DNS DNS
—  Walter Herssens (BEL) DNF 650
11.8 s 		656
6.56 m 		509
11.12 m 		770
1.80 m 		DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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