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The men's 50 kilometres walk was an event 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]
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||
Dates | November 24 | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:30:42.8 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME |
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Norman Read (NZL) | 4:30:42.8 | |
Yevgeny 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 |
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