Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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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]
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME |
|---|---|---|
 |  Leonid Spirin (URS) | 1:31:27.4 |
 | Antanas Mikėnas (URS) | 1:32:03.0 |
 | Bruno Junk (URS) | 1:32:12.0 |
| 4. |  John Ljunggren (SWE) | 1:32:24.0 |
| 5. |  Stan Vickers (GBR) | 1:32:34.2 |
| 6. |  Don Keane (AUS) | 1:33:52.0 |
| 7. | George Coleman (GBR) | 1:34:01.8 |
| 8. | Roland Hardy (GBR) | 1:34:40.4 |
| 9. |  Giuseppe Dordoni (ITA) | 1:35:00.4 |
| 10. | Ted Allsopp (AUS) | 1:35:43.0 |
| 11. | Abdon Pamich (ITA) | 1:36:03.6 |
| 12. |  Henry Laskau (USA) | 1:38:46.8 |
| 13. | Ronald Crawford (AUS) | 1:39:35.0 |
| 14. |  Dumitru Parachivescu (ROU) | 1:39:57.4 |
| 15. | Ion Barbu (ROU) | 1:41:37.8 |
| 16. | Bruce MacDonald (USA) | 1:43:25.6 |
| 17. | James Hewson (USA) | 1:46:24.8 |
| — |  Josef Dolezal (TCH) | DNF |
| — |  Alexander Oakley (CAN) | DNF |
| — |  Dieter Lindner (EUA) | DSQ |
| — | Lars Hindmar (SWE) | DSQ |
References
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official Report
- Results
