Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 16th Olympiad, 1956
Athletics
Men
High Jump
1
DUMAS Charles
USA
2.12
Pole Vault
1
RICHARDS Robert
USA
4.56
2
GUTOWSKI Robert
USA
4.53
Long Jump
1
BELL Gregory
USA
7.83
2
BENNETT John
USA
7.68
Shot Put
1
O'BRIEN Parry
USA
18.57
2
NIEDER William
USA
18.18
Discus
1
OERTER Alfred
USA
56.36
2
GORDIEN Fortune
USA
54.81
3
KOCH Desmond
USA
54.40
Hammer
1
CONNOLLY Harold
USA
63.19
Decathlon
1
CAMPBELL Milton
USA
7937
2
JOHNSON Rafer
USA
7587
Women
4 x 100 m Relay
3
RUDOLPH Wilma
USA
44,9
3
DANIELS Isabelle
USA