Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 16 Olympiad, 1956
Athletics
Men
1500 m
3
LANDY John
Australia
3.42,0
5000 m
1
KUTS Vladimir
USSR
13.39,6
2
PIRIE Gordon
United Kingdom
13.50,6
3
IBBOTSON Derek
United Kingdom
13.54,4
10000 m
1
KUTS Vladimir
USSR
28.45,6
2
KOVACS Joszef
Hungary
28.52,4
3
LAWRENCE Allan
Australia
28.53,6
Marathon
1
MIMOUN Alain
France
2:25.00
2
MIHALIC Franjo
Yugoslavia
2:26.32
3
KARVONEN Veikko
Finland
2:27.47
4 x 100 m Relay
1
BAKER Thane
USA
39,5
1
MORROW Robert
USA
1
MURCHISON Ira
USA
1
KING Leamon
USA
2
BARTENYEV Leonid
USSR
39,8