Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Dates	November 24
Competitors	21 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:30:42.8
Medalists
Norman Read  New Zealand Yevgeniy Maskinskov  Soviet Union John Ljunggren  Sweden

Pathe Highlights

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.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
	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

External links

• Official Report
• Results