Olympic Games 1956 - Melbourne
The marathon was held on Saturday December 1, 1956. It started at 3:15 p.m. local time. There were a total number of 46 participants from 23 nations, with 13 runners not completing the race.
| Results | ||||
| 1° | Alain | Mimoun | France | 2:25:00 | 2° | Franjo | Mihalic | Yugoslavia | 2:26:32 | 3° | Veikko | Karvonen | Finland | 2:27:47 | 4° | Lee | Chang-Hoon | South Korea | 2:28:45 | 5° | Yoshiaki | Kawashima | Japan | 2:29:19 | 6° | Emil | Zįtopek | Czechoslovakia | 2:29:34 | 7° | Ivan | Filin | Soviet Union | 2:30:37 | 8° | Jvert | Nyberg | Sweden | 2:31:12 | 9° | Thomas | Nilsson | Sweden | 2:33:33 | 10° | Eino | Oksanen | Finland | 2:36:10 | 11° | Arnold | Waide | Sweden | 2:36:21 | 12° | Choi | Chung-Sik | South Korea | 2:36:53 | 13° | Paavo | Kotila | Finland | 2:38:59 | 14° | Mercer | Davis | South Africa | 2:39:48 | 15° | Harry | Hicks | Great Britain | 2:39:55 | 16° | Hideo | Hamamura | Japan | 2:40:53 | 17° | Albert | Richards | New Zealand | 2:41:34 | 18° | John | Russell | Australia | 2:41:44 | 19° | Lothar | Beckert | Unified team of Germany | 2:42:10 | 20° | Nick | Costes | United States of America | 2:42:20 | 21° | Johnny | Kelley | United States of America | 2:43:40 | 22° | Muhamad | Havlidar Aslam | Pakistan | 2:44:33 | 23° | Adolf | Gruber | Austria | 2:46:20 | 24° | Aurčle | van den Driessche | Belgium | 2:47:18 | 25° | Keith | Ollerenshaw | Australia | 2:48:12 | 26° | Naw | Myitung | Myanmar | 2:49:32 | 27° | Pavel | Kantorek | Czechoslovakia | 2:52:05 | 28° | Kurt | Hartung | Unified team of Germany | 2:52:14 | 29° | Bashay | Feleke | Ethiopia | 2:53:37 | 30° | Abdul | Rashid | Pakistan | 2:57:47 | 31° | Arap Sum | Kanuti | Kenya | 2:58:42 | 32° | Gebre | Birkay | Ethiopia | 2:58:49 | 33° | Kurao | Hiroshima | Japan | 3:04:17 |
| Did not finish | ||||
| DNF | Les | Perry | Australia | DNF | Eduardo | Fontecilla | Chile | DNF | Eduardo | Silva | Chile | DNF | Ron | Clark | Great Britain | DNF | Fred | Norris | Great Britain | DNF | Ali | Baghbanbashi | Iran | DNF | Giuseppe | Lavelli | Italy | DNF | Wha | Dong-Lim | South Korea | DNF | Jan | Barnard | South Africa | DNF | Boris | Grichaev | Soviet Union | DNF | Albert | Ivanov | Soviet Union | DNF | Dean | Thackwray | United States of America | DNF | Klaus | Portadnik | Unified team of Germany |
| Did not start | ||||
| Disqualified | ||||
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