Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
| Men's long jump at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Park Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 24 November | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying stage and the final both were held on the second day of the track and field competition, on Saturday November 24, 1956.
Qualification Round
For the qualifying round, competitors needed to hit the standard of 7.15 meters in order to reach the final, with a minimum of 12 competitors making the final. Since 13 athletes hit the standard, no extra berths were given for the final. After an athlete met the standard in the qualifying round, they were not required to finish their three jumps, denoted by a dash in the table. A foul is denoted by an "X".
| RANK | Athlete Name | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Best Jump |
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| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Henryk Grabowski (POL) | 7.52 | - | - | 7.52 m |
| 2 |  John Bennett (USA) | 7.50 | - | - | 7.50 m |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS) | 7.04 | 7.42 | - | 7.42 m |
| 4 |  Ken Wilmshurst (GBR) | 6.95 | 7.40 | - | 7.40 m |
| 5 | Dmitry Bondarenko (URS) | 6.97 | 6.95 | 7.37 | 7.37 m |
| 6 |  Jorma Valkama (FIN) | 7.13 | 6.92 | 7.36 | 7.36 m |
| 7 | Gregory Bell (USA) | 7.35 | - | - | 7.35 m |
| 8 | Roy Cruttenden (GBR) | 7.32 | - | - | 7.32 m |
| 9 |  Fermín Donazar (URU) | 7.31 | - | - | 7.31 m |
| 10 |  Karim Olowu (NGR) | 7.05 | 7.29 | - | 7.29 m |
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} Neville Price (RSA) | 7.28 | - | - | 7.28 m |
| 12 | Kazimierz Kropidlowski (POL) | 7.10 | 7.22 | - | 7.22 m |
| 13 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) | 7.15 | - | - | 7.15 m |
| 14 |  Yoshiro Sonoda (JPN) | 6.77 | 7.01 | 7.12 | 7.12 m |
| 15 | Masaji Tajima (JPN) | 6.98 | X | 7.11 | 7.11 m |
| 16 |  Te-Sheng Ling (ROC) | 6.85 | 6.74 | 7.11 | 7.11 m |
| 17 |  Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK) | 6.75 | 7.11 | X | 7.11 m |
| 18 |  Suh Yeong-Joo (KOR) | 7.08 | 7.09 | 6.92 | 7.09 m |
| 19 |  Michael Moroney (AUS) | 6.72 | 7.09 | X | 7.09 m |
| 20 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ary de Sá (BRA) | 6.86 | 7.00 | 6.97 | 7.00 m |
| 21 | .svg.png){kind=small} Odon Foldessy (HUN) | 6.96 | 6.92 | 6.93 | 6.96 m |
| 22 |  Ram Mehar (IND) | 6.92 | 6.84 | 5.53 | 6.92 m |
| 23 | Ian Bruce (AUS) | X | 6.91 | 6.80 | 6.91 m |
| 24 | Hugh Jack (AUS) | 6.90 | 6.87 | 6.45 | 6.90 m |
| 25 |  David Kushnir (ISR) | 6.09 | 6.89 | 6.66 | 6.89 m |
| 26 |  Fred Hammer (LUX) | 6.74 | X | X | 6.74 m |
| 27 |  Lawrence Ogwang (UGA) | 6.62 | 6.51 | 6.28 | 6.62 |
| 28 | Wilhelm Porrassalmi (FIN) | X | 6.58 | X | 6.58 |
| 29 | Rafio Oluwa (NGR) | X | 6.53 | X | 6.53 m |
| 30 | Muhammad Rashid (PAK) | 6.13 | 6.10 | 5.90 | 6.13 m |
| 31 |  Edward Martins (LBR) | 5.79 | 6.01 | 5.96 | 6.01 m |
| 32 |  Torgny Wahlander (SWE) | X | X | X | No Mark |
Final Round
The final round included all 13 competitors who had qualified earlier that day by reaching the mark of 7.15 meters. The finals format was set up in two sections. All 13 athletes made three jumps, and all but the best six jumpers were eliminated. Finally, three more jumps were contested for the top six, however any jump made over all six attempts counted towards the final ranking. A dash means that the jumper elected not to attempt that round.
| RANK | Athlete Name | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Jump 4 | Jump 5 | Jump 6 | Best Jump |
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 | Gregory Bell (USA) | 6.98 | 7.83 | 7.77 | X | - | 7.16 | 7.83 m |
 | John Bennett (USA) | 7.68 | 7.61 | X | - | X | - | 7.68 m |
 | Jorma Valkama (FIN) | 7.11 | X | 7.48 | 7.07 | 7.22 | 7.00 | 7.48 m |
| 4 | Dmitriy Bondarenko (URS) | 7.44 | X | 7.13 | X | 6.89 | 6.99 | 7.44 m |
| 5 | Karim Olowu (NGR) | 7.28 | 6.77 | 7.36 | 6.42 | X | 6.91 | 7.36 m |
| 6 | Kazimierz Kropidlowski (POL) | 7.27 | 6.92 | 7.30 | 6.95 | 7.03 | 6.94 | 7.30 m |
| 7 | Neville Price (RSA) | X | 7.28 | X | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7.28 m |
| 8 | Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS) | X | 7.25 | 7.27 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7.27 m |
| 9 | Roy Cruttenden (GBR) | 7.15 | X | 6.96 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7.15 m |
| 10 | Henryk Grabowski (POL) | X | X | 7.15 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7.15 m |
| 11 | Ken Wilmshurst (GBR) | 7.14 | 7.06 | 7.05 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7.14 m |
| 12 | Fermín Donazar (URU) | X | X | 6.57 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 6.57 m |
| 13 | Igor Ter-Ovanesian (URS) | X | X | X | OUT | OUT | OUT | No Mark |