Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon 45km at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Dates	December 1
Competitors	46 from 23 nations
Winning time	2:25:00
Medalists
Alain Mimoun   France   Franjo Mihalić   Yugoslavia   Veikko Karvonen   Finland

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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 Marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held on Saturday December 1, 1956. There were a total number of 46 participants from 23 nations, with 13 runners not completing the race.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	2:25:00
2	Franjo Mihalić (YUG)	2:26:32
3	Veikko Karvonen (FIN)	2:27:47
4	Lee Chang-Hoon (KOR)	2:28:45
5	Yoshiaki Kawashima (JPN)	2:29:19
6	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	2:29:34
7	Ivan Filin (URS)	2:30:37
8	Evert Nyberg (SWE)	2:31:12
9	Thomas Nilsson (SWE)	2:33:33
10	Eino Oksanen (FIN)	2:36:10
11	Arnold Vaide (SWE)	2:36:21
12	Choi Chunk-Sik (KOR)	2:36:53
13	Paavo Kotila (FIN)	2:38:59
14.	Mercer Davis (RSA)	2:39:48
15.	Harry Hicks (GBR)	2:39:55
16.	Hideo Hamamura (JPN)	2:40:53
17.	Albert Richards (NZL)	2:41:34
18.	John Russell (AUS)	2:41:44
19.	Lothar Beckert (EUA)	2:42:10
20.	Nick Costes (USA)	2:42:20
21.	Johnny Kelley (USA)	2:43:40
22.	Muhamad Havlidar Aslam (PAK)	2:44:33
23.	Adolf Gruber (AUT)	2:46:20
24.	Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)	2:47:18
25.	Keith Ollerenshaw (AUS)	2:48:12
26.	Naw Myitung (BIR)	2:49:32
27.	Pavel Kantorek (TCH)	2:52:05
28.	Kurt Hartung (EUA)	2:52:14
29.	Bashay Feleke (ETH)	2:53:37
30.	Abdul Rashid (PAK)	2:57:47
31.	Arap Sum Kanuti (KEN)	2:58:42
32.	Gebre Birkay (ETH)	2:58:49
33.	Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)	3:04:17
—	Giuseppe Lavelli (ITA)	DNF
—	Jan Barnard (RSA)	DNF
—	Ron Clark (GBR)	DNF
—	Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI)	DNF
—	Ali Baghbanbashi (IRI)	DNF
—	Boris Grishayev (URS)	DNF
—	Les Perry (AUS)	DNF
—	Eduardo Silva (CHI)	DNF
—	Albert Ivanov (URS)	DNF
—	Klaus Portadnik (EUA)	DNF
—	Fred Norris (GBR)	DNF
—	Wha Dong-Lim (KOR)	DNF
—	Dean Thackwray (USA)	DNF

References

• Official Report
• Results