Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
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| Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Stadio Olimpico | ||||||||||||
| Dates | November 24 | ||||||||||||
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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 Hammer Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying round and the final both were held on Saturday November 24, 1956.
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
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 Harold Connolly (USA) |
63.19 m |
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 Mikhail Krivonosov (URS) |
63.03 m |
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Anatoli Samotsvetov (URS) |
62.56 m |
| 4. | Al Hall (USA) |
61.96 m |
| 5. |  Jozsef Csermak (HUN) |
60.70 m |
| 6. |  Krešimir Račić (YUG) |
60.36 m |
| 7. | Dmitry Egorov (URS) |
60.22 m |
| 8. |  Sverre Strandli (NOR) |
59.21 m |
| 9. |  Peter Allday (GBR) |
58.00 m |
| 10. |  Alfons Niklas (POL) |
57.70 m |
| 11. |  Muhamad Iqbal (PAK) |
56.97 m |
| 12. | Donald Anthony (GBR) |
56.72 m |
| 13. |  Guy Husson (FRA) |
55.02 m |
| 14. | Tadeusz Rut (POL) |
53.43 m |
| — |  Birger Asplund (SWE) |
DNQ |
| — |  Charlie Morris (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — |  Alejandro Díaz (CHI) |
DNQ |
| — | Martin Crowe (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — |  Fumio Kamamoto (JPN) |
DNQ |
| — | 22x20px Song Kyo-Sik (KOR) | DNQ |
| — | Neville Gadsen (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — | Yoshio Kojima (JPN) |
DNQ |
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