Olympic Games 1956 - Melbourne
MEN MARATHON - 2:25:00 Alain MIMOUN (fra)
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 (FRA) 2:25:00; 2. Franjo Mihalic (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 Zatopek (TCH) 2:29:34; 7. Ivan Filin (URS) 2:30:37; 8. Jvert Nyberg (SWE) 2:31:12; 9. Thomas Nilsson (SWE) 2:33:33; 10. Eino Oksanen (FIN) 2:36:10; 11. Arnold Waide (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. Aurele van den Driessche (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 ♦ Did not finish: Giuseppe Lavelli (ITA), Jan Barnard (RSA), Ron Clark (GBR), Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI), Ali Baghbanbashi (IRI), Boris Grichaev (URS), Les Perry (AUS), Eduardo Silva (CHI), Albert Ivanov (URS), Klaus Portadnik (EUA), Fred Norris (GBR), Wha Dong-Lim (KOR), Dean Thackwray (USA).
