Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres

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
10000 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 100 metres event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. There were a total number of 65 competitors.

Contents 1 Medallists 2 Results 2.1 First Round 2.1.1 Heat 1 2.1.2 Heat 2 2.1.3 Heat 3 2.1.4 Heat 4 2.1.5 Heat 5 2.1.6 Heat 6 2.1.7 Heat 7 2.1.8 Heat 8 2.1.9 Heat 9 2.1.10 Heat 10 2.1.11 Heat 11 2.1.12 Heat 12 2.2 Second Round 2.2.1 Heat 1 2.2.2 Heat 2 2.2.3 Heat 3 2.2.4 Heat 4 2.3 Semifinals 2.3.1 Semifinal 1 2.3.2 Semifinal 2 2.4 Final 3 References

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	Hector Hogan (AUS)

Results

First Round

Twelve heats were held, the two fastest of which would qualify for the Second Round.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ira Murchison (USA)	10.5s
2	Janusz Jarzembowski (POL)	10.7s
3	Hilmar Thobjornsson (ISL)	10.9s
4	Mario Colarossi (ITA)	10.9s
5	Rene Ahumada Rodriguez (MEX)	11.1s
6	Bin Nggah Ali Raja Azlam (MAL)	11.2s

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Michael Agostini (TRI)	10.7s
2	Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)	10.7s
3	Titus Abimbola Erinle (NGR)	10.9s
4	Jorge Machado de Barros (BRA)	10.9s
5	Vachak Voradilok (THA)	11.5s
6	Nigousse Robba (ETH)	11.8s

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Maurice Rae (NZL)	10.7s
2	Abdullah Kahliq Khan (PAK)	10.8s
3	Manfred Steinbach (GER)	10.8s
4	Rafael Romero (VEN)	10.9s
5	Evaristo Iglesias (CUB)	11.3s

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Benjamin Kiyini Nguda (UGA)	10.7s
2	Keneth Box (GBR)	10.7s
3	Kiohei Ushio (JPN)	11.0s
4	Soon Kesavan (SIN)	11.4s
5	John Parrington (CAN)	11.6s

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Marian Foik (POL)	10.5s
2	Boris Tokarev (URS)	10.6s
3	Franco Galbiati (ITA)	10.9s
4	Thomas Robinson (BAH)	10.9s
5	Johannes Edouard Gosal (INA)	10.9s
6	James Roberts (LBR)	11.2s

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Manfred Germar (GER)	10.7s
2	Raymond Land (AUS)	10.8s
3	Keith Gardner (JAM)	11.1s
4	Alain David (FRA)	11.1s
5	Emmanuel Putu (LBR)	11.3s
6	Legesse Beyene (ETH)	11.8s

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Leonid Bartenev (URS)	10.7s
2	Bela Goldovanyi (HUN)	10.8s
3	Clive Bonas (VEN)	10.9s
4	Gavin Gartagher (AUS)	10.9s
5	Thomas Obi (NGR)	11.0s
6	Bjorn Nilsen (NOR)	11.0s

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hector Hogan (AUS)	10.5s
2	Rene Bonino (FRA)	10.8s
3	Gesa Varasdi (HUN)	10.8s
4	Akira Kiyofuji (JPN)	10.8s

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thane Baker (USA)	10.7s
2	Edmund Turton (TRI)	11.1s
3	Sinnayah Karuppiah (MAL)	11.3s
4	Eng-Yoon Tan (SIN)	11.4s

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Stanley Levenson (CAN)	10.8s
2	Heinz Futterer (GER)	10.9s
3	Joao Pires Sobrinho (BRA)	11.0s
4	Joseph Goddard (TRI)	11.1s
5	Oliver Hunter (GUI)	11.1s
6	Ghulam Raziq (PAK)	11.2s

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Edward Alabi Ajado (NGR)	10.8s
2	Roy Sandstrom (GBR)	10.8s
3	Richard Harding (CAN)	11.0s
4	Muhamad Sharif Butt (PAK)	11.1s
5	Hailou Abbebe (ETH)	11.3s
6	Snay Wongchaoom (THA)	11.8s

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	10.4s
2	Yuri Konovalov (URS)	10.6s
3	David Segal (GBR)	10.9s
4	Phaibulya Vacharabhan (THA)	11.3s
5	Kah-Fook Lee (MAL)	11.6s

Second Round

Four heats were held, the three fastest of which would qualify for the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	10.3s
2	Michael Agostini (TRI)	10.5s
3	Maurice Rae (NZL)	10.5s
4	Bela Goldovanyi (HUN)	10.8s
5	Heinz Futterer (GER)	10.8s
6	Raymond Land (AUS)	11.0s

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ira Murchison (USA)	10.3s
2	Abdullah Kahliq Khan (PAK)	10.5s
3	Yuri Konovalov (URS)	10.7s
4	Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)	10.8s
5	Edmund Turton (TRI)	11.2s
6	Benjamin Kiyini Nguda (UGA)	12.8s

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hector Hogan (AUS)	10.5s
2	Boris Tokarev (URS)	10.7s
3	Stanley Levenson (CAN)	10.8s
4	Janusz Jarzembowski (POL)	10.8s
5	Edward Alabi Ajado (NGR)	10.9s
6	Kenneth Box (GBR)	11.3s

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thane Baker (USA)	10.4s
2	Manfred Germar (GER)	10.6s
3	Marian Foik (POL)	10.6s
4	Leonid Bartenev (URS)	10.6s
5	Rene Bonino (FRA)	10.8s
6	Roy Sandstrom (GBR)	10.9s

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of which would qualify for the Final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ira Murchison (USA)	10.5s
2	Michael Agostini (TRI)	10.5s
3	Manfred Germar (GER)	10.6s
4	Abdullah Kahliq Khan (PAK)	10.6s
5	Stanley Levenson (CAN)	10.7s
6	Yuri Konovalov (URS)	10.8s

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	10.3s
2	Thane Baker (USA)	10.4s
3	Hector Hogan (AUS)	10.5s
4	Maurice Rae (NZL)	10.5s
5	Marian Foik (POL)	10.6s
6	Boris Tokarev (URS)	10.7s

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	10.5s
2	Thane Baker (USA)	10.5s
3	Hector Hogan (AUS)	10.6s
4	Ira Murchison (USA)	10.6s
5	Manfred Germar (GER)	10.7s
6	Michael Agostini (TRI)	10.7s

References

• Official Report
• Results