| 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 | |||
| 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 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.
This event produced results far above Helsinki standard and the first six all bettered the record for that year which at the time was also a world record. Harold Connolly (USA) was the winner – the first American to take the title since 1924 – by the narrow margin of 16 centimetres (6 inches) over Mikhail Krivonosov (USSR).
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Harold Connolly (USA) |
63.19 m |
 |
 Mikhail Krivonosov (URS) |
63.03 m |
 |
Anatoli Samotsvetov (URS) |
62.56 m |
| 4. | Al Hall (USA) |
61.96 m |
| 5. |  Jozsef Csermak (HUN) |
60.70 m |
| 6. |  Kresimir Racić (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 |
| — |  Charles Morris (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — |  Alejandro Díaz (CHI) |
DNQ |
| — | Martin Crowe (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — |  Fumio Kamamoto (JPN) |
DNQ |
| — |  Song Kyo-Sik (KOR) |
DNQ |
| — | Neville Gadsen (AUS) |
DNQ |
| — | Yoshio Kojima (JPN) |
DNQ |
References
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