Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||
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Date | November 23–24 | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 50.1 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 |
The Men's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia took place on November 23–24 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Competition format
The men's 400m hurdles competition started with six heats, where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups. The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
49.5 | Los Angeles, United States | June 29, 1956 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
50.8 | Helsinki, Finland | July 21, 1952 |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Glenn Davis | ![]() |
51.3 |
2 | David Lean | ![]() |
51.4 |
3 | Keiji Ogushi | ![]() |
53.2 |
4 | Ovidio de Jesús | ![]() |
54.0 |
5 | Pablo Somblingo | ![]() |
54.5 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Eddie Southern | ![]() |
51.3 |
2 | Harry Kane | ![]() |
51.8 |
3 | Geoff Goodacre | ![]() |
52.5 |
4 | Kalim Khawaja Ghani | ![]() |
55.1 |
5 | Jagdev Singh | ![]() |
55.2 |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Josh Culbreath | ![]() |
50.9 |
2 | Guy Cury | ![]() |
51.6 |
3 | Jaime Aparicio | ![]() |
52.0 |
4 | Tom Farrell | ![]() |
52.7 |
5 | Muhammad Yaqub | ![]() |
53.1 |
6 | Tsai Cheng-Fu | ![]() |
54.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross Parker | ![]() |
53.5 |
2 | Ioannis Kambadelis | ![]() |
53.7 |
3 | Amadeo Francis | ![]() |
54.3 |
Heat 5
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yuriy Lituyev | ![]() |
51.6 |
2 | Gert Potgieter | ![]() |
52.0 |
3 | Ossi Mildh | ![]() |
52.1 |
4 | Alexandre Yankoff | ![]() |
53.1 |
5 | Marcel Lambrechts | ![]() |
54.0 |
Heat 6
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Anatoly Yulin | ![]() |
52.1 |
2 | Ilie Savel | ![]() |
52.2 |
3 | Bob Shaw | ![]() |
52.5 |
4 | Ulisses dos Santos | ![]() |
53.8 |
Semifinals
Group 1
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eddie Southern | ![]() |
50.1 OR |
2 | Glenn Davis | ![]() |
50.7 |
3 | Gert Potgieter | ![]() |
51.3 |
4 | Guy Cury | ![]() |
51.5 |
5 | Anatoly Yulin | ![]() |
51.7 |
6 | Ross Parker | ![]() |
52.6 |
Group 2
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Josh Culbreath | ![]() |
50.9 |
2 | David Lean | ![]() |
51.4 |
3 | Yuriy Lituyev | ![]() |
51.8 |
4 | Ilie Savel | ![]() |
52.0 |
5 | Harry Kane | ![]() |
52.7 |
6 | Ioannis Kambadelis | ![]() |
53.8 |
Final
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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![]() | Glenn Davis | ![]() |
50.1 |
![]() | Eddie Southern | ![]() |
50.8 |
![]() | Josh Culbreath | ![]() |
51.6 |
4 | Yuriy Lituyev | ![]() |
51.7 |
5 | David Lean | ![]() |
51.8 |
6 | Gert Potgieter | ![]() |
56.0 |
References
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