The men's javelin throw was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying stage and the final both were held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956.
The 1956 Olympic Games are notable for being the only time that Finland did not take part in this event.
Results Qualification Qualifying distance: 66 metres Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes 1 Cy Young 63.30 74.76 74.76 Q, 2 Egil Danielsen 74.15 74.15 Q 3 Vladimir Kuznetzov 64.88 73.89 73.89 Q 4 Herbert Koschel 72.90 72.90 Q 5 Aleksandr Gorshkov 72.31 72.31 Q 6 Janusz Sidło 72.00 72.00 Q 7 Michel Macquet 71.23 71.23 Q 8 Viktor Tsybulenko 71.20 71.20 Q 9 Benny Garcia 71.17 71.17 Q 10 Heiner Will 52.56 64.68 70.38 70.38 Q 11 Giovanni Lievore 69.64 69.64 Q 12 Phil Conley 68.50 68.50 Q 13 Jan Kopyto 68.19 68.19 Q 14 Muhammad Nawaz 59.44 61.62 67.57 67.57 Q 15 Sándor Krasznai 61.87 67.39 67.39 Q 16 Bob Grant x 65.76 61.50 65.76 17 Jalal Khan 65.35 x 61.61 65.35 18 Léon Syrovatski 61.06 62.65 64.58 64.58 19 Reinaldo Oliver 55.85 52.42 63.68 63.68 20 Peter Cullen x 61.37 62.77 62.77 21 Jim Achurch 57.09 43.43 x 57.09
Final Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes Egil Danielsen 72.60 68.49 70.75 85.71 72.60 68.86 85.71 Janusz Sidło 72.78 x 79.98 79.70 75.79 73.50 79.98 Viktor Tsybulenko 74.96 75.84 71.74 79.50 72.98 63.24 79.50 4 Herbert Koschel 74.68 60.80 69.88 61.66 x 61.29 74.68 5 Jan Kopyto 71.82 73.32 73.02 74.28 57.20 73.27 74.28 6 Giovanni Lievore 71.26 72.88 67.46 65.58 64.87 55.78 72.88 7 Michel Macquet 70.03 70.11 71.84 71.84 8 Aleksandr Gorshkov x x 70.32 70.32 9 Heiner Will 69.86 67.39 x 69.86 10 Phil Conley 69.74 60.92 69.59 69.74 11 Cy Young x 66.32 68.64 68.64 12 Vladimir Kuznetzov 65.65 62.80 67.14 67.14 13 Sándor Krasznai 66.33 60.03 59.78 66.33 14 Muhammad Nawaz 62.55 59.42 61.13 62.55 Benny Garcia x x x
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External links Official Report Results