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1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia Track & Field |
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| Event | Athlete | Country | Result | Medal |
| 100m Men | Bobby Morrow | USA | 10.5 | GOLD |
| Thane Baker | USA | 10.5 | SILVER | |
| Hec Hogan | AUS | 10.6 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Men | Bobby Morrow | USA | 20.6 | GOLD |
| Andy Stanfield | USA | 20.7 | SILVER | |
| Thane Baker | USA | 20.9 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Men | Charles Jenkins | USA | 46.7 | GOLD |
| Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 46.8 | SILVER | |
| Voitto Hellstén | FIN | 47.0 | BRONZE | |
| Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 47.0 | BRONZE | |
| 800m Men | Tom Courtney | USA | 1:47.7 | GOLD |
| Derek Johnson | GBR | 1:47.8 | SILVER | |
| Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:48.1 | BRONZE | |
| 1500m Men | Ron Delany | IRL | 3:41.2 | GOLD |
| Klaus Richtzenhain | GER | 3:42.0 | SILVER | |
| John Landy | AUS | 3:42.0 | BRONZE | |
| 5000m Men | Vladimir Kuts | URS | 13:39.6 | GOLD |
| Gordon Pirie | GBR | 13:50.6 | SILVER | |
| Derek Ibbotson | GBR | 13:54.4 | BRONZE | |
| 10000m Men | Vladimir Kuts | URS | 28:45.6 | GOLD |
| József Kovács | HUN | 28:52.4 | SILVER | |
| Allan Lawrence | AUS | 28:53.6 | BRONZE | |
| Marathon Men | Alain Mimoun | FRA | 2:25:00.0 | GOLD |
| Franjo Mihalic | YUG | 2:26:32 | SILVER | |
| Veikko Karvonen | FIN | 2:27:47 | BRONZE | |
| 110m Hurdles Men | Lee Calhoun | USA | 13.5 | GOLD |
| Jack Davis | USA | 13.5 | SILVER | |
| Joel Shankle | USA | 14.1 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Hurdles Men | Glenn Davis | USA | 50.1 | GOLD |
| Eddie Southern | USA | 50.8 | SILVER | |
| Josh Culbreath | USA | 51.6 | BRONZE | |
| 3000m Steeplechase Men | Chris Brasher | GBR | 8:41.2 | GOLD |
| Sándor Rozsnyól | HUN | 8:43.6 | SILVER | |
| Kruska Larsen | NOR | 8:44.0 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Men | Leamon King | USA | 39.5 | GOLD |
| Thane Baker | USA | 39.5 | GOLD | |
| Bobby Morrow | USA | 39.5 | GOLD | |
| Ira Murchison | USA | 39.5 | GOLD | |
| Vladimir Sukharyev | URS | 39.8 | SILVER | |
| Boris Tokarev | URS | 39.8 | SILVER | |
| Leonid Bartenev | URS | 39.8 | SILVER | |
| Yuri Konovalov | URS | 39.8 | SILVER | |
| Lothar Knörzer | GER | 40.3 | BRONZE | |
| Heinz Fütterer | GER | 40.3 | BRONZE | |
| Manfred Germar | GER | 40.3 | BRONZE | |
| Leo Pohl | GER | 40.3 | BRONZE | |
| 4x400m Relay Men | Jesse Mashburn | USA | 3:04.8 | GOLD |
| Tom Courtney | USA | 3:04.8 | GOLD | |
| Lou Jones | USA | 3:04.8 | GOLD | |
| Charles Jenkins | USA | 3:04.8 | GOLD | |
| Kevan Gosper | AUS | 3:06.2 | SILVER | |
| Leon Gregory | AUS | 3:06.2 | SILVER | |
| David Lean | AUS | 3:06.2 | SILVER | |
| Graham Gipson | AUS | 3:06.2 | SILVER | |
| Peter Higgins | GBR | 3:07.2 | BRONZE | |
| Derek Johnson | GBR | 3:07.2 | BRONZE | |
| John Salisbury | GBR | 3:07.2 | BRONZE | |
| Michael Wheeler | GBR | 3:07.2 | BRONZE | |
| 20km Walk Men | Leonid Spirin | URS | 1:31:27.4 | GOLD |
| Antanas Mikenas | URS | 1:32:03.0 | SILVER | |
| Bruno Junk | URS | 1:32:12.0 | BRONZE | |
| 50km Walk Men | Norm Read | NZL | 4:30:42.8 | GOLD |
| Yevgeny Maskinsov | URS | 4:32:57.0 | SILVER | |
| John Ljunggren | SWE | 4:35.02.0 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Men | Charles Dumas | USA | 2.12 | GOLD |
| Chilla Porter | AUS | 2.10 | SILVER | |
| Igor Kashkarov | URS | 2.08 | BRONZE | |
| Pole Vault Men | Bob Richards | USA | 4.56 | GOLD |
| Bob Gutowski | USA | 4.53 | SILVER | |
| Georgios Roubanis | GRE | 4.50 | BRONZE | |
| Long Jump Men | Greg Bell | USA | 7.83 | GOLD |
| John Bennett | USA | 7.68 | SILVER | |
| Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7.48 | BRONZE | |
| Triple Jump Men | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva | BRA | 16.35 | GOLD |
| Vilhjálmur Einarsson | ISL | 16.26 | SILVER | |
| Vitold Kreyer | URS | 16.02 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Men | Parry O'Brien | USA | 18.57 | GOLD |
| Bill Nieder | USA | 18.18 | SILVER | |
| Jirí Skobla | CZE | 17.65 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Men | Al Oerter | USA | 56.36 | GOLD |
| Fortune Gordien | USA | 54.81 | SILVER | |
| Des Koch | USA | 54.40 | BRONZE | |
| Hammer Throw Men | Harold Connolly | USA | 63.19 | GOLD |
| Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63.03 | SILVER | |
| Anatoly Samotsvetov | URS | 62.56 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Men | Egil Danielsen | NOR | 85.71 | GOLD |
| Janusz Sidlo | POL | 79.98 | SILVER | |
| Viktor Tsybulenko | URS | 79.50 | BRONZE | |
| Decathlon Men | Milt Campbell | USA | 7937 | GOLD |
| Rafer Johnson | USA | 7587 | SILVER | |
| Vasily Kuznetsov | URS | 7465 | BRONZE | |
| 100m Women | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 11.5 | GOLD |
| Christa Stubnick | GER | 11.7 | SILVER | |
| Marlene Mathews | AUS | 11.7 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Women | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 23.4 | GOLD |
| Christa Stubnick | GER | 23.7 | SILVER | |
| Marlene Mathews | AUS | 23.8 | BRONZE | |
| 80m Hurdles Women | Shirley Strickland | AUS | 10.7 | GOLD |
| Gisela Birkemeyer-Köhler | GER | 10.9 | SILVER | |
| Norma Thrower | AUS | 11.0 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Women | Shirley Strickland | AUS | 44.5 | GOLD |
| Fleur Mellor | AUS | 44.5 | GOLD | |
| Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 44.5 | GOLD | |
| Norma Croker | AUS | 44.5 | GOLD | |
| Heather Armitage | GBR | 44.7 | SILVER | |
| June Foulds-Paul | GBR | 44.7 | SILVER | |
| Anne Pashley | GBR | 44.7 | SILVER | |
| Jean Scrivens | GBR | 44.7 | SILVER | |
| Wilma Rudolph | USA | 44.9 | BRONZE | |
| Margaret Matthews | USA | 44.9 | BRONZE | |
| Isabelle Daniels | USA | 44.9 | BRONZE | |
| Mae Faggs | USA | 44.9 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Women | Millie McDaniel | USA | 1.76 | GOLD |
| Mariya Pisareva | URS | 1.67 | SILVER | |
| Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1.67 | SILVER | |
| Long Jump Women | Elzbieta Krzeszinska | POL | 6.35 | GOLD |
| Willye White | USA | 6.09 | SILVER | |
| Nadezhda Khnykina | URS | 6.07 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Women | Tamara Tyshkevich | URS | 16.59 | GOLD |
| Galina Zybina | URS | 16.53 | SILVER | |
| Marianne Werner | GER | 15.61 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Women | Olga Fikotová | CZE | 53.69 | GOLD |
| Irina Beglyakova | URS | 52.24 | SILVER | |
| Nina Ponomareva-Romashkova | URS | 52.02 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Women | Inese Jaunzeme | URS | 53.86 | GOLD |
| Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 50.38 | SILVER | |
| Nadezhda Konyaeva | URS | 50.28 | BRONZE |
