Race profile

Olympic Games
Melbourne AUS
01 Dec 1956
Road
Marathon
Record quality course
Total: 33
Men: 33
Women:
Olympic Games

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 2:25:00 Alain Mimoun FRA 01 Jan 1921
2 2:26:32 Franjo Mihalic SER 09 Mar 1920
3 2:27:47 Veikko Karvonen FIN 05 Jan 1926
4 2:28:45 Chang-Hoon Lee KOR 21 Mar 1935
6 2:29:34 Emil Zatopek CZE 19 Sep 1922
7 2:30:37 Ivan Filin RUS 10 Mar 1926
10 2:36:10 Eino Oksanen FIN 07 May 1931
11 2:36:21 Arnold Waide SWE 17 Apr 1926
13 2:38:59 Paavo Kotila FIN 26 Jul 1927
23 2:46:20 Adolf Gruber AUT 15 May 1920
24 2:47:18 Aurele Vandendriessche BEL 04 Jul 1932
25 2:48:12 Keith Ollerenshaw AUS 28 Sep 1928
27 2:52:05 Pavel Kantorek CZE 08 Feb 1930
DNF DNF Frederick Norris ENG 04 Sep 1921
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