Race profile

Olympic Games
Melbourne AUS
28 Nov 1956
Outdoor Track
5 km
Men: -2.42 sec (-0.48 sec/km)
Olympic Games

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 13:39.86 Vladimir Kuts UKR 05 Feb 1927
2 13:50.78 Gordon Pirie ENG 10 Feb 1931
3 13:54.60 Derek Ibbotson ENG 17 Jun 1932
4 14:03.38 Miklos Szabo HUN 22 Dec 1928
5 14:05.03 Albert Thomas AUS 08 Feb 1935
6 14:09.99 Laszlo Tabori HUN 06 Jul 1931
7 14:18.99 Nyandika Maiyoro KEN 1931
8 14:21.81 Thyge Thørgersen Peterson DEN 04 Nov 1926
9 14:22.63 Pyotr Bolotnikov RUS 08 Mar 1930
10 14:22.67 Ivan Chernyavskiy UKR 04 May 1930
11 14:28.63 Christopher Chataway ENG 31 Jan 1931
12 14:31.90 Herbert Schade GER 26 May 1922
DNF DNF William Dellinger USA 23 Mar 1934
DNF DNF Allan Lawrence AUS 09 Jul 1930
DNF DNF Velisa Mugosa SER 14 Apr 1931
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