O evento do masculino do Atletismo nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1956 aconteceu no dia 27 de novembro no Olympic Park Stadium, em Melbourne, na Austrália.
Calendário
Data Horário Etapa Terça-feira, 27 de novembro de 1956 10:0014:30 QualificaçãoFinal
Medalhistas
Recordes Antes desta competição, os recordes mundiais e olímpicos da prova eram:
Resultados Eliminatórias Pos. Grupo Atleta País 1 2 3 Distância Notas 1 Teruji Kogake 15.63 — — 15.63 2 Leonid Shcherbakov 15.59 — — 15.59 3 Koji Sakurai 15.49 — — 15.49 4 Kari Rahkamo 15.43 — — 15.43 5 Vitold Kreyer 15.38 — — 15.38 6 Hiroshi Shibata 15.27 — — 15.27 7 George Shaw 14.79 15.23 — 15.23 8 Tapio Lehto 14.67 13.34 15.21 15.21 9 Vilhjálmur Einarsson 15.16 — — 15.16 Bill Sharpe 15.16 — — 15.16 11 Adhemar da Silva 15.15 — — 15.15 12 Éric Battista 14.99 — — 14.99 13 Martin Řehák 14.97 — — 14.97 14 Lawrence Ogwang 14.76 14.31 14.95 14.95 15 Mohinder Singh 14.66 14.93 — 14.93 16 Ira Davis 14.93 — — 14.93 Peter Esiri 14.93 — — 14.93 18 Hannu Rantala 14.45 14.92 — 14.92 19 Ken Wilmshurst 14.89 — — 14.89 20 Choi Yong-Kee 14.86 — — 14.86 21 Ryszard Malcherczyk 14.84 — — 14.84 22 Paul Bamela Engo 14.81 — — 14.81 23 Brian Oliver 14.37 14.08 14.74 14.74 24 Gabuh Piging 14.47 14.55 X 14.55 25 Ronald Gray 14.37 14.46 14.31 14.46 26 Wu Chun-tsai X 14.36 X 14.36 27 Maurice Rich 14.26 13.76 13.91 14.26 28 Sium Bin Diau 14.09 13.99 13.56 14.09 29 Walter Herssens 14.05 13.99 — 14.05 30 Muhammad Rashid X X 13.90 13.90 31 Muhammad Ramzan Ali 13.00 13.53 13.35 13.53 — Eng-Yoon Tian X X X No mark — Yevgeny Chen Asnoldo Devonish A. Abdul Razzak
Final
Pos. Atleta País 123456 Distância Notas Adhemar da Silva 15.69 16.04 15.90 16.35 16.26 16.21 16.35 Vilhjálmur Einarsson X 16.26 15.81 X 15.61 — 16.26 Vitold Kreyer 15.83 X 16.02 15.51 X X 16.02 4 Bill Sharpe 15.88 X 14.15 — — — 15.88 5 Martin Řehák 15.58 X 15.85 X 15.10 15.63 15.85 6 Leonid Shcherbakov 15.75 X 15.58 X 15.80 15.12 15.80 7 Koji Sakurai 15.73 15.59 15.29 Did not advance 15.73 8 Teruji Kogake 15.64 14.71 15.01 Did not advance 15.64 9 Ken Wilmshurst 15.42 15.54 15.09 Did not advance 15.54 10 Ryszard Malcherczyk 15.54 15.26 15.41 Did not advance 15.54 11 Ira Davis 14.16 X 15.40 Did not advance 15.40 12 George Shaw 15.33 X X Did not advance 15.33 13 Hiroshi Shibata 15.25 14.85 X Did not advance 15.25 14 Kari Rahkamo 15.21 X X Did not advance 15.21 15 Mohinder Singh 15.20 X X Did not advance 15.20 16 Éric Battista 15.15 15.03 X Did not advance 15.15 17 Paul Bamela Engo 14.98 15.03 14.87 Did not advance 15.03 18 Tapio Lehto 14.63 14.91 X Did not advance 14.91 19 Hannu Rantala 14.65 14.87 14.87 Did not advance 14.87 20 Lawrence Ogwang 14.19 14.72 14.15 Did not advance 14.72 21 Choi Yong-Kee 14.65 X X Did not advance 14.65 — Peter Esiri X X X Did not advance No mark
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