The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 23 participants.[1]
Final classification edit
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | HEAT | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Chris Brasher (GBR)
|
8:53.8 | 8:41.2 |
|
 Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN)
|
8:46.6 | 8:43.6 |
|
 Ernst Larsen (NOR)
|
8:46.8 | 8:44.0 |
| 4. |  Heinz Laufer (EUA)
|
8:53.0 | 8:44.4 |
| 5. |  Semyon Rzshishchin (URS)
|
8:53.0 | 8:44.6 |
| 6. | John Disley (GBR)
|
8:46.6 | 8:44.6 |
| 7. |  Neil Robbins (AUS)
|
8:55.4 | 8:50.0 |
| 8. | Eric Shirley (GBR)
|
8:52.6 | 8:57.0 |
| 9. |  Charles Jones (USA)
|
8:47.4 | 9:13.0 |
| 10. |  Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL)
|
8:48.0 | DNF |
| — | Horace Ashenfelter (USA)
|
8:51.0 | DNQ |
| — | Vasily Vlasenko (URS)
|
8:55.0 | DNQ |
| — |  Georgios Papavassiliou (GRE)
|
8:55.6 | DNQ |
| — |  Gunnar Tjörnebo (SWE)
|
9:02.0 | DNQ |
| — |  Ilkka Auer (FIN)
|
9:04.0 | DNQ |
| — | Laszlo Jeszenski (HUN)
|
9:04.2 | DNQ |
| — | Yevgeny Kadyaykin (URS)
|
9:09.6 | DNQ |
| — | Graham Thomas (AUS)
|
9:09.8 | DNQ |
| — | Phillip Coleman (USA)
|
9:10.0 | DNQ |
| — | Olavi Rinteenpaa (FIN)
|
9:10.0 | DNQ |
| — | Ron Blackney (AUS)
|
9:16.0 | DNQ |
| — |  Frans Herman (BEL)
|
DNF | DNQ |
| — |  Eduardo Fontecilla (CHI)
|
DNF | DNQ |
References edit
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2017.