Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were fifteen nations competing.[1]

Final classification

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RANK NATION ATHLETES HEAT FINAL
    United States (USA) Tom Courtney
Charles Jenkins
Lou Jones
Jesse Mashburn
3:10.6 3:04.7
    Australia (AUS) Graham Gipson
Kevan Gosper
Leon Gregory
David Lean
John Goodman
3:10.4 3:06.0
    Great Britain (GBR) Peter Higgins
Derek Johnson
John Salisbury
Michael Wheeler
3:08.8 3:07.1
4.   United Team of Germany (EUA) Karl-Friedrich Haas
Jürgen Kühl
Walter Oberste
Manfred Porschke
3:09.8 3:08.2
5.   Canada (CAN) Douglas Clement
Murray Cockburn
Laird Sloan
Terry Tobacco
3:10.6 3:10.2
6.   Jamaica (JAM) Keith Gardner
George Kerr
Mel Spence
Malcolm Spence
3:11.0 DSQ
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jaroslav Jirásek
Josef Trousil
Václav Janeček
Vilem Mandlik
3:10.6 DNQ
  Soviet Union (URS) Anatoliy Yulin
Ardalion Ignatyev
Konstantin Grachev
Yuriy Lituyev
3:11.2 DNQ
  Finland (FIN) Eero Kivela
Osvald Mildh
Pentti Rekola
Voitto Hellstén
3:11.4 DNQ
  France (FRA) Jacques Degats
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
Pierre Haarhoff
3:10.6 DNQ
  Japan (JPN) Kanji Akagi
Keiji Ogushi
Shigeharu Suzuki
Yoshitaka Muroya
3:13.8 DNQ
  Puerto Rico (PUR) Frank Rivera
Ismael Delgado
Iván Rodríguez
Ovidio de Jesús
3:13.8 DNQ
  Kenya (KEN) Kiptalam Keter
Bartonjo Rotich
Kamau George Wanyoke
Kibet Boit
3:17.6 DNQ
  Colombia (COL) Carlos Sierra
Guillermo Zapata
Alfonso Muñoz
Jaime Aparicio
3:27.4 DNQ
  Ethiopia (ETH) Ayanev Bayene
Beyene Legesse
Hailou Abebe
Mamo Wolde
3:30.0 DNQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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