Men 400m Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal: Charles Jenkins, United States |
Final | time | 1. Charles Jenkins | USA | 46.7s | 2. Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 46.8s | 3. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 47.0s | 3. Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 47.0s | 5. Louis Jones | USA | 48.1s | 6. Malcolm Spence | ZAF | 48.3s |
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| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. A. Ignatiev | URS | 46.8s | 2. M.C. Spence | ZAF | 47.2s | 3. L.W. Jones | USA | 47.3s | 4. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.5s | 5. F.P. Higgins | GBR | 47.7s | 6. I. Rodriguez | PUR | 47.7s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. C.I. Jenkins | USA | 46.1s | 2. V.V. Hellsten | FIN | 46.1s | 3. K. Haas | GER | 46.2s | 4. R.K. Gosper | AUS | 46.2s | 5. J.E. Salisbury | GBR | 47.3s | 6. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 47.4s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. L.W. Jones | USA | 47.4s | 1. J.E. Salisbury | GBR | 47.4s | 3. I. Rodriguez | PUR | 47.5s | 4. C.T. Tobacco | CAN | 47.7s | 5. J. Kuhl | GER | 48.0s | -. A. Khan | PAK | DNS |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. A. Ignatiev | URS | 46.8s | 2. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 47.4s | 3. F.P. Higgins | GBR | 47.4s | 4. G.C. Gipson | AUS | 47.4s | 5. J. Degats | FRA | 48.7s | 6. M. Cockburn | CAn | 49.5s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. V.V. Hellsten | FIN | 46.8s | 2. M.C. Spence | ZAF | 47.1s | 3. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.3s | 4. P. Haarhoff | FRA | 47.6s | 5. J.G. Lee | USA | 48.1s | 6. B. Kibet | KEN | 49.1s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. R.K. Gosper | AUS | 46.7s | 2. K. Haas | GER | 47.3s | 3. C.I. Jenkins | USA | 47.5s | 4. G.E. Kerr | JAM | 47.7s | 5. M.K.V. Wheeler | GBR | 47.9s | 6. J.-P. Martin du Gard | FRA | 48.2s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. L.W. Jones | USA | 48.1s | 2. M. Cockburn | CAn | 49.0s | 3. A. Khan | PAK | 49.0s | 4. K. Gratchev | URS | 49.4s | 5. Legesse Bayene | ETH | 50.7s | -. K. Akagi | JPN | DQ |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. C.T. Tobacco | CAN | 47.9s | 2. J. Degats | FRA | 48.3s | 3. J.G. Lee | USA | 48.3s | 4. Bartonjo Rotich | KEN | 48.8s | 5. J. Aparicio | COL | 49.0s | 6. P. Somblingo | PHI | 49.4s | -. K. Perera | MAL | |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. M.C. Spence | ZAF | 47.7s | 2. J. Kuhl | GER | 48.7s | 3. C.I. Jenkins | USA | 48.7s | 4. Hailou Abbebe | Eth | 49.0s | 5. A.-K.O. Amu | NGR | 49.4s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. V.V. Hellsten | FIN | 48.4s | 2. M.K.V. Wheeler | GBR | 49.3s | 3. B. Kibet | KEN | 49.3s | 4. I.de L. Sloan | CAN | 50.0s | 5. S. Tongaram | THA | 53.4s |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. K. Haas | GER | 47.2s | 2. G.C. Gipson | AUS | 47.7s | 3. J.E. Salisbury | GBR | 47.7s | 4. Milkha Singh | IND | 48.9s |
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Heat 6 | time | 1. A. Ignatiev | URS | 48.6s | 2. G.E. Kerr | JAM | 49.7s | 3. P. Haarhoff | FRA | 49.8s | 4. K.G. Wanyoke | KEN | 50.6s |
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Heat 7 | time | 1. R.K. Gosper | AUS | 48.0s | 2. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 48.2s | 3. I. Rodriguez | PUR | 48.8s | 4. G. Rasquin | LUX | 50.6s | 5. A. Rahim Bin Ahmad | MAL | 50.8s | 6. G. Johnson | LBR | 54.8s |
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Heat 8 | time | 1. F.P. Higgins | GBR | 47.9s | 2. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.9s | 3. J.-P. Martin du Gard | FRA | 49.8s | 4. J.W. Goodman | AUS | 48.5s | 5. Bayene Ayanew | ETH | 51.3s |
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