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200 metres, Men

Date	26 – 27 November 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	67 from 32 countries

The defending champion Andy Stanfield was back, but Bobby Joe Morrow had already won the 100 and was felt to be the class of the field. Morrow had shared the early season limelight with Dave Sime, but Sime was injured at the NCAAs and did not make the American team. In the final, Morrow was running with a thigh wrap, but was even with Stanfield off the turn. He then turned on the power and won by a metre over Stanfield, with the 1952 silver medalist, Thane Baker, completing a second consecutive American sweep. In 1956 Morrow won the 100/200 double at the NCAAs, Olympic Trials, and Olympic Games, and also won the AAU 100.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	55	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.8 (1 h9)	21.9 (1 h4)	21.3 (2 h1)	20.6 (1)	Gold
2	88	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.5 (1 h4)	21.1 (1 h2)	21.2 (1 h2)	20.7 (2)	Silver
3	54	Thane Baker	USA	21.8 (1 h7)	21.2 (1 h3)	21.1 (1 h1)	20.9 (3)	Bronze
4	50	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.6 (1 h3)	21.1 (2 h1)	21.3 (2 h2)	21.1 (4)
5	59	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.6 (1 h10)	21.2 (2 h2)	21.3 (3 h2)	21.2 (5)
6	62	José da Conceição	BRA	21.5 (1 h1)	21.3 (3 h2)	21.4 (3 h1)	21.3 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	36	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.1 (1 h5)	21.1 (1 h1)	21.5 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	69	Leo Pohl	GER	21.6 (1 h12)	21.3 (3 h1)	21.5 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	68	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.4 (1 h2)	21.5 (3 h3)	21.5 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	622	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.6 (1 h8)	21.3 (2 h3)	21.6 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	30	Morrie Rae	NZL	21.4 (2 h5)	22.0 (2 h4)	21.5 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	70	Brian Shenton	GBR	21.7 (2 h10)	22.1 (3 h4)	21.9 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	57	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.8 (2 h12)	21.4 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	75	Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	21.8 (2 h3)	21.4 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	2	Hec Hogan	AUS	21.8 (2 h8)	21.7 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	623	Václav Janeček	TCH	21.7 (2 h2)	22.2 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	683	Béla Goldoványi	HUN	21.9 (2 h7)	21.5 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	79	Kanji Akagi	JPN	22.1 (1 h6)	21.9 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	83	Iván Rodríguez	PUR	21.9 (2 h11)	21.9 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	5	Jorge de Barros	BRA	22.2 (2 h6)	23.7 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	40	Edward Szmidt	POL	21.9 (2 h9)	21.6 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	73	Sergio D'Asnasch	ITA	22.2 (2 h4)	22.6 (6 h3)	–	–
AC h2 r2/4	67	Konstantin Lissenko	FRA	21.8 (1 h11)	– (DNF h2)	–	–
2 h1 r1/4	14	Manfred Germar	GER	21.8 (2 h1)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	29	René Ahumada	MEX	21.9 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	61	Douglas Winston	AUS	22.0 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	58	Yury Konovalov	URS	22.0 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	81	Sharif Butt	PAK	22.2 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	6	João Pires Sobrinho	BRA	21.6 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	34	Bjørn Nilsen	NOR	22.2 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	18	David Segal	GBR	22.1 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	60	Graham Gipson	AUS	22.0 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	632	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.8 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	17	Roy Sandstrom	GBR	22.1 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	66	Yves Camus	FRA	22.2 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	78	Mel Spence	JAM	21.9 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	71	Milkha Singh	IND	22.3 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	624	Josef Trousil	TCH	22.3 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	80	Fred Hammer	LUX	22.7 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	4	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.6 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	306	Oliver Hunter	GUY	22.4 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	63	Joe Foreman	CAN	22.2 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	24	Akira Kiyofuji	JPN	22.5 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	39	Jan Jarzembowski	POL	21.9 (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	65	Pentti Rekola	FIN	22.1 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	47	Paiboon Vacharapan	THA	23.8 (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	665	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	FRA	22.0 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	25	Kyohei Ushio	JPN	22.4 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	302	Beyene Legesse	ETH	23.4 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	300	Roba Negousse	ETH	23.7 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	684	Sándor Jakabfy	HUN	21.6 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	74	Giovanni Ghiselli	ITA	22.5 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	42	Kesevan Soon	SGP	23.0 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	35	Abdul Aziz	PAK	22.9 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	51	Joe Goddard	TTO	22.3 (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	9	Jack Parrington	CAN	22.4 (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	76	Richard Estick	JAM	25.5 (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	86	Manut Bumrungphuk	THA	23.4 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	77	Mal Spence	JAM	21.7 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	301	Abebe Hailou	ETH	23.0 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	25	Lee Kah Fook	MAL	23.7 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	64	Eero Kivelä	FIN	22.5 (6 h10)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	87	Montri Srinaka	THA	– (6 h11)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	53	Ben Nduga	UGA	– (7 h10)	–	–	–
7 h11 r1/4	670	Emmanuel Putu	LBR	– (7 h11)	–	–	–
AC h3 r1/4	671	James Roberts	LBR	[23.1] (DQ h3)	–	–	–
AC h4 r1/4	634	Apolinar Solórzano	VEN	[22.6] (DQ h4)	–	–	–
DNS	45	René Farine	SUI	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	84	Bruno Urben	SUI	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	8	Stan Levenson	CAN	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	674	Carlos Sierra	COL	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	93	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	682	Géza Varasdi	HUN	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	72	Ghanim Mahmoud	IRQ	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	637	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	ISL	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	27	Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan	MAL	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	82	Zenon Baranowski	POL	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	41	Norberto Cruz	PUR	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	52	Edmund Turton	TTO	– (DNS h12)	–	–	–
DNS	635	Alfonso Bruno	VEN	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	26 November 1956 — 14:30
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	36	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.32	21.1	Q
2	68	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.56	21.4	Q
3	30	Morrie Rae	NZL	21.57	21.4	Q
4	62	José da Conceição	BRA	21.61	21.5	Q
5	59	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.62	21.6	Q
6	6	João Pires Sobrinho	BRA	21.67	21.6
7	88	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.69	21.5	Q
8	4	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.76	21.6
=9	684	Sándor Jakabfy	HUN	21.78	21.6
=9	69	Leo Pohl	GER	21.78	21.6	Q
11	622	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.79	21.6	Q
12	50	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.80	21.6	Q
=13	623	Václav Janeček	TCH	21.85	21.7	Q
=13	632	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.85	21.8		1
15	77	Mal Spence	JAM	21.86	21.7
16	70	Brian Shenton	GBR	21.87	21.7	Q	2
17	14	Manfred Germar	GER	21.88	21.8	Q
18	39	Jan Jarzembowski	POL	21.91	21.9
19	54	Thane Baker	USA	21.92	21.8	Q
=20	75	Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	21.94	21.8	Q
=20	57	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.94	21.8	Q
22	55	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.95	21.8	Q
23	29	René Ahumada	MEX	21.96	21.9
24	2	Hec Hogan	AUS	21.97	21.8	Q
25	40	Edward Szmidt	POL	22.03	21.9	Q
=26	60	Graham Gipson	AUS	22.06	22.0
=26	67	Konstantin Lissenko	FRA	22.06	21.8	Q
28	83	Iván Rodríguez	PUR	22.06	21.9	Q
29	683	Béla Goldoványi	HUN	22.08	21.9	Q
30	58	Yury Konovalov	URS	22.09	22.0
31	78	Mel Spence	JAM	22.13	21.9
32	665	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	FRA	22.13	22.0
33	17	Roy Sandstrom	GBR	22.18	22.1
34	61	Douglas Winston	AUS	22.20	22.0
=35	18	David Segal	GBR	22.22	22.1
=35	65	Pentti Rekola	FIN	22.22	22.1
37	51	Joe Goddard	TTO	22.23	22.3
38	79	Kanji Akagi	JPN	22.26	22.1	Q
39	63	Joe Foreman	CAN	22.28	22.2
40	5	Jorge de Barros	BRA	22.30	22.2	Q
41	34	Bjørn Nilsen	NOR	22.33	22.2
42	73	Sergio D'Asnasch	ITA	22.35	22.2	Q
43	66	Yves Camus	FRA	22.37	22.2
44	81	Sharif Butt	PAK	22.38	22.2
45	71	Milkha Singh	IND	22.47	22.3
=46	624	Josef Trousil	TCH	22.54	22.3
=46	306	Oliver Hunter	GUY	22.54	22.4
=48	24	Akira Kiyofuji	JPN	22.56	22.5
=48	64	Eero Kivelä	FIN	22.56	22.5
50	9	Jack Parrington	CAN	22.61	22.4
51	25	Kyohei Ushio	JPN	22.64	22.4
52	74	Giovanni Ghiselli	ITA	22.68	22.5
53	80	Fred Hammer	LUX	22.73	22.7
54	53	Ben Nduga	UGA	22.89	–
55	35	Abdul Aziz	PAK	22.98	22.9
56	301	Abebe Hailou	ETH	23.25	23.0
57	42	Kesevan Soon	SGP	23.33	23.0
58	302	Beyene Legesse	ETH	23.63	23.4
59	87	Montri Srinaka	THA	23.88	–
60	300	Roba Negousse	ETH	23.89	23.7
61	47	Paiboon Vacharapan	THA	23.92	23.8
62	25	Lee Kah Fook	MAL	23.94	23.7
63	670	Emmanuel Putu	LBR	24.33	–
64	86	Manut Bumrungphuk	THA	24.59	23.4
65	76	Richard Estick	JAM	25.81	25.5
DQ	634	Apolinar Solórzano	VEN	[22.73]	[22.6]
DQ	671	James Roberts	LBR	[23.17]	[23.1]
DNS	93	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	–	–
DNS	674	Carlos Sierra	COL	–	–
DNS	82	Zenon Baranowski	POL	–	–
DNS	41	Norberto Cruz	PUR	–	–
DNS	45	René Farine	SUI	–	–
DNS	84	Bruno Urben	SUI	–	–
DNS	8	Stan Levenson	CAN	–	–
DNS	682	Géza Varasdi	HUN	–	–
DNS	637	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	ISL	–	–
DNS	27	Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan	MAL	–	–
DNS	635	Alfonso Bruno	VEN	–	–
DNS	72	Ghanim Mahmoud	IRQ	–	–
DNS	52	Edmund Turton	TTO	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	José da Conceição	BRA	21.5	21.61	Q
2	5	Manfred Germar	GER	21.8	21.88	Q
3	6	René Ahumada	MEX	21.9	21.96
4	4	Mel Spence	JAM	21.9	22.13
5	3	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	FRA	22.0	22.13
DNS	2	Voitto Hellstén	FIN	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.4	21.56	Q
2	5	Václav Janeček	TCH	21.7	21.85	Q
3	7	Douglas Winston	AUS	22.0	22.20
4	4	Milkha Singh	IND	22.3	22.47
5	2	Kyohei Ushio	JPN	22.4	22.64
DNS	6	Carlos Sierra	COL	–	–
DNS	1	Zenon Baranowski	POL	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.6	21.80	Q
2	3	Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	21.8	21.94	Q
3	1	Yury Konovalov	URS	22.0	22.09
4	2	Josef Trousil	TCH	22.3	22.54
5	6	Beyene Legesse	ETH	23.4	23.63
6	4	Manut Bumrungphuk	THA	23.4	24.59
DQ	5	James Roberts	LBR	[23.1]	[23.17]

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.5	21.69	Q
2	7	Sergio D'Asnasch	ITA	22.2	22.35	Q
3	3	Sharif Butt	PAK	22.2	22.38
4	2	Fred Hammer	LUX	22.7	22.73
5	4	Roba Negousse	ETH	23.7	23.89
DQ	5	Apolinar Solórzano	VEN	[22.6]	[22.73]
DNS	6	Norberto Cruz	PUR	–	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.1	21.32	Q
2	6	Morrie Rae	NZL	21.4	21.57	Q
3	1	João Pires Sobrinho	BRA	21.6	21.67
4	5	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.6	21.76
5	7	Sándor Jakabfy	HUN	21.6	21.78
6	2	Mal Spence	JAM	21.7	21.86
DNS	3	René Farine	SUI	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Kanji Akagi	JPN	22.1	22.26	Q
2	2	Jorge de Barros	BRA	22.2	22.30	Q
DNS	7	Bruno Urben	SUI	–	–
DNS	3	Stan Levenson	CAN	–	–
DNS	5	Géza Varasdi	HUN	–	–
DNS	4	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	ISL	–	–
DNS	6	Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan	MAL	–	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Thane Baker	USA	21.8	21.92	Q
2	1	Béla Goldoványi	HUN	21.9	22.08	Q
3	4	Bjørn Nilsen	NOR	22.2	22.33
4	7	Oliver Hunter	GUY	22.4	22.54
5	2	Giovanni Ghiselli	ITA	22.5	22.68
6	6	Abebe Hailou	ETH	23.0	23.25
DNS	5	Alfonso Bruno	VEN	–	–

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.6	21.79	Q
2	2	Hec Hogan	AUS	21.8	21.97	Q
3	1	David Segal	GBR	22.1	22.22
4	4	Joe Foreman	CAN	22.2	22.28
5	3	Kesevan Soon	SGP	23.0	23.33
6	6	Lee Kah Fook	MAL	23.7	23.94

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.8	21.95	Q
2	4	Edward Szmidt	POL	21.9	22.03	Q
3	3	Graham Gipson	AUS	22.0	22.06
4	1	Akira Kiyofuji	JPN	22.5	22.56
5	2	Abdul Aziz	PAK	22.9	22.98
DNS	6	Ghanim Mahmoud	IRQ	–	–

Heat #10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.6	21.62	Q
2	6	Brian Shenton	GBR	21.7	21.87	Q	3
3	1	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.8	21.85		4
4	2	Jan Jarzembowski	POL	21.9	21.91
5	3	Joe Goddard	TTO	22.3	22.23
6	7	Eero Kivelä	FIN	22.5	22.56
7	4	Ben Nduga	UGA	–	22.89

Heat #11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Konstantin Lissenko	FRA	21.8	22.06	Q
2	7	Iván Rodríguez	PUR	21.9	22.06	Q
3	5	Roy Sandstrom	GBR	22.1	22.18
4	6	Pentti Rekola	FIN	22.1	22.22
5	4	Jack Parrington	CAN	22.4	22.61
6	2	Montri Srinaka	THA	–	23.88
7	3	Emmanuel Putu	LBR	–	24.33

Heat #12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Leo Pohl	GER	21.6	21.78	Q
2	1	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.8	21.94	Q
3	4	Yves Camus	FRA	22.2	22.37
4	3	Paiboon Vacharapan	THA	23.8	23.92
5	5	Richard Estick	JAM	25.5	25.81
DNS	2	Edmund Turton	TTO	–	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 November 1956 — 17:40
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	88	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.22	21.1	Q
=2	36	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.34	21.1	Q
=2	54	Thane Baker	USA	21.34	21.2	Q
4	50	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.35	21.1	Q
5	59	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.42	21.2	Q
6	62	José da Conceição	BRA	21.46	21.3	Q
7	69	Leo Pohl	GER	21.49	21.3	Q
=8	57	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.53	21.4
=8	75	Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	21.53	21.4
10	622	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.56	21.3	Q
11	683	Béla Goldoványi	HUN	21.64	21.5
12	68	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.68	21.5	Q
13	40	Edward Szmidt	POL	21.73	21.6
14	2	Hec Hogan	AUS	21.90	21.7
15	55	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	22.03	21.9	Q
16	79	Kanji Akagi	JPN	22.05	21.9
17	30	Morrie Rae	NZL	22.12	22.0	Q
18	70	Brian Shenton	GBR	22.15	22.1	Q
19	83	Iván Rodríguez	PUR	22.16	21.9
20	623	Václav Janeček	TCH	22.26	22.2
21	73	Sergio D'Asnasch	ITA	22.82	22.6
22	5	Jorge de Barros	BRA	23.88	23.7
DNF	67	Konstantin Lissenko	FRA	–	–
DNS	14	Manfred Germar	GER	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	36	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.1	21.34	Q
2	50	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.1	21.35	Q
3	69	Leo Pohl	GER	21.3	21.49	Q
4	57	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.4	21.53
5	683	Béla Goldoványi	HUN	21.5	21.64
6	40	Edward Szmidt	POL	21.6	21.73

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	88	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.1	21.22	Q
2	59	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.2	21.42	Q
3	62	José da Conceição	BRA	21.3	21.46	Q
4	75	Vincenzo Lombardo	ITA	21.4	21.53
5	79	Kanji Akagi	JPN	21.9	22.05
DNF	67	Konstantin Lissenko	FRA	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	54	Thane Baker	USA	21.2	21.34	Q
2	622	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.3	21.56	Q
3	68	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.5	21.68	Q
4	2	Hec Hogan	AUS	21.7	21.90
5	83	Iván Rodríguez	PUR	21.9	22.16
6	73	Sergio D'Asnasch	ITA	22.6	22.82

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	55	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.9	22.03	Q
2	30	Morrie Rae	NZL	22.0	22.12	Q
3	70	Brian Shenton	GBR	22.1	22.15	Q
4	623	Václav Janeček	TCH	22.2	22.26
5	5	Jorge de Barros	BRA	23.7	23.88
DNS	14	Manfred Germar	GER	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	27 November 1956 — 15:00
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	54	Thane Baker	USA	21.21	21.1	Q
2	88	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.35	21.2	Q
3	55	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.43	21.3	Q
4	50	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.48	21.3	Q
5	59	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.50	21.3	Q
6	62	José da Conceição	BRA	21.53	21.4	Q
7	36	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.58	21.5
8	69	Leo Pohl	GER	21.64	21.5
=9	68	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.74	21.5
=9	622	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.74	21.6
11	30	Morrie Rae	NZL	21.75	21.5
12	70	Brian Shenton	GBR	22.08	21.9

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Thane Baker	USA	21.1	21.21	Q
2	1	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	21.3	21.43	Q
3	6	José da Conceição	BRA	21.4	21.53	Q
4	4	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	21.5	21.58
5	3	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	21.5	21.74
6	2	Morrie Rae	NZL	21.5	21.75

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Andy Stanfield	USA	21.2	21.35	Q
2	6	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.3	21.48	Q
3	3	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.3	21.50	Q
4	2	Leo Pohl	GER	21.5	21.64
5	1	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	21.6	21.74
6	4	Brian Shenton	GBR	21.9	22.08

Final Round

Date	27 November 1956 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Bobby Joe Morrow	USA	20.6	20.75	=WR
2	4	Andy Stanfield	USA	20.7	20.97
3	6	Thane Baker	USA	20.9	21.05
4	1	Mike Agostini	TTO	21.1	21.35
5	2	Boris Tokarev	URS	21.2	21.42
6	5	José da Conceição	BRA	21.3	21.56