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Javelin Throw, Men

Date26 November 1956
StatusOlympic
LocationMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants21 from 12 countries

The javelin world record had taken a beating since 1952, due to new, more aerodynamic javelin designs, pioneered by American javelinist Franklin “Bud” Held and his brother, Dick. Bud Held used the new javelin to better the world record three times in 1953 and 1955. But a few months before Melbourne Poland’s Janusz Sidło pushed the jav out to 83.66 (274-5¾) for another record. The 1954 European Champion, he was the favorite. Norway’s Egil Danielsen was also considered a contender, based on a solid 1956 season. Defending champion Cy Young led the qualifiers but would struggle in the final, finishing 11th. Sidło led after three rounds with 79.98 (262-5), which would be his best mark, and would win the silver medal. Then in the fourth round, Danielson launched a low throw that seemed to stay airborne forever, breaking the world record with 85.71 (281-2½).

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1409Egil DanielsenNOR74.15 (2)85.71 (1)GoldWR
2411Janusz SidłoPOL72.00 (6)79.98 (2)SilverOR
3421Viktor TsybulenkoURS71.20 (8)79.50 (3)Bronze
4405Herbert KoschelGER72.90 (4)74.68 (4)
5410Jan KopytoPOL68.19 (13)74.28 (5)
6408Giovanni LievoreITA69.64 (11)72.88 (6)
7404Michel MacquetFRA71.23 (7)71.84 (7)
8419Aleksandr GorshkovURS72.31 (5)70.32 (8)
9406Heiner WillGER70.38 (10)69.86 (9)
10416Phil ConleyUSA68.50 (12)69.74 (10)
11418Cy YoungUSA74.76 (1)68.64 (11)
12420Vladimir KuznetsovURS73.89 (3)67.14 (12)
13660Sándor KrasznaiHUN67.39 (15)66.33 (13)
14413Muhammad NawazPAK67.57 (14)62.55 (14)
AC r2/2417Benny GarciaUSA71.17 (9)– (NM)
16 r1/2402Bob GrantAUS65.76 (16)
17 r1/2412Jalal KhanPAK65.35 (17)
18 r1/2403Léon SyrovatskiFRA64.58 (18)
19 r1/2293Reynaldo OliverPUR63.68 (19)
20 r1/2407Peter CullenGBR62.77 (20)
21 r1/2401Jim AchurchAUS57.09 (21)

Qualifying Round (26 November 1956 — 10:00)

All those reaching 66.00 metres advanced to the final.

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
116Cy YoungUSA74.7663.3074.76-QOR
28Egil DanielsenNOR74.1574.15--Q
319Vladimir KuznetsovURS73.8964.8873.89-Q
49Herbert KoschelGER72.9072.90--Q
513Aleksandr GorshkovURS72.3172.31--Q
65Janusz SidłoPOL72.0072.00--Q
710Michel MacquetFRA71.2371.23--Q
81Viktor TsybulenkoURS71.2071.20--Q
918Benny GarciaUSA71.1771.17--Q
1017Heiner WillGER70.3852.5664.6870.38Q
114Giovanni LievoreITA69.6469.64--Q
127Phil ConleyUSA68.5068.50--Q
1321Jan KopytoPOL68.1968.19--Q
1414Muhammad NawazPAK67.5759.4461.6267.57Q
1515Sándor KrasznaiHUN67.3961.8767.39-Q
1620Bob GrantAUS65.76×65.7661.50
1711Jalal KhanPAK65.3565.35×61.61
183Léon SyrovatskiFRA64.5861.0662.6564.58
192Reynaldo OliverPUR63.6855.8552.4263.68
2012Peter CullenGBR62.77×61.3762.77
216Jim AchurchAUS57.0957.0943.43×

Final Round (26 November 1956 — 15:25)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
15Egil DanielsenNOR85.7172.6068.4970.7585.7172.6068.86WR
23Janusz SidłoPOL79.9872.78×79.9879.7075.7973.50OR
31Viktor TsybulenkoURS79.5074.9675.8471.7479.5072.9863.24
46Herbert KoschelGER74.6874.6860.8069.8861.66×61.29
515Jan KopytoPOL74.2871.8273.3273.0274.2857.2073.27
62Giovanni LievoreITA72.8871.2672.8867.4665.5864.8755.78
77Michel MacquetFRA71.8470.0370.1171.84
88Aleksandr GorshkovURS70.32××70.32
912Heiner WillGER69.8669.8667.39×
104Phil ConleyUSA69.7469.7460.9269.59
1111Cy YoungUSA68.64×66.3268.64
1214Vladimir KuznetsovURS67.1465.6562.8067.14
1310Sándor KrasznaiHUN66.3366.3360.0359.78
149Muhammad NawazPAK62.5562.5559.4261.13
NM13Benny GarciaUSA×××