Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Pathe Highlights

The Men's decathlon competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 29–30.^[1]

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Schedule

All times are local

Overall results

Key

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

References

1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Report Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, la84.org.