XVI Olympic Games MELBOURNE AUS 1956, 22 Nov - 8 Dec Melbourne 1956
          JAVELIN men               compiled by Matti Rasilainen
QUALIFICATION                     Day: 26 Nov [Mon]  Time: 10:00
Q(limit - 66.00)                                
One qualification group (21) 1 2 3 non qualified 1 2 3
418 Young Q [18] 63,30 74,76 OR 1 402 GRANT Robert 34 AUS [22] x 65,76 61,50 16
409 Danielsen Q [9] 74,05 OR   2 412 KHAN Jalal 27 PAK [12] 65,35 x 61,61 17
420 Kuznetsov Q [21] 64,88 73,89   3 403 SYROVATSKY Leon 38 FRA [3] 61,06 62,65 64,58 18
405 Koschel Q [10] 72,90     4 293 OLIVER MARTINEZ Reinaldo 32 PUR [2] 55,85 52,42 63,68 19
419 Gorshkov Q [15] 72,31     5 407 CULLEN Peter 32 GBR [14] x 61,37 62,77 20
411 Sidlo Q [5] 72,00     6 401 ACHURCH James 28 AUS [6] 57,09 43,43 x 21
404 Macquet Q [11] 71,23     7 414 ERAUZQUIN Felix 07 ESP [8] dns    
421 Tsybulenko Q [1] 71,20     8 415 QUADRA SALCEDO Miguel 34 ESP [13] dns    
417 Garcia Q [20] 71,17     9
406 Will Q [19] 52,56 64,68 70,38 10
408 Lievore G Q [4] 69,64     11
416 Conley Q [7] x x 68,50 12
410 Kopyto Q [23] 68,19     13
413 Nawaz Q [16] 59,44 61,62 67,57 14 74,05 = Olympic Record
660 Krasznai Q [17] 61,87 67,39   15 85,71 = World Record
FINAL                     Day: 26 Nov [Mon]  Time: 15:25
1 DANIELSEN Egil   33 NOR 85,71 WR
2 SIDLO Janusz   33 POL 79,98
3 TSYBULENKO Viktor 30 SOV 79,50
4 KOSCHEL Herbert 21 GER 74,68
5 KOPYTO Jan 34 POL 74,28
6 LIEVORE Giovanni   32 ITA 72,88
7 MACQUET Michel   32 FRA 71,84
8 GORSHKOV Aleksandr 26 SOV 70,32
9 WILL Heiner 26 GER 69,84
10 CONLEY Philip 34 USA 69,74
11 YOUNG Cyrus 28 USA 68,64
12 KUZNETSOV Vladimir 31 SOV 67,14
13 KRASZNAI Sandor 32 HUN 66,33
14 NAWAZ Muhammed 24 PAK 62,55
15 GARCIA Benjamin 33 USA NM
1 2 3 4 5 6
series: Tsybulenko 74,96 75,84 71,74 79,50 72,98 63,24
G Lievore 71,26 72,88 67,46 65,58 64,87 55,78
Sidlo 72,78 x 79,98 79,70 75,79 73,50
Conley 69,74 60,92 69,59 <    
Danielsen 72,60 68,49 70,75 85,71 72,60 68,86
Koschel 74,68 60,80 69,88 71,66 x 61,29
Macquet 70,03 70,11 71,84 <    
Gorshkov x x 70,32 <    
Nawaz 62,55 59,42 61,13 <    
Krasznai 66,33 60,03 59,78 <    
Young x 66,32 68,64 <    
Will 69,86 67,39 x <    
Garcia x x x <    
Kuznetsov 65,65 62,80 67,14 <    
Kopyto 71,82 73,32 73,03 74,28 57,20 73,27
World list 21 Nov 1956                                
SB PB SB PB
1 Janusz Sidlo POL 83,66 80,15 -53 13 Olavi Kauhanen FIN 77,35 75,19 -55
2 Egil Danielsen NOR 83,57 74,90 -55 14 Andrzej Walczak POL 77,31 75,54 -54
3 Soini Nikkinen FIN 83,56 79,64 -55 15 Sandor Krasznai HUN 77,14 78,04 -55
4 Franklin Held USA 82,30 81,76 -55 16 Antti Seppälä FIN 76,63 67,27 -55
5 Jan Kopyto POL 81,12 70,18 -50 17 Philip Conley   USA 76,54 70,58 -55
6 Heiner Will GER 80,22 77,12 -54 18 Harri Vallman SOV 76,44 77,90 -55
7 Viktor Tsybulenko SOV 79,89 75,85 -55 19 Knut Fredriksson SWE 76,37 76,74 -54
8 Cyrus Young USA 79,16 78,33 -55 20 Leonid Zhuchkov SOV 76,00 70,80 -55
9 Michel Macquet FRA 79,01 72,93 -55 31 Benjamin Carcia USA 73,94 70,35 -55
10 Vladimir Kuznetsov SOV 78,75 78,19 -54 39 Leon Syrowatski FRA 73,23
11 Herbert Koschel GER 77,80 71,02 -55 60 Jalal Khan   PAK 71,27 67,50 -54
12 Aleksandr Gorshkov SOV 77,60 75,02 -55