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1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia - Men's 100 m

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia

Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: November 23, 1956

Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: November 24, 1956

Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

(Competitors: 65; Countries: 32; Finalists: 6)

Venue(s): Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria

Overview by IAAF

The USA were able to leave two men who had run 10.1 off their team. Morrow had won the NCAA, AAU and Olympic Trials meetings and, after a lapse in form in October, duly won the final after producing the fastest preliminary time (10.47 in his first round heat). The wind blew against the runners, building up to a headwind of 5m per second for the final. Hogan, who was to die four years later of leukaemia, was quickest away, and was only caught at halfway by Morrow. The Texan powered away to win by 1.5m, with Baker just gaining second place with a prodigious lean at the finish. The hand timing was clearly in error with Baker officially timed in 10.5. In windless conditions Morrow’s time would have been in the region of 10.25

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Early in 1956 the favorite for both sprints at Melbourne appeared to be American Dave Sime of Duke University. In April and May he ran 9.3 twice and 9.4 six times for 100 yards, and broke the world record for the 220 yard on the straight. At the NCAA Championships, Sime came against Bobby Joe Morrow of Abilene Christian College and Morrow defeated him in the 100. Then in the 200, Sime pulled a hamstring and would not even make it out of the US Olympic Trials because of the injury. At the Trials, Morrow won both the 100 and 200 and was a heavy favorite at Melbourne. His only major competition seemed to be his diminutive teammate Ira Murchison, who at the CISM (Conseil International du Sport Militaire) Championships in Berlin in August, had run 10.1 for a world record in both the semi-final and final. In the final he met and defeated Willie Williams, who had not made the Olympic team, but had also run a world record 10.1 in the opening round. At Melbourne, Morrow was the class of the field. He won every round of the 100 and 200, and anchored the Americans to a gold medal in the 4 x 100 relay. His times were not outstanding because all the sprint races in Melbourne were run into the wind, but the outcomes were never in doubt.

			Results
The final was won by American Bobby Morrow. The competition took place in strong winds, with the final run into an approximately 5 m/s (11 mph) headwind.
*100 m*	Men		Final	24 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.62		Bobby Joe Morrow	United States	USA	21		10.5 h
2	10.77		Thane Baker	United States	USA	25		10.5 h
3	10.77		Hec Hogan	Australia	AUS	25		10.6 h
4	10.79		Ira Murchison	United States	USA	23		10.6 h
5	10.86		Manfred Germar	Germany	GER	21		10.7 h
6	10.88		Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	21		10.7 h
*100 m*	Men		Semi-Finals Heat One	24 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.79	Q	Ira Murchison	United States	USA	23		10.5 h
2	10.79	Q	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	21		10.5 h
3	10.85	Q	Manfred Germar	Germany	GER	21		10.6 h
4	10.93		Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	PAK	23		10.6 h
5	10.94		Stan Levenson	Canada	CAN	18		10.7 h
6	11.11		Yury Konovalov	Soviet Union	URS	26		10.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Semi-Finals Heat Two	24 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.52	Q	Bobby Joe Morrow	United States	USA	21	(=)OR	10.3 h
2	10.61	Q	Thane Baker	United States	USA	25		10.4 h
3	10.62	Q	Hec Hogan	Australia	AUS	25		10.5 h
4	10.68		Morrie Rae	New Zealand	NZL	21		10.5 h
5	10.84		Marian Foik	Poland	POL	23		10.6 h
6	10.91		Boris Tokarev	Soviet Union	URS	29		10.7 h
*100 m*	Men		Quarter-Finals Heat One	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.55	Q	Bobby Joe Morrow	United States	USA	21	(=)OR	10.3 h
2	10.75	Q	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	21		10.5 h
3	10.78	Q	Morrie Rae	New Zealand	NZL	21		10.6 h
4	10.95		Béla Goldoványi	Hungary	HUN	30		10.8 h
5	10.99		Heinz Fütterer	Germany	GER	25		10.8 h
6	11.15		Ray Land	Australia	AUS	26		11.0 h
*100 m*	Men		Quarter-Finals Heat Two	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.55	Q	Ira Murchison	United States	USA	23	(=)OR	10.3 h
2	10.78	Q	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	PAK	23		10.5 h
3	10.93	Q	Yury Konovalov	Soviet Union	URS	26		10.7 h
4	10.96		Luigi Gnocchi	Italy	ITA	23		10.8 h
5	11.37		Edmund Turton	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	23		11.2 h
6	12.95		Ben Nduga	Uganda	UGA			12.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Quarter-Finals Heat Three	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.78	Q	Hec Hogan	Australia	AUS	25		10.5 h
2	10.87	Q	Boris Tokarev	Soviet Union	URS	29		10.7 h
3	10.93	Q	Stan Levenson	Canada	CAN	18		10.8 h
4	10.98		Jan Jarzembowski	Poland	POL	22		10.8 h
5	11.02		Edward Ajado	Nigeria	NGR	27		10.9 h
6	11.45		Ken Box	Great Britain	GBR	25		11.3 h
*100 m*	Men		Quarter-Finals Heat Four	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.62	Q	Thane Baker	United States	USA	25		10.4 h
2	10.8	Q	Manfred Germar	Germany	GER	21		10.6 h
3	10.83	Q	Marian Foik	Poland	POL	23		10.6 h
4	10.84		Leonid Barteniev	Soviet Union	URS	23		10.6 h
5	10.96		René Bonino	France	FRA	26		10.8 h
6	11.03		Roy Sandstrom	Great Britain	GBR	25		10.9 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat One	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.67	Q	Ira Murchison	United States	USA	23		10.5 h
2	10.95	Q	Jan Jarzembowski	Poland	POL	22		10.7 h
3	11.12		Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	Iceland	ISL	22		10.9 h
4	11.14		Mario Colarossi	Italy	ITA	27		10.9 h
5	11.26		René Ahumada	Mexico	MEX			11.1 h
6	11.41		Raja bin Ngah Ali	Malaya	MAL			11.2 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Two	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.98	Q	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	21		10.7 h
2	11.04	Q	Luigi Gnocchi	Italy	ITA	23		10.7 h
3	11.09		Titus Erinle	Nigeria	NGR	29		10.9 h
4	11.15		Jorge de Barros	Brazil	BRA	21		10.9 h
5	11.78		Vanchak Voradilok	Thailand	THA			11.5 h
6	12.07		Roba Negousse	Ethiopia	ETH	20		11.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Three	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.84	Q	Morrie Rae	New Zealand	NZL	21		10.7 h
2	10.97	Q	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	PAK	23		10.8 h
3	10.99		Manfred Steinbach	Germany	GER	23		10.8 h
4	11.14		Rafael Romero	Venezuela	VEN	18		10.9 h
5	11.5		Evaristo Iglesias	Cuba	CUB	31		11.3 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Four	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.88	Q	Ben Nduga	Uganda	UGA			10.7 h
2	10.96	Q	Ken Box	Great Britain	GBR	25		10.7 h
3	11.09		Kyohei Ushio	Japan	JPN	21		11.0 h
4	11.35		Kesevan Soon	Singapore	SIN	18		11.4 h
5	11.62		Jack Parrington	Canada	CAN	23		11.6 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Five	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.74	Q	Marian Foik	Poland	POL	23		10.5 h
2	10.9	Q	Boris Tokarev	Soviet Union	URS	29		10.6 h
3	11		Franco Galbiati	Italy	ITA	18		10.9 h
4	11.06		Tom Robinson	Bahamas	BAH	18		10.9 h
5	11.09		Jalal Gozal	Indonesia	INA	20		10.9 h
6	11.45		James Roberts	Liberia	LBR	20		11.3 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Six	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.91	Q	Manfred Germar	Germany	GER	21		10.7 h
2	11.05	Q	Ray Land	Australia	AUS	26		10.8 h
3	11.22		Keith Gardner	Jamaica	JAM	27		11.1 h
4	11.24		Alain David	France	FRA	24		11.1 h
5	11.44		Emmanuel Putu	Liberia	LBR	17		11.3 h
6	11.94		Beyene Legesse	Ethiopia	ETH			11.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Seven	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.87	Q	Leonid Barteniev	Soviet Union	URS	23		10.7 h
2	10.88	Q	Béla Goldoványi	Hungary	HUN	30		10.8 h
3	10.99		Clive Bonas	Venezuela	VEN	23		10.9 h
4	10.98		Gavin Carragher	Australia	AUS	23		10.9 h
5	11.1		Thomas Obi	Nigeria	NGR			11.0 h
6	11.11		Bjørn Nilsen	Norway	NOR	19		11.0 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Eight	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.72	Q	Hec Hogan	Australia	AUS	25		10.5 h
2	10.96	Q	René Bonino	France	FRA	26		10.8 h
3	11		Géza Varasdi	Hungary	HUN	28		10.8 h
4	11		Akira Kiyofuji	Japan	JPN	24		10.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Nine	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.93	Q	Thane Baker	United States	USA	25		10.7 h
2	11.38	Q	Edmund Turton	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	23		11.1 h
3	11.56		Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan	Malaya	MAL			11.3 h
4	11.63		Tan Eng Yoon	Singapore	SIN	28		11.4 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Ten	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.94	Q	Stan Levenson	Canada	CAN	18		10.8 h
2	11.1	Q	Heinz Fütterer	Germany	GER	25		10.9 h
3	11.14		João Pires Sobrinho	Brazil	BRA	22		11.0 h
4	11.19		Joe Goddard	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO			11.1 h
5	11.22		Oliver Hunter	Guyana	GUY			11.1 h
6	11.26		Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	PAK	24		11.2 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Eleven	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	11.01	Q	Edward Ajado	Nigeria	NGR	27		10.8 h
2	11.05	Q	Roy Sandstrom	Great Britain	GBR	25		10.8 h
3	11.2		Dick Harding	Canada	CAN	22		11.0 h
4	11.26		Sharif Butt	Pakistan	PAK	30		11.1 h
5	11.54		Abebe Hailou	Ethiopia	ETH	23		11.3 h
6	11.95		Sneh Wongchaoom	Thailand	THA			11.8 h
*100 m*	Men		Round One Heat Twelve	23 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	10.47	Q	Bobby Joe Morrow	United States	USA	21		10.4 h
2	10.92	Q	Yury Konovalov	Soviet Union	URS	26		10.6 h
3	11.02		David Segal	Great Britain	GBR	19		10.9 h
4	11.57		Paiboon Vacharapan	Thailand	THA	22		11.3 h
5	11.84		Lee Kah Fook	Malaya	MAL			11.6 h