| Date | 27 November 1956 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Participants | 32 from 20 countries |
Adhemar da Silva was defending champion and the world record holder with 16.56 (54-4), set in winning the 1955 Pan-American Games (at altitude in Ciudad de México). Silver medalist from 1952, Leonid Shcherbakov, the 1950-54 European Champion, was still considered dangerous. The round one leader was a shocker – Bill Sharpe of the United States who broke the American record with 15.88 (52-1¼), which would eventually place him fourth. Another surprise came in round two when Iceland’s Vilhjálmur Einarsson leapt 16.26 (53-4¼). da Silva came thru in round four with 16.35 (53-7¾), which held up for the gold medal, Einarsson winning silver. Unheralded Soviet Vitold Kreyer won the bronze medal with 16.02 (52-6¾), set in round three.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 331 | Adhemar da Silva |  BRA | 15.15 (11) | 16.35 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 638 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson |  ISL | 15.16 (=9) | 16.26w (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 355 | Vitold Kreyer |  URS | 15.38 (5) | 16.02 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 351 | Bill Sharpe |  USA | 15.16 (=9) | 15.88 (4) | |||
| 5 | 332 | Martin Řehák |  TCH | 14.97 (13) | 15.85w (5) | |||
| 6 | 353 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.59 (2) | 15.80 (6) | |||
| 7 | 340 | Koji Sakurai |  JPN | 15.49w (3) | 15.73 (7) | |||
| 8 | 341 | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.63w (1) | 15.64 (8) | |||
| 9 | 337 | Ken Wilmshurst |  GBR | 14.89 (19) | 15.54 (9) | |||
| 10 | 349 | Ryszard Malcherczyk |  POL | 14.84 (21) | 15.54w (10) | |||
| 11 | 350 | Ira Davis | USA | 14.93 (=16) | 15.40 (11) | |||
| 12 | 352 | George Shaw | USA | 15.23 (7) | 15.33 (12) | |||
| 13 | 369 | Hiroshi Shibata | JPN | 15.27 (6) | 15.25 (13) | |||
| 14 | 334 | Kari Rahkamo |  FIN | 15.43w (4) | 15.21 (14) | |||
| 15 | 338 | Mohinder Singh |  IND | 14.93 (15) | 15.20 (15) | |||
| 16 | 336 | Éric Battista |  FRA | 14.99 (12) | 15.15 (16) | |||
| 17 | 343 | Paul Engo |  NGR | 14.81 (22) | 15.03 (17) | |||
| 18 | 333 | Tapio Lehto | FIN | 15.21 (8) | 14.91w (18) | |||
| 19 | 335 | Hannu Rantala | FIN | 14.92 (18) | 14.87 (19) | |||
| 20 | 357 | Lawrence Ogwang |  UGA | 14.95 (14) | 14.72 (20) | |||
| 21 | 342 | Choi Yeong-Gi |  KOR | 14.86 (20) | 14.65 (21) | |||
| AC r2/2 | 344 | Peter Esiri | NGR | 14.93 (=16) | – ( | |||
| 23 r1/2 | 329 | Brian Oliver |  AUS | 14.74 (23) | – | |||
| 24 r1/2 | 345 | Gabuh bin Piging |  NBO | 14.55 (24) | – | |||
| 25 r1/2 | 630 | Ronald Gray | AUS | 14.46 (25) | – | |||
| 26 r1/2 | 287 | Wu Chun-Tsai |  TPE | 14.36 (26) | – | |||
| 27 r1/2 | 330 | Maurice Rich | AUS | 14.26 (27) | – | |||
| 28 r1/2 | 346 | Sium bin Diau | NBO | 14.09 (28) | – | |||
| 29 r1/2 | 286 | Walter Herssens |  BEL | 14.05 (29) | – | |||
| 30 r1/2 | 347 | Muhammad Ramzan Ali |  PAK | 13.90 (30) | – | |||
| 31 r1/2 | 348 | Muhammad Rashid | PAK | 13.53 (31) | – | |||
| AC r1/2 | 43 | Tan Eng Yoon |  SGP | – ( | – | |||
| 356 | Yevgeny Chen | URS | – ( | – | ||||
| 339 | Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak |  IRQ | – ( | – | ||||
| 636 | Asnoldo Devonish |  VEN | – ( | – |
| Date | 27 November 1956 — 10:00 |
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| Format | All those reaching 14.80 metres advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Wind (m/s) | 2nd-Best Mark Distance | Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.63w | – | – | 15.63w (-) | p | p | ||
| 2 | 8 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.59 | – | – | 15.59 (-) | p | p | ||
| 3 | 30 | Koji Sakurai | JPN | 15.49w | – | – | 15.49w (-) | p | p | ||
| 4 | 29 | Kari Rahkamo | FIN | 15.43w | +4.4 | – | 15.43w (+4.4) | p | p | ||
| 5 | 31 | Vitold Kreyer | URS | 15.38 | – | – | 15.38 (-) | p | p | ||
| 6 | 24 | Hiroshi Shibata | JPN | 15.27 | – | – | 15.27 (-) | p | p | ||
| 7 | 22 | George Shaw | USA | 15.23 | – | – | 14.79 (-) | 15.23 (-) | p | ||
| 8 | 26 | Tapio Lehto | FIN | 15.21 | – | – | 14.67 (-) | 13.34 (-) | 15.21 (-) | ||
| =9 | 21 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | ISL | 15.16 | – | – | 15.16 (-) | p | p | ||
| =9 | 12 | Bill Sharpe | USA | 15.16 | – | – | 15.16 (-) | p | p | ||
| 11 | 15 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 15.15 | – | – | 15.15 (-) | p | p | ||
| 12 | 13 | Éric Battista | FRA | 14.99 | – | – | 14.99 (-) | p | p | ||
| 13 | 17 | Martin Řehák | TCH | 14.97 | – | – | 14.97 (-) | p | p | ||
| 14 | 20 | Lawrence Ogwang | UGA | 14.95 | – | – | 14.76 (-) | 14.31 (-) | 14.95 (-) | ||
| 15 | 6 | Mohinder Singh | IND | 14.93 | – | 14.66 | 14.66 (-) | 14.93 (-) | p | ||
| =16 | 32 | Ira Davis | USA | 14.93 | – | p | 14.93 (-) | p | p | ||
| =16 | 34 | Peter Esiri | NGR | 14.93 | – | p | 14.93 (-) | p | p | ||
| 18 | 14 | Hannu Rantala | FIN | 14.92 | – | – | 14.45 (-) | 14.92 (-) | p | ||
| 19 | 10 | Ken Wilmshurst | GBR | 14.89 | – | – | 14.89 (-) | p | p | ||
| 20 | 11 | Choi Yeong-Gi | KOR | 14.86 | – | – | 14.86 (-) | p | p | ||
| 21 | 5 | Ryszard Malcherczyk | POL | 14.84 | – | – | 14.84 (-) | p | p | ||
| 22 | 18 | Paul Engo | NGR | 14.81 | – | – | 14.81 (-) | p | p | ||
| 23 | 28 | Brian Oliver | AUS | 14.74 | – | – | 14.37 (-) | 14.08 (-) | 14.74 (-) | ||
| 24 | 7 | Gabuh bin Piging | NBO | 14.55 | 0.0 | – | 14.47 (-) | 14.55 (0.0) | x (-) | ||
| 25 | 4 | Ronald Gray | AUS | 14.46 | 0.0 | – | 14.37 (-) | 14.46 (0.0) | 14.31 (-) | ||
| 26 | 3 | Wu Chun-Tsai | TPE | 14.36 | 0.0 | – | x (-) | 14.36 (0.0) | x (-) | ||
| 27 | 16 | Maurice Rich | AUS | 14.26 | +0.5 | – | 14.26 (+0.5) | 13.76 (-) | 13.91 (-) | ||
| 28 | 35 | Sium bin Diau | NBO | 14.09 | 0.0 | – | 13.99 (-) | 13.56 (-) | 14.09 (0.0) | ||
| 29 | 9 | Walter Herssens | BEL | 14.05 | -1.2 | – | 14.05 (-1.2) | 13.99 (-) | p | ||
| 30 | 33 | Muhammad Ramzan Ali | PAK | 13.90 | 0.0 | – | x (-) | x (-) | 13.90 (0.0) | ||
| 31 | 2 | Muhammad Rashid | PAK | 13.53 | 0.0 | – | 13.00 (-) | 13.53 (0.0) | 13.35 (-) | ||
| 19 | Tan Eng Yoon | SGP | – | – | – | x (-) | x (-) | x (-) | |||
| 23 | Yevgeny Chen | URS | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 25 | Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak | IRQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1 | Asnoldo Devonish | VEN | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Date | 27 November 1956 — 14:30 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Wind (m/s) | 2nd-Best Mark Distance | Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 16.35 | 0.0 | – | 15.69 (-) | 16.04 (-) | 15.90 (-) | 16.35 (0.0) | 16.26 (-) | 16.21 (-) | ||
| 2 | 13 | Vilhjálmur Einarsson | ISL | 16.26w | +4.0 | – | x (-) | 16.26w (+4.0) | 15.81 (+1.4) | x (-) | 15.61 (-) | p | ||
| 3 | 20 | Vitold Kreyer | URS | 16.02 | 0.0 | – | 15.83 (-) | x (-) | 16.02 (0.0) | 15.51 (-) | x (-) | x (-) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Bill Sharpe | USA | 15.88 | 0.0 | – | 15.88 (0.0) | x (0.0) | 14.15 (-) | p | p | p | ||
| 5 | 10 | Martin Řehák | TCH | 15.85w | +5.0 | – | 15.58 (-) | x (-) | 15.85w (+5.0) | x (-) | 15.10 (-) | 15.63 (-) | ||
| 6 | 3 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.80 | – | – | 15.75 (-) | x (-) | 15.58 (-) | x (-) | 15.80 (-) | 15.12 (-) | ||
| 7 | 19 | Koji Sakurai | JPN | 15.73 | – | – | 15.73 (-) | 15.59 (+0.5) | 15.29 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | 17 | Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.64 | +1.6 | – | 15.64 (+1.6) | 14.71 (-) | 15.01 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | 4 | Ken Wilmshurst | GBR | 15.54 | 0.0 | 15.42 | 15.42 (-) | 15.54 (0.0) | 15.09 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 1 | Ryszard Malcherczyk | POL | 15.54w | +3.2 | 15.26 | 15.54w (+3.2) | 15.26 (-) | 15.41 (-2.8) | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | 21 | Ira Davis | USA | 15.40 | 0.0 | – | 14.16 (-) | x (-) | 15.40 (0.0) | – | – | – | ||
| 12 | 14 | George Shaw | USA | 15.33 | -2.7 | – | 15.33 (-2.7) | x (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 13 | 15 | Hiroshi Shibata | JPN | 15.25 | 0.0 | – | 15.25 (0.0) | 14.85 (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | 18 | Kari Rahkamo | FIN | 15.21 | +0.2 | – | 15.21 (+0.2) | x (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 15 | 2 | Mohinder Singh | IND | 15.20 | 0.0 | – | 15.20 (0.0) | x (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 16 | 7 | Éric Battista | FRA | 15.15 | 0.0 | – | 15.15 (0.0) | 15.03 (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 17 | 11 | Paul Engo | NGR | 15.03 | +1.8 | – | 14.98 (-) | 15.03 (+1.8) | 14.87 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 18 | 16 | Tapio Lehto | FIN | 14.91w | – | – | 14.63 (+0.4) | 14.91 (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 19 | 8 | Hannu Rantala | FIN | 14.87 | +1.3 | – | 14.65 (-) | 14.87 (+1.3) | 14.87 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 20 | 12 | Lawrence Ogwang | UGA | 14.72 | 0.0 | – | 14.19 (-) | 14.72 (0.0) | 14.15 (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 21 | 5 | Choi Yeong-Gi | KOR | 14.65 | 0.0 | – | 14.65 (0.0) | x (-) | x (-) | – | – | – | ||
| 22 | Peter Esiri | NGR | – | – | – | x (-) | x (-) | p | – | – | – |
