The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 23 participants.
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 1 Sándor Rozsnyói 8:46.6 8:46.89 Q 2 1 John Disley 8:46.6 8:46.93 Q 3 1 Ernst Larsen 8:46.8 8:46.96 Q 4 1 Deacon Jones 8:47.4 8:47.57 Q 5 1 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 8:48.0 8:48.29 Q 6 1 Horace Ashenfelter 8:51.0 8:51.12 7 2 Eric Shirley 8:52.6 8:52.72 Q 8 2 Semyon Rzshishchin 8:53.0 8:53.18 Q 9 2 Heinz Laufer 8:53.0 8:53.23 Q 10 2 Chris Brasher 8:53.8 8:54.19 Q 11 1 Vasily Vlasenko 8:55.0 8:54.99 12 2 Neil Robbins 8:55.4 8:55.62 Q 13 1 Georgios Papavassiliou 8:55.6 8:55.93 14 2 Gunnar Tjörnebo 9:02.0 9:02.13 15 2 Ilkka Auer 9:04.0 9:04.57 16 2 László Jeszenszky 9:04.2 9:04.99 17 1 Yevgeny Kadyaykin 9:09.6 18 1 Graham Thomas 9:09.8 19 1 Olavi Rinteenpää 9:10.0 19 2 Phil Coleman 9:10.0 20 2 Ron Blackney 9:16.0 1 Frans Herman 2 Eduardo Fontecilla 2 Jerzy Chromik
Final Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Chris Brasher 8:41.2 8:41.35 Sándor Rozsnyói 8:43.6 8:43.68 Ernst Larsen 8:44.0 8:44.05 4 Heinz Laufer 8:44.4 8:44.53 5 Semyon Rzshishchin 8:44.6 8:44.58 6 John Disley 8:44.6 8:44.79 7 Neil Robbins 8:50.0 8:50.36 8 Eric Shirley 8:57.0 9 Deacon Jones 9:13.0 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
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External links Official Report Results