The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were fifteen nations competing.
Results Heats Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 3 John Salisbury, Michael Wheeler, Peter Higgins, Derek Johnson 3:08.8 3:08.76 Q 2 2 Walter Oberste, Jürgen Kühl, Manfred Porschke, Karl-Friedrich Haas 3:09.8 3:09.88 Q 3 2 Leon Gregory, John Goodman, David Lean, Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper 3:10.4 3:10.57 Q 4 1 Laird Sloan, Douglas Clement, Murray Cockburn, Terry Tobacco 3:10.6 3:10.59 Q 5 1 Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Charles Jenkins, Tom Courtney 3:10.6 3:10.60 Q 6 1 Jaroslav Jirásek, Václav Janeček, Vilém Mandlík, Josef Trousil 3:10.8 3:10.96 7 3 Keith Gardner, George Kerr, Mal Spence, Mel Spence 3:11.0 3:11.07 Q 8 3 Konstantin Grachev, Yuriy Lituyev, Anatoliy Yulin, Ardalion Ignatyev 3:11.2 3:11.27 9 1 Pentti Rekola, Osvald Mildh, Eero Kivelä, Voitto Hellstén 3:11.4 3:11.52 10 2 Jacques Degats, Jean-Paul Martin du Gard, Jean-Pierre Goudeau, Pierre Haarhoff 3:11.8 3:11.76 11 2 Kanji Akagi, Keiji Ogushi, Shigeharu Suzuki, Yoshitaka Muroya 3:13.8 3:13.75 12 2 Ovidio de Jesús, Ismael Delgado, Frank Rivera, Iván Rodríguez 3:13.8 3:13.81 13 3 Kamau George Wanyoke, Kiptalam Keter, Kibet Boit, Bartonjo Rotich 3:17.6 3:17.68 14 2 Carlos Sierra, Guillermo Zapata, Alfonso Muñoz, Jaime Aparicio 3:27.4 15 3 Ayanev Bayene, Beyene Legesse, Mamo Wolde, Hailou Abebe 3:30.0 3:29.93 – –
Final Rank Nation Athletes Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Charles Jenkins, Tom Courtney 3:04.7 3:04.81 Leon Gregory, David Lean, Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper, John Goodman 3:06.2 3:06.19 John Salisbury, Michael Wheeler, Peter Higgins, Derek Johnson 3:07.2 3:07.19 4 Jürgen Kühl, Walter Oberste, Manfred Porschke, Karl-Friedrich Haas 3:08.2 3:08.27 5 Laird Sloan, Douglas Clement, Murray Cockburn, Terry Tobacco 3:10.2 3:10.33 Keith Gardner, George Kerr, Mal Spence, Mel Spence
References
External links Official Report Results