Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between 4 and 6 December.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldDavid Theile
 Australia
SilverJohn Monckton
 Australia
BronzeFrank McKinney
 United States

Results

Heats

Four heats were held; the swimmers with the sixteen fastest times advanced to the Semifinals. The athletes that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Robert ChristopheFrance1:04.2
2John HayresAustralia1:04.4
3László MagyarHungary1:06.1
4Albert WigginsUnited States1:06.2
5Haydn RigbyGreat Britain1:06.9
6Ahmed NazirPakistan1:10.7

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Graham SykesGreat Britain1:06.2
2Kazuo TomitaJapan1:06.4
3Gilbert BozonFrance1:06.4
4Ekkehard MierschGermany1:07.5
5Lincoln HurringNew Zealand1:07.5
6Pedro CaycoPhilippines1:11.6

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1David TheileAustralia1:04.3
2Yoshi OyakawaUnited States1:05.2
3Keiji HaseJapan1:06.3
4John BrockwayGreat Britain1:07.7
5João Gonçalves FilhoBrazil1:07.9
6Cheung Kin ManHong Kong1:14.0

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John MoncktonAustralia1:03.4
2Frank McKinneyUnited States1:06.0
3Dieter PfeiferGermany1:06.7
4Ladislav BakCzechoslovakia1:06.9
5Gérard CoignotFrance1:07.5
6Hideo NinomiyaJapan1:09.2
7Lim Heng ChekMalaya1:12.4

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the Finals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.

Semifinal One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John MoncktonAustralia1:04.1
2David TheileAustralia1:04.8
3Yoshi OyakawaUnited States1:05.0
4Graham SykesGreat Britain1:06.5
5Kazuo TomitaJapan1:06.5
6Dieter PfeiferGermany1:07.6
7László MagyarHungary1:07.6
8Ladislav BakCzechoslovakia1:07.9

Semifinal Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Robert ChristopheFrance1:04.6
2John HayresAustralia1:05.0
3Frank McKinneyUnited States1:05.3
4Albert WigginsUnited States1:06.4
5Gilbert BozonFrance1:06.5
6Keiji HaseJapan1:06.5
7Ekkehard MierschGermany1:06.6
8Haydn RigbyGreat Britain1:07.6

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
David Theile Australia1:02.2WR
John Monckton Australia1:03.2
Frank McKinney United States1:04.5
4Robert Christophe France1:04.9
5John Hayres Australia1:05.0
6Graham Sykes Great Britain1:05.6
7Albert Wiggins United States1:05.8
8Yoshi Oyakawa United States1:06.9

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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