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The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.
Note: the 1956 equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service regulations, which required a six-month quarantine for horses. [ 1 ] Medalists
This was the 13th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1952 Games were silver medalist (and 1948 gold medalist) Adolfo Consolini of Italy, fourth-place finisher (and 1948 bronze medalist) Fortune Gordien of the United States, fifth-place finisher Ferenc Klics of Hungary, and sixth-place finisher ...
Decathlon Najmeddin Farabi ( Persian : نجمالدین فارابی , 5 December 1933 – 9 June 2019) was an Iranian athlete . [ 1 ] He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
He set two decathlon world records: in May 1958, he was the first athlete to break the 8,000 points barrier on the 1952 scoring system, with 8,014 points (7,653 (1985)) in Krasnodar. He set his second world record in May 1959 at 8,357 (7,839 (1985)). He also held three pentathlon world records at 3,736 in 1956, 3,901 in 1958, and 4,006 in 1959.
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay; Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay; Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres; Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk; Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The Men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 26 July, at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Now 21-year-old Bob Mathias from the United States repeated his performances from the previous games by winning the gold medal and setting new world and Olympic records.
The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The competition was held on 28 & 29 of November. [1] Times are listed as both hand timing and automatic timing. Hand timing was the official time used in the 1956 Olympics. Forty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. [2]