| Men Javelin Throw Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal: Egil Danielsen, Norway   | 
| Final | Distance | SO | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |  | 1. Egil Danielsen |  NOR | 85.71m | 5. | 72.60 | 68.49 | 70.75 | 85.71 | 72.60 | 68.6 |  | 2. Janusz Sidlo |  POL | 79.98m | 3. | 72.78 | X | 79.98 | 79.70 | 75.79 | 79.70 | 73.50  |  | 3. Viktor Tsybulenko |  URS | 79.50m | 1. | 74.96 | 75.84 | 71.74 | 79.50 | 72.98 | 63.24 |  | 4. Herbert Koschel |  FRG | 74.68m | 6. | 74.68 | 60.80 | 69.88 | 71.66 | X | 61.29 |  | 5. Jan Kopyto |  POL | 74.28m | 15. | 71.82 | 73.32 | 73.03 | 74.28 | 57.20 | 73.27 |  | 6. Giovanni Lievore |  ITA | 72.88m | 2. | 71.26 | 72.88 | 67.46 | 65.58 | 64.87 | 55.78 |  | 7. Michel Macquet |  FRA | 71.84m | 7. | 70.03 | 70.11 | 71.84 |    |  | 8. Aleksandr Gorshkov |  URS | 70.32m | 8. | X | X | 70.32 |    |  | 9. Heinrich Will |  GER | 69.86m | 12. | 69.86 | 67.39 | X |  | 10.Philip Conley |  USA | 69.74m | 4. | 69.74 | 60.92 | 69.59 |    |  | 11.Cyrus Young |  USA | 68.64m | 11. | X | 66.32 | 68.64 |    |  | 12.Vladimir Kouznetzov |  URS | 67.14m | 14. | 65.65 | 62.80 | 67.14 |    |  | 13.Sandor Krasznai |  HUN | 66.33m | 10. | 66.33 | 60.03 | 59.78 |    |  | 14.Muhammad Nawaz |  PAK | 62.55m | 9. | 62.55 | 59.42 | 61.13 |    |  | -. Benjamin Garcia |  USA | NM | 13. | X | X | X |   
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| Qualification Round | mark 66.00m |  | Not Qualified |  | -. Benjamin Garcia |  USA |  | -. Reinaldo Oliver Martinez |  PUR |  | -. Leon Syrovatsky |  FRA |  | -. John Achurch |  AUS |  | -. Jalal Khan |  PAK |  | -. Peter Cullen |  GBR |  | -. Robert Grant |  AUS |   
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