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Athletics At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's High Jump
The men's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants from 19 nations met on the morning of the first day of the athletic contests, on Friday November 23, 1956, and 22 cleared the qualifying height of 1.92 metres, to meet again in the afternoon. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Charles Dumas of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 11th overall victory in the men's high jump. Chilla Porter's silver was Australia's second medal in the event (after a gold in 1948). Igor Kashkarov's bronze was the Soviet Union's first. Summary Charles Dumas, Chilla Porter and Igor Kashkarov cleared 2.06 metres on their first attempts. Stig Pettersson cleared it on his third. Dumas was in third place after a miss at 2.03m. At 2.08m, Dumas and Kashkarov cleared on their first attempt, while Porter dropped to third place by making it on his second. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne, Australia. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which served as the Olympic Stadium. Over the years it was the home of rugby league side, Melbourne Storm and the A-League team, Melbourne Victory; throughout its life the stadium played host to athletics. Olympic Park Stadium was located in Olympic Park, which is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct. Olympic Park Stadium was demolished in 2012, and replaced with an Australian rules football ground. This new ground, Olympic Park Oval, has been used by the Collingwood Football Club for training purposes, it being adjacent to the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre. Former usage The stadium had lighting suited for night athletics meets as well as a world standard athletics track that was refurbished in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajit Singh Balla
Ajit Singh Balla (born 5 November 1931) is an Indian high jumper who won a gold medal in the 1954 Asian Games. He competed in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... References External links * 1931 births Possibly living people Sportspeople from Patiala Indian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 Asian Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games {{India-athletics-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Leresae
Stephane Joseph Leresae (born 1937) is a Kenyan retired high jumper, who competed at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Biography Leresae is from Maralal. He went to Narok Primary School, where his teacher William ole Ntimama (who later became a prominent politician) spotted his jumping talent.Daily Nation, July 13, 2002: Leresae competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, finishing 18th in the high jump. In 1958 he was third behind Patrick Etolu at the British 1958 AAA Championships and finished fourth at the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He missed the 1960 Summer Olympics as he was committed to his work at East African Railways. He is an East and Central African champion from 1961 and finished fifth at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, although his performance was hindered by the fact that he lost a spike from his shoe and was unable to get a replacement. He once held the British Empire high jump record of 6 feet, 8 inches. Leresae was a Maasai Maasai may refer to: *Maas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukio Ishikawa
is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... References 1932 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Chuan-kwang
Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang ( Amis: Maysang Kalimud, ; July 10, 1933 – January 27, 2007), was a Taiwanese Olympian decathlete. Yang attended college at UCLA, where he trained and competed with teammate and Olympian Rafer Johnson and was coached by Elvin C. Drake. Early life Yang played baseball at the Taitung Agricultural School and was coached by former Kano baseball team player Chen Keng-yuan in the 1940s. Career Known as the "Iron Man of Asia," Yang won the decathlon event at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games, as well as silver medals in the 110 m hurdles and long jump and the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he placed eighth in the decathlon. He also competed in the high jump. Yang's most memorable decathlon competition was a decathlon duel with Rafer Johnson, his friend and teammate at the University of California at Los Angeles, during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The lead swung back and forth between them. Finally, after nine even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vern Wilson (high Jumper)
Vernon Troylee Wilson (January 19, 1931 – April 20, 2016) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... References External links * 1931 births 2016 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics American male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Place of birth missing 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Reavis
Phil Reavis (born October 10, 1936) is an American athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Competing for the Villanova Wildcats track and field team, Reavis won the 1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships in the high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f .... References External links * 1936 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics American male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Villanova Wildcats men's track and field athletes 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Etolu
Patrick Etolu (17 March 1935 – 24 December 2013) was a Ugandan high jumper. He was born in Soroti District, Eastern Region, Uganda. He won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and won the high jump at the 1953 Central African Games. Biography Etolu competed internationally at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he won the silver medal in the high jump with a jump of . In doing so, he became the first athlete to win a medal for Uganda at the Commonwealth Games. Two years later in November 1956 in Bombay, Etolu cleared . This set a national record which stood until May 1999. One month later he was part of the maiden Ugandan team that competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He finished in equal 12th place in the high jump with a jump of . Etolu won the British AAA Championships title at the 1958 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, he finished in fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Chigbolu
Julius Obiefuna Chigbolu (19 February 1929 – 18 April 2010) was a Nigerian athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He is the grandfather of Italian 400 m athlete Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Benedicta Chigbolu (born 27 July 1989) is an Italian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 400 m relay. Biography Maria Chigbolu was born in Rome to an Italian mother and a Nigeria .... References 1929 births 2010 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Nigerian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Place of birth missing Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Fournier
Maurice Paul Victor Fournier (18 January 1933 – 28 June 2024) was a French high jumper who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... Fournier was born in Lassigny on 18 January 1933. He died on 28 June 2024, at the age of 91. References External links * 1933 births 2024 deaths French male high jumpers Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportsmen French Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Sitkin
Volodymyr Sitkin (; 6 December 1934 – 17 January 2019) was a Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ..., representing the Soviet Union. References 1934 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing Soviet male high jumpers 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
