| Event: | Men's 20 kilometre walk |
| Games: | 1956 Summer |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 1:31:27.4 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Leonid Spirin |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silver: | Antanas Mikėnas |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Bruno Junk |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Next: | 1960 |
The men's 20 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Spirin | 1:31:27.4 | ||||
| Antanas Mikėnas | 1:32:03.0 | ||||
| Bruno Junk | 1:32:12.0 | ||||
| 4 | John Ljunggren | 1:32:24.0 | |||
| 5 | Stan Vickers | 1:32:34.2 | |||
| 6 | Don Keane | 1:33:52.0 | |||
| 7 | George Coleman | 1:34:01.8 | |||
| 8 | Roland Hardy | 1:34:40.4 | |||
| 9 | Giuseppe Dordoni | 1:35:00.4 | |||
| 10 | Ted Allsopp | 1:35:43.0 | |||
| 11 | Abdon Pamich | 1:36:03.6 | |||
| 12 | Henry Laskau | 1:38:46.8 | |||
| 13 | Ronald Crawford | 1:39:35.0 | |||
| 14 | Dumitru Parachivescu | 1:39:57.4 | |||
| 15 | Ion Barbu | 1:41:37.8 | |||
| 16 | Bruce MacDonald | 1:43:25.6 | |||
| 17 | James Hewson | 1:46:24.8 | |||
| — | Josef Dolezal | ||||
| Alexander Oakley | |||||
| Dieter Lindner | |||||
| Lars Hindmar |