Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Games:	1956 Summer
Venue:	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Dates:	27 November (heats) 29 November (final)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	13
Win Value:	8:41.2
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Chris Brasher
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Sándor Rozsnyói
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Ernst Larsen
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 23 participants.^[1]

Final classification

RANK	HEAT	FINAL
	8:53.8	8:41.2
	8:46.6	8:43.6
	8:46.8	8:44.0
4.	8:53.0	8:44.4
5.	8:53.0	8:44.6
6.	8:46.6	8:44.6
7.	8:55.4	8:50.0
8.	8:52.6	8:57.0
9.	8:47.4	9:13.0
10.	8:48.0	DNF
-	8:51.0	DNQ
-	8:55.0	DNQ
-	8:55.6	DNQ
-	9:02.0	DNQ
-	9:04.0	DNQ
-	9:04.2	DNQ
-	9:09.6	DNQ
-	9:09.8	DNQ
-	9:10.0	DNQ
-	9:10.0	DNQ
-	9:16.0	DNQ
-	DNF	DNQ
-	DNF	DNQ

Web site: Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174448/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.