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Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:
Men's 200 metres
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: November 26, 1956
Date Finished: November 27, 1956
| Gold: |  Bobby Joe Morrow |
| Silver: | Andy Stanfield |
| Bronze: | Thane Baker |
Summary
The defending champion Andy Stanfield was back, but Bobby Joe Morrow had already won the 100 and was felt to be the class of the field. Morrow had shared the early season limelight with Dave Sime, but Sime was injured at the NCAAs and did not make the American team. In the final, Morrow was running with a thigh wrap, but was even with Stanfield off the turn. He then turned on the power and won by a metre over Stanfield, with the 1952 silver medalist, Thane Baker, completing a second consecutive American sweep. In 1956 Morrow won the 100/200 double at the NCAAs, Olympic Trials, and Olympic Games, and also won the AAU 100.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Joe Morrow | 21 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Andy Stanfield | 28 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | Thane Baker | 25 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Mike Agostini | 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
| 5 | Boris Tokarev | 29 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 | José da Conceição | 25 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 4 h1 r3/4 | Abdul Khaliq | 23 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 4 h2 r3/4 | Leo Pohl | 27 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | 25 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | Vilém Mandlík | 20 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | Morrie Rae | 21 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | Brian Shenton | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h1 r2/4 | Leonid Barteniev | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h2 r2/4 | Vincenzo Lombardo | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 h3 r2/4 | Hec Hogan | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 4 h4 r2/4 | Václav Janeček | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | Béla Goldoványi | 30 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | Kanji Akagi | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | Iván Rodríguez | 19 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | Jorge de Barros | 21 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | Edward Szmidt | 25 | Poland | POL | ||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | Sergio D'Asnasch | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Konstantin Lissenko | 23 | France | FRA | ||
| 2 h1 r1/4 | Manfred Germar | 21 | Germany | GER | ||
| 3 h1 r1/4 | René Ahumada | Mexico | MEX | |||
| 3 h2 r1/4 | Douglas Winston | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 3 h3 r1/4 | Yury Konovalov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 3 h4 r1/4 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | 30 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 3 h5 r1/4 | João Pires Sobrinho | 22 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 3 h7 r1/4 | Bjørn Nilsen | 19 | Norway | NOR | ||
| 3 h8 r1/4 | David Segal | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h9 r1/4 | Graham Gipson | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 3 h10r1/4 | Rafael Romero | 18 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 3 h11r1/4 | Roy Sandstrom | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h12r1/4 | Yves Camus | 26 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h1 r1/4 | Mel Spence | 20 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 4 h2 r1/4 | Milkha Singh | 21 | India | IND | ||
| 4 h3 r1/4 | Josef Trousil | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 4 h4 r1/4 | Fred Hammer | 26 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 4 h5 r1/4 | Tom Robinson | 18 | Bahamas | BAH | ||
| 4 h7 r1/4 | Oliver Hunter | Guyana | GUY | |||
| 4 h8 r1/4 | Joe Foreman | 21 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 4 h9 r1/4 | Akira Kiyofuji | 24 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 4 h10r1/4 | Jan Jarzembowski | 22 | Poland | POL | ||
| 4 h11r1/4 | Pentti Rekola | 22 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 4 h12r1/4 | Phaibulya Vacharabhan | 22 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 5 h1 r1/4 | Jean-Pierre Goudeau | 23 | France | FRA | ||
| 5 h2 r1/4 | Kyohei Ushio | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h3 r1/4 | Beyene Legesse | Ethiopia | ETH | |||
| 5 h4 r1/4 | Roba Negousse | 20 | Ethiopia | ETH | ||
| 5 h5 r1/4 | Sándor Jakabfy | 25 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 5 h7 r1/4 | Giovanni Ghiselli | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 h8 r1/4 | Kesevan Soon | 18 | Singapore | SIN | ||
| 5 h9 r1/4 | Abdul Aziz | 32 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 5 h10r1/4 | Joe Goddard | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | |||
| 5 h11r1/4 | Jack Parrington | 23 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h12r1/4 | Richard Estick | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 6 h3 r1/4 | Manum Bumroongpruck | 20 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 6 h5 r1/4 | Mal Spence | 20 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 6 h7 r1/4 | Abebe Hailou | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | ||
| 6 h8 r1/4 | Lee Kah Fook | Malaya | MAL | |||
| 6 h10r1/4 | Eero Kivelä | 26 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 6 h11r1/4 | Montri Srinaka | Thailand | THA | |||
| 7 h10r1/4 | Ben Nduga | Uganda | UGA | |||
| 7 h11r1/4 | Emmanuel Putu | 17 | Liberia | LBR | ||
| AC h3 r1/4 | James Roberts | 20 | Liberia | LBR | ||
| AC h4 r1/4 | Apolinar Solórzano | Venezuela | VEN |
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