Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial

Cycling - Men's 1000m time trial at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne
Dates	6 December 1956
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Leandro Faggin Italy   Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia   Alfred Swift South Africa

Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road race		men
Team road race		men
Track events
1000m time trial		men
Sprint		men
Tandem		men
Team pursuit		men

These are the official results of the Men's 1.000 m Time Trial at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held on Thursday 6 December 1956. There were 22 participants from 22 nations.^[1] Each competitor rode singly against the watch from a standing start. Competitors were allowed one ride only.

Final classification

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Leandro Faggin	Italy	1:09.8
	Ladislav Fouček	Czechoslovakia	1:11.4
	Alfred Swift	South Africa	1:11.6
4	Warren Scarfe	Australia	1:12.1
5	Alan Danson	Great Britain	1:12.3
	Boris Savostin	Soviet Union	1:12.3
	Luis Serra	Uruguay	1:12.3
8	Warwick Dalton	New Zealand	1:12.6
9	Anésio Argenton	Brazil	1:12.7
10	Allen Bell	United States	1:12.8
11	Kurt Schein	Austria	1:13.1
12	Tetsuo Osawa	Japan	1:13.3
13	Allan Juel Larsen	Denmark	1:14.3
14	Hernán Masanés	Chile	1:14.7
15	Octavio Echeverry	Colombia	1:14.8
16	Renzo Colzi	France	1:15.1
17	James Davies	Canada	1:15.2
18	Paul Nyman	Finland	1:16.1
19	Hylton Mitchell	Trinidad and Tobago	1:16.5
	Evrard Godefroid	Belgium	1:16.5
21	Saleem Farooqi	Pakistan	1:20.8
22	Nguyễn Văn Nhieu	Vietnam	1:23.6

References

1. "Cycling at the 1948 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

• Official Report