Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 (3)

Mar 10, 2008

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Milton Campbell	USA	7937	10,91 - 7.33 - 14.76 - 1.89 - 48,83 - 14,12 - 44.98 - 3.40 - 57.08 - 4.50,68	7614
2	Rafer Johnson	USA	7587	10,99 - 7.34 - 14.48 - 1.83 - 49,49 - 15,29 - 42.17 - 3.90 - 60.27 - 4.54,24	7457
3	Vasili Kuznetsov	URS	7465	11,36 - 7.04 - 14.49 - 1.75 - 50,24 - 15,25 - 44.33 - 3.95 - 65.13 - 4.54,10	7337
4	Uno Palu	URS	6930	11,66 - 6.65 - 13.39 - 1.89 - 50,82 - 15,58 - 40.38 - 3.60 - 61.59 - 4.35,74	7055
5	Martin Lauer	FRG	6853	11,29 - 6.83 - 12.86 - 1.83 - 48,35 - 14,97 - 39.38 - 3.10 - 50.66 - 4.44,03	6914
6	Walter Meier	GDR	6773	11,48 - 6.80 - 12.99 - 1.86 - 49,41 - 16,29 - 37.59 - 3.70 - 47.97 - 4.20,63	6929
7	Torbjörn Lassenius	FIN	6565	11,99 - 6.62 - 13.45 - 1.70 - 50,89 - 16,03 - 41.36 - 3.80 - 59.33 - 4.36,28	6806
8	Yang Chuan-kwang	TPE	6521	11,29 - 6.90 - 11.56 - 1.95 - 51,37 - 15,20 - 33.92 - 3.30 - 57.88 - 5.00,97	6736
9	Patrick Leane	AUS	6427	11,54 - 6.79 - 13.26 - 1.86 - 51,10 - 16,59 - 37.86 - 3.50 - 58.83 - 4.56,97	6703
10	John Cann	AUS	6270	11,06 - 6.57 - 12.18 - 1.70 - 49,41 - 15,85 - 38.77 - 2.70 - 57.89 - 4.49,31	6568
11	Ian Bruce	AUS	6025	11,83 - 6.62 - 12.30 - 1.83 - 51,35 - 16,18 - 36.62 - 3.40 - 51.38 - 4.50,60	6431
12	Najmeddin Reza Farabi	IRI	5103	12,28 - 6.25 - 11.31 - 1.70 - 52,26 - 17,60 - 28.73 - 3.30 - 41.23 - 4.24,88	5733

Note that originally points were calculated from times given by tenths of second. Where available, hundreths have been restored in these results and scores recalculated, but original ranks remain. Note also, that it is not official.

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Mark Flynn wrote on May 20, 2011

Campbell's hurdle time stands out. Using the 1985 score book, he gained 106 points on the next best hurdle time. Prompts a question.....what is the biggest point difference in a top level decathlon for a single event, between the top mark and the next best mark?

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Erkki Kiilunen wrote on Feb 03, 2015

Torbjörn Lassenius has made one more decathlon in 1960 and two decathlons in 1961, too.

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Janek Salmistu wrote on Feb 03, 2015

Really? Have you results of Lassenius competitions in 1961?

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