Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Men: 4x400m Relay - Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Douglas Clement; Murray Cockburn; Laird Sloan; Terry Tobacco	CAN	3:10.6
2	Thomas Courtney; Charles Jenkins; Louis Jones; Jesse Mashburn	USA	3:10.6
3	Vaclav Janecek; Jaroslav Jiranek; Vilem Mandlik; Josef Trousil	TCH	3:10.8
4	Voitto Hellsten; Eero Kivela; Ossi Mildh; Pentti Rekola	FIN	3:11.4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Karl-Friedrich Haas; Jurgen Kuhl; Walter Oberste; Manfred Porschke	GER	3:09.8
2	Graham Gipson; Kevan Gosper; Leon? Gregory; David Lean	AUS	3:10.4
3	Jacques Degats; Jean-Pierre Goudeau; Pierre Haarhoff; Jean-Paul Martin du Gard	FRA	3:11.8
4	Kanji Akagi; Yoshitaka Muroya; Keiji Ogushi; Shigeharu Suzuki	JPN	3:13.8
5	Ovidio de Jesus; Ismael Delgado; Francisco Rivera; Ivan Rodriguez	PUR	3:13.8
6	Jaime Aparicio; Alfonso Munoz; Carlos Sierra; Guillermo Zapata	COL	3:27.4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Peter Higgins; Derek Johnson; John Salisbury; Michael Wheeler	GBR	3:08.8
2	Keith Gardner; George Kerr; Malcolm Spence; Melville Spence	JAM	3:11.0
3	Konstantin Grachev; Anatoly Yulin; Ardalion Ignatyev; Yury Lituyev	URS	3:11.2
4	Bartonjo Rotich; Kibet Boit; Arap Kiptalam Keter; Kamau George Wanyoke	KEN	3:17.6
5	Ayanev Bayene; Hailou Abebe; Beyene Legesse; Mamo Wolde	ETH	3:30.0