1956 Olympic Games Melbourne

Nov 22–Dec 8, 1956 · Melbourne · 50-metre pool · Olympics

Place	Swimmer	Country	RT	Seed	Time
1	Masaru Furukawa	Japan	—	2:36.10	2:34.70
2	Masahiro Yoshimura	Japan	—	2:38.60	2:36.70
3	Kharis Yunichev	Russia	—	2:41.20	2:36.80
4	Terry Gathercole	Australia	—	2:40.20	2:38.70
5	Igor Zaseda	Russia	—	2:40.10	2:39.00
6	Knud Gleie	Denmark	—	2:36.40	2:40.00
7	Manuel Sanguily	Cuba	—	2:41.80	2:42.00
—	Hugues Broussard	France	—	2:43.00	DQ

All meets