| Final wind -5.0m/s | time | electr | L | | 1. Bobby Joe Morrow |  United States | 10.5s | 10.62s | 6 | | 2. Thane Baker | United States | 10.5s | 10.77s | 5 | | 3. Hector Hogan |  Australia | 10.6s | 10.77s | 8 | | 4. Ira Murchison | United States | 10.6s | 10.79s | 3 | | 5. Manfred Germar |  UT Germany | 10.7s | 10.86s | 7 | | 6. Michael Agostini |  Trinidad Tobago | 10.7s | 10.88s | 4 |
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| | | Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000. | | 65 competitors from 32 nations. |
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| Semi 1 | time | electr | | 1. Ira Murchison | United States | 10.5s | 10.79s | | 2. Michael Agostini | Trinidad Tobago | 10.5s | 10.79s | | 3. Mamnfred Germar | UT Germany | 10.6s | 10.85s | | 4. Abdullah Salem Khalid |  Pakistan | 10.6s | 10.93s | | 5. Stanley Levenson |  Canada | 10.7s | 10.94s | | 6. Yuri Konovalov |  Soviet Union | 10.8s | 11.11s |
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| Semi 2 | time | electr | | 1. Bobby Joe Morrow | United States | 10.3s =OR | 10.52s | | 2. Thane Baker | United States | 10.4s | 10.61s | | 3. Hector Hogan | Australia | 10.5s | 10.62s | | 4. Maurice Rae |  New Zealand | 10.5s | 10.68s | | 5. Marian Foik |  Poland | 10.6s | 10.84s | | 6. Boris Tokarev | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.91s |
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The USA was able to leave two men who had run 10.1 off their team.
Morrow had won the NCAA, AAU and Olympic Trials meetings and,
after a lapse in form in October, duly won the final after producing the
fastest preliminary time (10.47 in his first round heat).
The wind blew against the runners, building up to a headwind of 5m
per second for the final. Hogan, who was to die four years later of
leukaemia, was quickest away, and was only caught at halfway by
Morrow. The Texan powered away to win by 1.5m, with Baker just
gaining second place with a prodigious lean at the finish. The hand tim-
ing was clearly in error with Baker officially timed in 10.5. In windless
conditions Morrow’s time would have been in the region of 10.25
| Quarter 1 | time | electr | | 1. Bobby Joe Morrow | United States | 10.3s =OR | 10.55s | | 2. Michael Agostini | Trinidad Tobago | 10.5s | 10.75s | | 3. Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 10.5s | 10.78s | | 4. Béla Goldoványi |  Hungary | 10.8s | 10.95s | | 5. Heinz Futterer | UT Germany | 10.8s | 10.99s | | 6. Raymond Land | Australia | 11.0s | 11.15s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | electr | | 1. Ira Murchison | United States | 10.3s =OR | 10.55s | | 2. Abdullah Salem Khalid | Pakistan | 10.5s | 10.78s | | 3. Yuri Konovalov | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.93s | | 4. Luigi Gnocchi |  Italy | 10.8s | 10.96s | | 5. Edmund Turton | Trinidad Tobago | 11.2s | 11.37s | | 6. Benjamin Kiyini Nguda |  Uganda | 12.8s | 12.95s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | electr | | 1. Hector Hogan | Australia | 10.5s | 10.78s | | 2. Boris Tokarev | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.87s | | 3. Stanley Levenson |  Canada | 10.8s | 10.93s | | 4. Janusz Jarzembowski | Poland | 10.8s | 10.98s | | 5. Edward Alabi Ajado |  Nigeria | 10.9s | 11.02s | | 6. Kenneth Box |  Great Britain | 11.3s | 11.45s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | electr | | 1. Thane Baker | United States | 10.4s | 10.62s | | 2. Manfred Germar | UT Germany | 10.6s | 10.80s | | 3. Marian Foik | Poland | 10.6s | 10.83s | | 4. Leonid Bartenev | Soviet Union | 10.6s | 10.84s | | 5. Rene Bonino |  France | 10.8s | 10.96s | | 6. Roy Sandstrom | Great Britain | 10.9s | 11.03s |
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Heats - Friday, 23rd November |
| Heat 1 | time | electr | | 1. Ira Murchison | United States | 10.5s | 10.67s | | 2. Janusz Jarzembowski | Poland | 10.7s | 10.95s | | 3. Hilmar Þorbjörnsson |  Iceland | 10.9s | 11.12s | | 4. Mario Colarossi | Italy | 10.9s | 11.14s | | 5. Rene Ahumada Rodriguez |  Mexico | 11.1s | 11.26s | | 6. Bin Nggah Ali Raja Azlam |  Malaya | 11.2s | 11.41s |
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| Heat 2 | time | electr | | 1. Michael Agostini | Trinidad Tobago | 10.7s | 10.98s | | 2. Luigi Gnocchi | Italy | 10.7s | 11.01s | | 3. Titus Abimbola Erinle | Nigeria | 10.9s | 11.09s | | 4. Jorge Machado de Barros |  Brazil | 10.9s | 11.15s | | 5. Vachak Voradilok |  Thailand | 11.5s | 11.78s | | 6. Nigousse Robba |  Ethiopia | 11.8s | 12.07s |
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| Heat 3 | time | electr | | 1. Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 10.7s | 10.84s | | 2. Abdullah Salem Khalid | Pakistan | 10.8s | 10.97s | | 3. Manfred Steinbach | UT Germany | 10.8s | 10.99s | | 4. Rafael Romero |  Venezuela | 10.9s | 11.14s | | 5. Evaristo Iglesias |  Cuba | 11.3s | 11.50s |
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| Heat 4 | time | electr | | 1. Benjamin Kiyini Nguda | Uganda | 10.7s | 10.88s | | 2. Keneth Box | Great Britain | 10.7s | 10.96s | | 3. Kiohei Ushio |  Japan | 11.0s | 11.09s | | 4. Soon Kesavan |  Singapore | 11.4s | 11.35s | | 5. John Parrington | Canada | 11.6s | 11.62s |
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| Heat 5 | time | electr | | 1. Marian Foik | Poland | 10.5s | 10.88s | | 2. Boris Tokarev | Soviet Union | 10.6s | 11.09s | | 3. Franco Galbiati | Italy | 10.9s | 11.13s | | 4. Thomas Robinson |  Bahamas | 10.9s | 11.30s | | 5. Johannes Edouard Gosal |  Indonesia | 10.9s | 11.45s | | 6. James Roberts |  Liberia | 11.2s | 11.45s |
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| Heat 6 | time | electr | | 1. Manfred Germar | UT Germany | 10.7s | 10.91s | | 2. Raymond Land | Australia | 10.8s | 11.05s | | 3. Keith Gardner |  Jamaica | 11.1s | 11.22s | | 4. Alain David | France | 11.1s | 11.24s | | 5. Emmanuel Putu | Liberia | 11.3s | 11.44s | | 6. Legesse Beyene | Ethiopia | 11.8s | 11.94s |
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| Heat 7 | time | electr | | 1. Leonid Bartenev | Soviet Union | 10.7s | 10.93s | | 2. Béla Goldoványi | Hungary | 10.8s | 11.02s | | 3. Clive Bonas | Venezuela | 10.9s | 11.17s | | 4. Gavin Carragher | Australia | 11.0s | 11.36s | | 5. Thomas Obi | Nigeria | 11.0s | 11.47s | | 6. Bjorn Nilsen |  Norway | 11.0s | 11.58s |
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| Heat 8 | time | electr | | 1. Hector Hogan | Australia | 10.5s | 10.72s | | 2. René Bonino | France | 10.8s | 10.96s | | 3. Géza Varasdi | Hungary | 10.8s | 11.00s | | 4. Akira Kiyofuji | Japan | 10.8s | 11.00s |
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| Heat 9 | time | electr | | 1. Thane Baker | United States | 10.7s | 10.93s | | 2. Edmund Turton | Trinidad Tobago | 11.1s | 11.38s | | 3. Sinnayah Karuppiah | Malaya | 11.3s | 11.56s | | 4. Eng-Yoon Tan | Singapore | 11.4s | 11.63s |
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| Heat 10 | time | electr | | 1. Stanley Levenson | Canada | 10.8s | 10.94s | | 2. Heinz Futterer | UT Germany | 10.9s | 11.10s | | 3. Joao Pires Sobrinho | Brazil | 11.0s | 11.14s | | 4. Joseph Goddard | Trinidad Tobago | 11.1s | 11.19s | | 5. Oliver Hunter |  Guinea | 11.1s | 11.22s | | 6. Ghulam Raziq | Pakistan | 11.2s | 11.26s |
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| Heat 11 | time | electr | | 1. Edward Alabi Ajado | Nigeria | 10.8s | 11.01s | | 2. Roy Sandstrom | Great Britain | 10.8s | 11.05s | | 3. Richard Harding | Canada | 11.0s | 11.20s | | 4. Muhamad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 11.1s | 11.26s | | 5. Hailou Abbebe | Ethiopia | 11.3s | 11.54s | | 6. Snay Wongchaoom | Thailand | 11.8s | 11.95s |
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| Heat 12 | time | electr | | 1. Bobby Joe Morrow | United States | 10.4s | 10.90s | | 2. Yuri Konovalov | Soviet Union | 10.6s | 11.04s | | 3. David Segal | Great Britain | 10.-s | 11.19s | | 4. Phaibulya Vacharabhan | Thailand | 11.3s | 11.27s | | 5. Kah-Fook Lee | MAL | 11.6s | 11.84s |
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| World Record | | 10.1s Willie Williams, United States Berlin, Germany | 3 August 1956 | | 10.1s Ira Murchison, United States Berlin, Germany | 4 August 1956 | | 10.1s Leamon King, United States Ontario, United States | 20 October 1956 | | 10.1s Leamon King, United States Santa Ana, United States | 27 October 1956 |
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| Olympic Record | | 10.3s Eddie Tolan, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 | | 10.3s Ralph Metcalfe, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 | | 10.3s Jesse Owens, United States Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936 | | 10.3s Harrison Dillard, United States London, United Kingdom 31 July, 1948 |
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