| Men 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Friday, 30th November - Gold Medal: Jon Henricks, Australia | 
| | Final |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Jon Henricks |  Australia | 55.4s | WR | 4 | 21 |  | 2. John Devitt |  Australia | 55.8s | +0.4s | 5 | 19 |  | 3. Gary Chapman |  Australia | 56.7s | +1.3s | 3 | 19 |  | 4. Logan Reid Patterson |  United States | 57.2s | +1.8s | 2 | 24 |  | 5. Dick Hanley |  United States | 57.6s | +2.2s | 6 | 20 |  | 6. Bill Woolsey |  United States | 57.6s | +2.2s | 8 | 22 |  | 7. Atsushi Tani |  Japan | 58.0s | +2.6s | 7 | 23 |  | 8. Aldo Eminente |  France | 58.1s | +2.7s | 1 | 25 | 
 |  |  | 
| | Heat S1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Jon Henricks |  Australia | 55.7s | OR | - | 21 | 1. |  | 2. Dick Hanley |  United States | 56.9s | +1.2s | - | 20 | 3. |  | 3. Atsushi Tani |  Japan | 57.4s | +1.7s | - | 23 | 6. |  | 4. Aldo Eminente |  France | 58.0s | +2.3s | - | 25 | 7. |  | 5. Hiroshi Suzuki |  Japan | 58.0s | +2.3s | - | 23 | 7. |  | 6. Vitaly Sorokin |  Soviet Union | 58.2s | +2.5s | - | 20 | 12. |  | 7. Paolo Pucci |  Italy | 58.8s | +3.1s | - | 21 | 14. |  | 8. Carlo Pedersoli |  Italy | 59.0s | +3.3s | - | 27 | 16. | 
 |  | | Heat S2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. John Devitt |  Australia | 56.4s | +0.7s | - | 19 | 2. |  | 2. Gary Chapman |  Australia | 56.9s | +1.2s | - | 19 | 3. |  | 3. Logan Reid Patterson |  United States | 57.1s | +1.4s | - | 24 | 5. |  | 4. Bill Woolsey |  United States | 58.0s | +2.3s | - | 22 | 7. |  | 5. Gyula Dobai |  Hungary | 58.1s | +2.4s | - | 19 | 10. |  | 6. Manabu Koga |  Japan | 58.1s | +2.4s | - | 21 | 10. |  | 7. Paul Voell |  UT Germany | 58.6s | +2.9s | - | 21 | 13. |  | 8. Ronald Nathan Roberts |  Great Britain | 58.9s | +3.2s | - | 33 | 15. | 
 | 
| | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Jon Henricks |  Australia | 57.3s | +0.5s | 4 | 21 | 4. |  | 2. Dick Hanley |  United States | 57.8s | +1.0s | 5 | 20 | 6. |  | 3. William Steuart |  South Africa | 59.2s | +2.4s | 1 | _ | 18. |  | 4. Lev Balandin |  Soviet Union | 59.6s | +2.8s | 3 | _ | 21. |  | 5. Hans Kohler |  UT Germany | 59.8s | +3.0s | 7 | 20 | 22. |  | 7. Andre Rene Laurent |  Belgium | 1:00.7 | +3.9s | 6 | 25 | 32. | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Manabu Koga |  Japan | 57.7s | +0.9s | 4 | 21 | 5. |  | 2. Aldo Eminente |  France | 58.0s | +1.2s | 3 | 25 | 8. |  | 3. Vitaly Sorokin |  Soviet Union | 58.6s | +1.8s | 6 | 20 | 16. |  | 4. Kin-Man Cheung |  Hong Kong | 59.8s | +3.0s | 7 | 24 | 24. |  | 5. Horst Bleeker |  UT Germany | 1:00.1 | +3.3s | 5 | 18 | 26. |  | 6. Sergio Martinez |  Colombia | 1:00.2 | +3.4s | 1 | _ | 28. |  | 7. Peter Duncan |  South Africa | 1:00.4 | +3.6s | 2 | 21 | 31. | 
 | 
| | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. John Devitt |  Australia | 57.2s | +0.4s | 6 | 19 | 3. |  | 2. Paolo Pucci |  Italy | 58.3s | +1.5s | 3 | 21 | 10. |  | 3. Hiroshi Suzuki |  Japan | 58.4s | +1.6s | 4 | 23 | 12. |  | 4. Paul Voell |  UT Germany | 58.4s | +1.6s | 5 | 21 | 12. |  | 5. Kenneth Williams |  Great Britain | 59.4s | +2.6s | 1 | 19 | 19. |  | 6. Dennis Ford |  South Africa | 59.5s | +2.7s | 7 | 25 | 20. |  | 7. Sri Chand Bajaj |  India | 1:01.6 | +4.8s | 2 | _ | 34. | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Logan Reid Patterson |  United States | 56.8s | OR | 3 | 24 | 1. |  | 2. Atsushi Tani |  Japan | 57.1s | +0.3s | 6 | 23 | 2. |  | 3. Carlo Pedersoli |  Italy | 58.5s | +1.7s | 4 | 27 | 14. |  | 4. Haroldo De Melo Lara |  Brazil | 59.9s | +3.1s | 5 | 22 | 25. |  | 5. Habib Nasution |  Indonesia | 1:00.1 | +3.3s | 7 | 20 | 26. |  | 6. Alex Jany |  France | 1:00.2 | +3.4s | 2 | 27 | 28. | 
 | 
| | Heat 5 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Gary Chapman |  Australia | 57.8s | +1.0s | 5 | 19 | 7. |  | 2. Bill Woolsey |  United States | 58.2s | +1.4s | 3 | 22 | 9. |  | 3. Ronald Nathan Roberts |  Great Britain | 58.3s | +1.5s | 6 | 33 | 10. |  | 4. Gyula Dobai |  Hungary | 58.5s | +1.7s | 4 | 19 | 14. |  | 5. George Park |  Canada | 58.8s | +2.0s | 7 | _ | 17. |  | 6. Dakula Arabani |  Philippines | 1:00.2 | +3.4s | 2 | _ | 28. |  | 7. Shiu-Ming Wan |  Hong Kong | 1:00.7 | +3.9s | 1 | _ | 32. | 
 |  | 
Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 15 May 2022
Facebook Todor Krastev