Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men’s marathon Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.These are the official results of the Men’s Marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia held on Saturday December 1 1956. There were a total number of 46 participants from 23 nations with 13 runners not completing the race. bronze medalist Veikko Karvonen games 1956 Summer gold medalist Alain Mimoun next event Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon previous event Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon siler medalist Franjo Mihalić Learn more... Loading...