<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia . The qualifying round and the final both were held on Saturday November 24, 1956 . </P> <P> Earlier in the month, Hal Connolly had set the world record, adding over a metre to the mark Mikhail Krivonosov had thrown just 11 days earlier . Krivonosov had held the world record for almost two years, improving it 5 times and almost 3 metres in the process . The leader in qualifying was Anatoli Samotsvetov . Samotsvetov took the lead with an Olympic record 62.10 m in the first round; the three Soviets holding the medal positions . In the second round, Krivonosov improved the Olympic record to 63.00 m . American Al Hall moved into third place with 61.83 m to break up the Soviet bloc . In the third round, Krivonosov upped the record 3 more cm and Connolly moved into second with a 62.65 m . In the fifth round, Connolly became the third person of the day to break the Olympic record, throwing the winner 63.19 m (207 ft 3 in). Samotsvetov made a final throw of 62.56 m to secure his hold on bronze, but Krivonosov's only answers were fouls, leaving him with the silver . </P> <P> In a much publicized Olympic romance, Connolly would marry Czechoslovak discus throw champion, Olga Fikotová . </P>

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