Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
| Men's decathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||
| Date | November 29–30 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 7937 | ||||||||||||
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Milt Campbell |
 United States
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Rafer Johnson |
United States
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Vasili Kuznetsov |
 Soviet Union
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The Men's decathlon competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 29–30.
The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
All times are local
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