Athletics Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) Men: 4 x 400 m Relay December 1: Final: 1. USA (Charles Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney) 3:04.8 2. Australia (Graham Gipson, Leon Gregory, David Lean, Kevan Gosper) 3:06.2 3. Great Britain (Francis Higgins, Michael Wheeler, John Salisbury, Derek Johnson) 3:07.2 4. Germany (Jurgen Kühl, Walter Oberste, Manfred Pörschke, Karl-Friedrich Haas) 3:08.2 5. Canada (Laud Sloan, Murray Cockburn, Douglas Clement, Terry Tobacco) 3:10.2 -. Jamaica (Keith Gardner, George Kerr, Mal Spence, Melville Spence) disqualified