Air Born Meter Man With every foot of the ground , competitors in the final 800 metre event fairly " fly " around the last turn , left to right are Norways Audun Boysen , Lonnie Spurrier ( USA ) , Tom Courtney ( USA ) , Derek Johnson ( Great Britain ) and Arnold Sowell ( USA ) . Courtney won the event with a new Olympic Record of 1 . 47 . 7 26th November 1956