The Melbourne Cup 2016 results saw prolific owner Lloyd Williams enjoy a fifth win in the ‘race that stops a nation’ when his horse Almandin won the $6.2 million classic in a narrow finish from the Tony Martin-trained Irish raider Heartbreak City. The 2016 Melbourne Cup trifecta was rounded out by the beaten favourite Hartnell who crossed four lengths further back.

Read the full 2016 Melbourne Cup results post as it happened by following the link, and check out the official 2016 Melbourne Cup Finishing Order for all 24 horses below.

2016 Melbourne Cup Results & Finishing Order

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	17	ALMANDIN (GER)	Robert Hickmott	Kerrin McEvoy	–	17	52kg	$11
2	13	HEARTBREAK CITY (FR)	Tony Martin	Joao Moreira	0.2L	23	54kg	$19
3	6	HARTNELL (GB)	John O’Shea	James McDonald	4.45L	12	56kg	0F
4	23	QEWY (IRE)	Charlie Appleby	Craig Williams	6.7L	15	51.5kg	$21
5	7	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6.8L	20	56kg	$26
6	9	ALMOONQITH (USA)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	6.9L	19	54.5kg	0
7	16	BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Damian Lane	7.9L	1	52.5kg	$71
8	5	EXOSPHERIC (GB)	Lee & Anthony Freedman	Damien Oliver	8.65L	13	56kg	$21
9	22	PENTATHLON (NZ)	John Wheeler	Mark Du Plessis	9.4L	4	51.5kg	$81
10	1	BIG ORANGE (GB)	Michael Bell	James Spencer	9.5L	7	57kg	$14
11	11	GRAND MARSHAL (GB)	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	9.8L	9	54.5kg	0
12	20	OCEANOGRAPHER (GB)	Charlie Appleby	Chad Schofield	10L	11	52kg	0
13	4	BONDI BEACH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	10.75L	5	56kg	$13
14	19	GREY LION (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Glen Boss	13.75L	16	52kg	$41
15	12	JAMEKA	Ciaron Maher	Nicholas Hall	13.95L	3	54.5kg	$8.50
16	15	EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Vlad Duric	15.7L	21	53.5kg	$61
17	2	OUR IVANHOWE (GER)	Lee & Anthony Freedman	Dwayne Dunn	15.8L	6	57kg	$51
18	14	SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE)	John P Thompson	Blake Spriggs	20.8L	14	54kg	$81
19	18	ASSIGN (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ms Katelyn Mallyon	20.9L	22	52kg	$51
20	10	GALLANTE (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Blake Shinn	22.15L	2	54.5kg	0
21	21	SECRET NUMBER (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Stephen Baster	22.35L	10	52kg	0
22	8	WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	William Mullins	Frankie Dettori	24.35L	24	56kg	$16
23	3	CURREN MIROTIC (JPN)	Osamu Hirata	Tommy Berry	27.35L	18	56.5kg	0
24	24	ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ)	Lee & Shannon Hope	Ben E Thompson (a)	99.9L	8	51kg	$61