| Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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| Sprint |
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |||
| C-1 10000 m | men | |||
| C-2 1000 m | men | |||
| C-2 10000 m | men | |||
| K-1 500 m | women | |||
| K-1 1000 m | men | |||
| K-1 10000 m | men | |||
| K-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-2 10000 m | men | |||
These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on December 1.
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| Gold | Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE) |
| Silver | Igor Pissarov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Lajos Kiss Hungary (HUN) |
16 competitors entered, but 13 only took part. Those 13 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | 4:22.0 | QF |
| 2. | Igor Pissarov (URS) | 4:22.2 | QF |
| 3. | Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH) | 4:26.0 | QF |
| 4. | Knut Østby (NOR) | 4:27.1 | |
| 5. | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | 4:51.3 | |
| 6. | Robert Smith (CAN) | 4:54.2 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) | 4:35.4 | QF |
| 2. | Lajos Kiss (HUN) | 4:35.8 | QF |
| 3. | Louis Gantois (FRA) | 4:39.9 | QF |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. | Ernst Steinhauer (EUA) | 4:24.8 | QF |
| 2. | Villy Christiansen (DEN) | 4:25.2 | QF |
| 3. | Barry Stuart (AUS) | 4:30.1 | QF |
| 4. | David Merwin (USA) | 4:35.9 | |
| Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | 4:12.8 | |
| Igor Pissarov (URS) | 4:15.3 | |
| Lajos Kiss (HUN) | 4:16.2 | |
| 4. | Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) | 4:19.8 |
| 5. | Louis Gantois (FRA) | 4:22.1 |
| 6. | Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH) | 4:23.2 |
| 7. | Villy Christiansen (DEN) | 4:25.2 |
| 8. | Ernst Steinhauer (EUA) | 4:25.5 |
| 9. | Barry Stuart (AUS) | 4:30.7 |