Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 10000 metres

Canoeing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Sprint
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-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. This would the last time this event was held in the Summer Olympics though it would be held at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1938 to 1993.

Medalists

Gold  János Urányi and László Fábián
Hungary (HUN)
Silver  Fritz Briel and Theodor Kleine
Germany (EUA)
Bronze  Dennis Green and Walter Brown
Australia (AUS)

Final

The final took place November 30.

 János Urányi and László Fábián (HUN) 43:37.0
 Fritz Briel and Theodor Kleine (EUA) 43:40.6
 Dennis Green and Walter Brown (AUS) 43:43.2
4.  Hans Wetterström and Carl Sundin (SWE) 44:06.7
5.  Yevgeny Yatsinenko and Sergey Klimov (URS) 45:49.3
6.  Miroslav Jemelka and Rudolf Klabouch (TCH) 46:13.1
7.  Yrjö Hietanen and Simo Kuismanen (FIN) 46:40.4
8.  Brian Bullivant and Raymond Blick (GBR) 47:03.7
9.  Maurice Graffen and Michel Meyer (FRA) 47:12.8
10.  Jerzy Górski and Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) 47:21.5
11.  Alfred Schmidtberger and Hermann Salzner (AUT) 49:03.7
12.  Edward Houston and Kenneth Wilson (USA) 51:25.8

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