Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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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

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres  Leon Rotman (ROU)  István Hernek (HUN)  Gennady Bukharin (URS)
C-1 10000 metres  Leon Rotman (ROU)  János Parti (HUN)  Gennady Bukharin (URS)
C-2 1000 metres  Alexe Dumitru
and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU)		  Pavel Kharin
and Gratsian Botev (URS)		  Károly Wieland
and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN)
C-2 10000 metres  Pavel Kharin
and Gratsian Botev (URS)		  Georges Dransart
and Marcel Renaud (FRA)		  Imre Farkas
and József Hunics (HUN)
K-1 1000 metres  Gert Fredriksson (SWE)  Igor Pissarov (URS)  Lajos Kiss (HUN)
K-1 10000 metres  Gert Fredriksson (SWE)  Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN)  Michael Scheuer (EUA)
K-2 1000 metres  Michael Scheuer
and Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA)		  Mikhail Kaaleste
and Anatoli Demitkov (URS)		  Maximilian Raub
and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT)
K-2 10000 metres  János Urányi
and László Fábián (HUN)		  Fritz Briel
and Theodor Kleine (EUA)		  Dennis Green
and Walter Brown (AUS)

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres  Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS)  Therese Zenz (EUA)  Tove Søby (DEN)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Romania (ROU) 3 0 0 3
2  Soviet Union (URS) 2 3 2 7
3  Sweden (SWE) 2 0 0 2
4  Hungary (HUN) 1 3 3 7
5  Germany (EUA) 1 2 1 4
6  France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
7  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
 Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 0 1 1

References