Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's C-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 C-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Heats and final took place on November 30. 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 Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud
France (FRA)
Bronze Imre Farkas and József Hunics
Hungary (HUN)

Final

With only ten teams competing, a final was held.

 Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) 54:02.4
 Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) 54:48.3
 Imre Farkas and József Hunics (HUN) 55:15.6
4. Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (EUA) 55:21.1
5. Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) 55:51.1
6. Aksel Duun and Finn Haunstoft (DEN) 55:54.3
7. William Jones and Thomas Ohman (AUS) 56:18.6
8. Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner (AUT) 56:48.7
9. William Stevenson and Thomas Hodgson (CAN) 56:50.2
10. John Haas and Frank Krick (USA) 58:30.0

References