Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls; at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Meilahti
Date	23 – 27 November
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists

The men's double sculls competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 to 27 November.^[1]

Heats

The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. The others must compete in the repechage.

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	United States (USA)	6:54.5	F
2	Sidney Rand Bill Rand	Great Britain (GBR)	7:03.4
3	Miguel Seijas Paulo Carvalho	Uruguay (URU)	7:09.6
4	Fernand Steenacker Henri Steenacker	Belgium (BEL)	7:24.1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Berkutov Yury Tyukalov	Soviet Union (URS)	6:44.4	F
2	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	6:55.8
3	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	7:01.2
4	Albert Krajmer František Reich	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:05.1

The winner in each heat qualified for the finals.

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	8:12.2	F
2	Sidney Rand Bill Rand	Great Britain (GBR)	8:19.4
3	Fernand Steenacker Henri Steenacker	Belgium (BEL)	9:01.9

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	8:16.7	F
2	Miguel Seijas Paulo Carvalho	Uruguay (URU)	8:27.5
3	Albert Krajmer František Reich	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	8:38.2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time
	Aleksandr Berkutov Yury Tyukalov	Soviet Union (URS)	7:24.0
	Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	United States (USA)	7:32.2
	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	7:37.4
4	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	7:41.7

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Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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