Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
No. of events9

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres
Leon Rotman
 Romania
István Hernek
 Hungary
Gennady Bukharin
 Soviet Union
C-1 10000 metres
Leon Rotman
 Romania
János Parti
 Hungary
Gennady Bukharin
 Soviet Union
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
 Sweden
Igor Pissarov
 Soviet Union
Lajos Kiss
 Hungary
K-1 10000 metres
Gert Fredriksson
 Sweden
Ferenc Hatlaczky
 Hungary
Michael Scheuer
 United Team of Germany
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
 Soviet Union
Therese Zenz
 United Team of Germany
Tove Søby
 Denmark

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)3003
2 Soviet Union (URS)2327
3 Sweden (SWE)2002
4 Hungary (HUN)1337
5 United Team of Germany (EUA)1214
6 France (FRA)0101
7 Australia (AUS)0011
 Austria (AUT)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (9 nations)99927

References

  • 1956 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 396–410.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2006.


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