- Medalists
- Heats
- Final
- References
{{CanoeingAt1956SummerOlympics}}These are the results of the men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten teams in this event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on December 1. Medalists| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Alexe Dumitru
and Simion Ismailciuc|ROU|1956 Summer}} | Pavel Kharin
and Gratsian Botev|URS|1956 Summer}} | Károly Wieland
and Ferenc Mohácsi|HUN|1956 Summer}} | |
HeatsThe ten teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final. | Heat 1 | | 1. | {{flagIOCathlete|Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc|ROU|1956 Summer}} | 4:48.1 | QF | | 2. | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev|URS|1956 Summer}} | 4:52.4 | QF | | 3. | {{flagIOCathlete|Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner|AUT|1956 Summer}} | 5:05.9 | QF | | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen|DEN|1956 Summer}} | 5:07.5 | QF | | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Egon Drews and Herbert Kirschner|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 5:19.8 | | Heat 2 | | 1. | {{flagIOCathlete|Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 5:02.5 | QF | | 2. | {{flagIOCathlete|William Jones and Thomas Ohman|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 5:04.6 | QF | | 3. | {{flagIOCathlete|Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 5:07.2 | QF | | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|William Collins and Bert Oldershaw|CAN|1956 Summer}} | 5:08.9 | QF | | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|George Byers and Richard Moran|USA|1956 Summer}} | 5:16.1 |
Final| width=30 bgcolor=gold | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc|ROU|1956 Summer}} | 4:47.4 | | bgcolor=silver | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev|URS|1956 Summer}} | 4:48.6 | | bgcolor=cc9966 | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 4:54.3 | | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 4:57.7 | | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|William Jones and Thomas Ohman|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 5:03.0 | | 6. | {{flagIOCathlete|Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner|AUT|1956 Summer}} | 5:04.4 | | 7. | {{flagIOCathlete|William Collins and Bert Oldershaw|CAN|1956 Summer}} | 5:11.0 | | - | {{flagIOCathlete|Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen|DEN|1956 Summer}} | DQ |
The Danes originally finished seventh in the final, but were disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report. References- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf 1956 Summer Olympics official report.] p. 408.
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/CAN/mens-canadian-doubles-1000-metres.html Sports reference.com 1956 C-2 1000 m results]
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