Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in flatwater canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. Competition was held on Lake Wendouree Ballarat Australia
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_(1952-1965).svg.png){kind=small} Leon RotmanRomania (ROM) |
 Istvan HernekHungary (HUN) |
 Gennady BukharinSoviet Union (URS) |
| C-1 10000 metres | Leon Rotman Romania (ROM) |
Janos Parti Hungary (HUN) |
Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union (URS) |
| C-2 1000 metres | Romania (ROM) Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc |
Soviet Union (URS) Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev |
Hungary (HUN) Karoly Wieland Ferenc Mohacsi |
| C-2 10000 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev |
 France (FRA)Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud |
Hungary (HUN) Imre Farkas Jozsef Hunics |
| K-1 1000 metres |  Gert FredrikssonSweden (SWE) |
Igor Pissarev Soviet Union (URS) |
Lajos Kiss Hungary (HUN) |
| K-1 10000 metres | Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE) |
Ferenc Hatlaczky Hungary (HUN) |
 Michael ScheuerGermany (EUA) |
| K-2 1000 metres | Germany (EUA) Michael Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger |
Soviet Union (URS) Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoli Demitkov |
 Austria (AUT)Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
| K-2 10000 metres | Hungary (HUN) Janos Uranyi Laszlo Fabian |
Germany (EUA) Fritz Briel Theodor Kleine |
 Australia (AUS)Dennis Green Walter Brown |
[edit] Women's event
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union (URS) |
Therese Zenz Germany (EUA) |
 Tove SobyDenmark (DEN) |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania (ROM) |
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 |
[edit] References
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
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