1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - single kayak 1000 m (men)
sport | canoe |
competition | Single kayak 1000 m |
gender | Men |
place | Lake Wendouree , Ballarat |
Attendees | 13 athletes from 13 nations |
date | 1st December 1956 |
Medals |
Gert Fredriksson ( SWE ) Igor Pissarew ( URS ) Lajos Kiss ( HUN )
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In the 1956 Olympics was on 1 December on the Lake Wendouree in the Australian city of Ballarat the one kayak contest over 1000 meters held for men.
The Swede Gert Fredriksson won the race ahead of the Soviet Russian Igor Pissarew and the Hungarian Lajos Kiss .
Prelims
There were three preliminary runs. The three fastest of each heat qualified for the final.
Forward 1
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Gert Fredriksson | Sweden | 4: 22.0 min |
2 | Igor Pissarev | Soviet Union | 4: 22.2 min |
3 | Ladislav Čepčianský | Czechoslovakia | 4: 26.0 min |
4th | Knut Østby | Norway | 4: 27.1 min |
5 | Thorvald Strömberg | Finland | 4: 51.3 min |
6th | Robert Smith | Canada | 4: 54.2 min |
Forward 2
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stefan Kapłaniak | Poland | 4: 35.4 min |
2 | Lajos Kiss | Hungary | 4: 35.8 min |
3 | Louis Gantois | France | 4: 39.9 min |
Forward 3
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernst Steinhauer | Germany | 4: 24.8 min |
2 | Villy Christiansen | Denmark | 4: 25.2 min |
3 | Barry Stuart | Australia | 4: 30.1 min |
4th | David Merwin | United States | 4: 35.9 min |
final
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
Gert Fredriksson | Sweden | 4: 12.8 min | |
Igor Pissarev | Soviet Union | 4: 15.3 min | |
Lajos Kiss | Hungary | 4: 16.2 min | |
4th | Stefan Kapłaniak | Poland | 4: 19.8 min |
5 | Louis Gantois | France | 4: 22.1 min |
6th | Ladislav Čepčianský | Czechoslovakia | 4: 23.2 min |
7th | Villy Christiansen | Denmark | 4: 25.2 min |
8th | Ernst Steinhauer | Germany | 4: 25.5 min |
9 | Barry Stuart | Australia | 4: 30.7 min |
Web links
- Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
- Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)