1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - single kayak 10,000 m (men)

sport	canoe
competition	Single kayak 10,000 m
gender	Men
place	Lake Wendouree , Ballarat
Attendees	11 athletes from 11 nations
date	November 30, 1956
Medals	Gert Fredriksson ( SWE ) Ferenc Hatlaczky ( HUN ) Michel Scheuer ( EUA )

The 1956 Olympic Games was born on 30 November at the Lake Wendouree in the Australian city of Ballarat the one kayak contest the 10,000m held for men.

The Swede Gert Fredriksson won the race ahead of the Hungarian Ferenc Hatlaczky and the German Michel Scheuer .

final

rank	Surname	nation	time
	Gert Fredriksson	Sweden	47: 43.4 min
	Ferenc Hatlaczky	Hungary	47: 53.3 min
	Michel Scheuer	Germany	48: 00.3 min
4th	Thorvald Strömberg	Finland	48: 15.8 min
5	Igor Pissarev	Soviet Union	49: 58.2 min
6th	Ladislav Čepčianský	Czechoslovakia	50: 08.2 min
7th	Svend Frømming	Denmark	50: 10.0 min
8th	Knut Østby	Norway	51: 28.2 min
9	Max Baldwin	Australia	51: 49.7 min
10	Lloyd Rice	Canada	52: 00.4 min
11	Robert O'Brien	United States	53: 02.8 min

Web links

• Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
• Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)