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 )

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
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)