1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - two-man Canadians 10,000 m (men)
sport | canoe |
competition | Two-man canoe 10,000 m |
gender | Men |
place | Lake Wendouree , Ballarat |
Attendees | 30 athletes (15 teams) from 15 nations |
date | November 30, 1956 |
Medals |
Pawel Charin and Grazian Botow ( URS ) Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud ( FRA ) Imre Farkas and József Hunics ( HUN )
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At the Olympic Games in 1956 , the two-man Canadian competition over 10,000 m for men was held on November 30th on Lake Wendouree in the Australian city of Ballarat .
A total of ten teams of two from ten nations took part. The Soviet Russians Pawel Charin and Grazian Botow won the race ahead of the French Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud and the Hungarians Imre Farkas and József Hunics .
final
rank | Names | nation | time |
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Pawel Charin Grazian Botow |
Soviet Union | 54: 02.4 min | |
Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud |
France | 54: 48.3 min | |
Imre Farkas József Hunics |
Hungary | 55: 16.6 min | |
4th |
Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau |
Germany | 55: 21.1 min |
5 |
Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc |
Romania | 55: 51.1 min |
6th |
Aksel Duun Finn Haunstoft |
Denmark | 55: 54.3 min |
7th |
William Jones Thomas Ohman |
Australia | 56: 18.6 min |
8th |
Otto Schindler Walter Waldner |
Austria | 56: 48.7 min |
9 |
William Stevenson Thomas Hodgson |
Canada | 56: 50.2 min |
10 |
John Haas Frank Krick |
United States | 58: 30.0 min |
Web links
- Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
- Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)