1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - two-man Canadians 1000 m (men)

sport	canoe
competition	Two-person canoe 1000 m
gender	Men
place	Lake Wendouree , Ballarat
Attendees	20 athletes (10 teams) ; from 10 nations
date	1st December 1956
Medals	Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc ( ROU ) Pawel Charin and Grazian Botow ( URS ) Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi ( HUN ) ; 000; ; 000; ; 000

At the Olympic Games in 1956 , on December 1, the two-man Canadians competition over 1000 m for men was held on Lake Wendouree in the Australian city of Ballarat .

A total of 20 athletes took part in ten teams from ten nations. The Romanians Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc won the race ahead of the Soviet Russians Pawel Charin and Grazian Botow and the Hungarians Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi .

Prelims

There were two preliminary runs. The four fastest teams in each heat qualified for the final.

rank	Names	nation	time
1	Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc	Romania 1952 Romania	4: 48.1 min
2	Pawel Charin Grazian Botow	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	4: 52.4 min
3	Otto Schindler Walter Waldner	Austria Austria	5: 05.9 min
4th	Kaj Sylvan Gerner Christiansen	Denmark Denmark	5: 07.5 min
5	Egon Drews Herbert Kirschner	Germany team all German 1956 Germany	5: 19.8 min

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi	Hungary 1949 Hungary	5: 02.5 min
2	William Jones Thomas Ohman	Australia Australia	5: 04.6 min
3	Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud	France 1946 France	5: 07.2 min
4th	William Collins Bert Oldershaw	Canada 1921 Canada	5: 08.9 min
5	George Byers Richard Moran	United States 48 United States	5: 16.1 min

rank	Surname	nation	time
	Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc	Romania 1952 Romania	4: 47.4 min
	Pawel Charin Grazian Botow	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	4: 48.6 min
	Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi	Hungary 1949 Hungary	4: 54.3 min
4th	Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud	France 1946 France	4: 57.7 min
5	William Jones Thomas Ohman	Australia Australia	5: 03.0 min
6th	Otto Schindler Walter Waldner	Austria Austria	5: 04.4 min
7th	William Collins Bert Oldershaw	Canada 1921 Canada	5: 11.0 min
-	Kaj Sylvan Gerner Christiansen	Denmark Denmark	disqualified


sport	canoe
competition	Two-person canoe 1000 m
gender	Men
place	Lake Wendouree , Ballarat
Attendees	20 athletes (10 teams) from 10 nations
date	1st December 1956
Medals	Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc ( ROU ) Pawel Charin and Grazian Botow ( URS ) Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi ( HUN ) 000 000 000