1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - two-person kayak 1000 m (men)

sport	canoe
competition	Two-person kayak 1000 m
gender	Men
place	Lake Wendouree , Ballarat
Attendees	30 athletes (15 teams) from 15 nations
date	1st December 1956
Medals	Michel Scheuer and Meinrad Miltenberger ( EUA ) Mihhail Kaaleste and Anatoli Demitkow ( URS ) Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann ( AUT ) 000 000 000

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

A total of 15 teams of two from 15 nations took part. The Germans Michel Scheuer and Meinrad Miltenberger won the race ahead of the Soviet Russians Mihhail Kaaleste and Anatoli Demitkow and the Austrians Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann .

Prelims

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

Forward 1

rank	Names	nation	time
1	Mihhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov	Soviet Union	3: 55.1 min
2	Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann	Austria	3: 57.2 min
3	Miroslav Jemelka Rudolf Klabouch	Czechoslovakia	3: 58.3 min
4th	Carl-Åke Ljung Ragnar Heurlin	Sweden	4: 00.0 min
5	Imre Vagyóczki Zoltán Szigeti	Hungary	4:00, 3 min

Forward 2

rank	Names	nation	time
1	Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	Germany	3: 56.4 min
2	Mircea Anastasescu Stavru Teodorov	Romania	3: 59.1 min
3	Brian Bullivant Raymond Look	United Kingdom	4: 01.6 min
4th	Ryszard Skwarski Jerzy Górski	Poland	4: 12.6 min
5	Russell Dermond John Pagkos	United States	4: 22.7 min

Forward 3

rank	Names	nation	time
1	Walter Brown Dennis Green	Australia	4: 03.0 min
2	Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere	Belgium	4: 04.7 min
3	Maurice Graffen Michel Meyer	France	4: 09.7 min
4th	Robert Smith Leslie Melia	Canada	4: 27.8 min
-	Pentti Raaskoski Juhani Helenius	Finland	DSQ

final

rank	Names	nation	time
	Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	Germany	3: 49.6 min
	Mihhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov	Soviet Union	3: 51.4 min
	Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann	Austria	3: 55.8 min
4th	Mircea Anastasescu Stavru Teodorov	Romania	4: 56.1 min
5	Maurice Graffen Michel Meyer	France	3: 58.3 min
6th	Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere	Belgium	3: 58.7 min
7th	Walter Brown Dennis Green	Australia	3: 59.1 min
8th	Miroslav Jemelka Rudolf Klabouch	Czechoslovakia	4: 01.4 min
9	Brian Bullivant Raymond Look	United Kingdom	4: 05.9 min

Web links

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