Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
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The men's C-2 1000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten teams in this event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on December 1.
Medalists
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![]() and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | ![]() and Gratsian Botev (URS) | ![]() and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) |
Heats
The ten teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
Heat 1 | |||
1. | ![]() | 4:48.1 | QF |
2. | ![]() | 4:52.4 | QF |
3. | ![]() | 5:05.9 | QF |
4. | ![]() | 5:07.5 | QF |
5. | ![]() | 5:19.8 | |
Heat 2 | |||
1. | ![]() | 5:02.5 | QF |
2. | ![]() | 5:04.6 | QF |
3. | ![]() | 5:07.2 | QF |
4. | ![]() | 5:08.9 | QF |
5. | ![]() | 5:16.1 |
Final
![]() | ![]() | 4:47.4 |
![]() | ![]() | 4:48.6 |
![]() | ![]() | 4:54.3 |
4. | ![]() | 4:57.7 |
5. | ![]() | 5:03.0 |
6. | ![]() | 5:04.4 |
7. | ![]() | 5:11.0 |
- | ![]() | DQ |
The Danes originally finished seventh in the final, but were disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.
References
- 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 408.
- Sports reference.com 1956 C-2 1000 m results