| Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-1 10000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 10000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 10000 m | men | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 10000 m | men | |
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.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) |  Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) |  Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) |
The ten teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | 4:48.1 | QF |
| 2. | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | 4:52.4 | QF |
| 3. |  Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner (AUT) | 5:05.9 | QF |
| 4. |  Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen (DEN) | 5:07.5 | QF |
| 5. |  Egon Drews and Herbert Kirschner (EUA) | 5:19.8 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) | 5:02.5 | QF |
| 2. |  William Jones and Thomas Ohman (AUS) | 5:04.6 | QF |
| 3. |  Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) | 5:07.2 | QF |
| 4. |  William Collins and Bert Oldershaw (CAN) | 5:08.9 | QF |
| 5. |  George Byers and Richard Moran (USA) | 5:16.1 | |
| | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | 4:47.4 |
| | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | 4:48.6 |
| | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) | 4:54.3 |
| 4. | Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) | 4:57.7 |
| 5. | William Jones and Thomas Ohman (AUS) | 5:03.0 |
| 6. | Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner (AUT) | 5:04.4 |
| 7. | William Collins and Bert Oldershaw (CAN) | 5:11.0 |
| - | Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen (DEN) | DQ |
The Danes originally finished seventh in the final, but were disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.
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