Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 10000 metres

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The men's K-2 10000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. This would the last time this event was held in the Summer Olympics, though it would be held at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1938 to 1993.

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  János Urányi
and László Fábián  (HUN)
Flag of Germany.svg  Fritz Briel
and Theodor Kleine  (EUA)
Flag of Australia.svg  Dennis Green
and Walter Brown  (AUS)

Final

The final took place November 30.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  János Urányi and László Fábián  (HUN)43:37.0
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Fritz Briel and Theodor Kleine  (EUA)43:40.6
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Australia.svg  Dennis Green and Walter Brown  (AUS)43:43.2
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Hans Wetterström and Carl Sundin  (SWE)44:06.7
5.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeny Yatsinenko and Sergey Klimov  (URS)45:49.3
6.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Jemelka and Rudolf Klabouch  (TCH)46:13.1
7.Flag of Finland.svg  Yrjö Hietanen and Simo Kuismanen  (FIN)46:40.4
8.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Brian Bullivant and Raymond Blick  (GBR)47:03.7
9.Flag of France.svg  Maurice Graffen and Michel Meyer  (FRA)47:12.8
10.Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jerzy Górski and Stefan Kapłaniak  (POL)47:21.5
11.Flag of Austria.svg  Alfred Schmidtberger and Hermann Salzner  (AUT)49:03.7
12.US flag 48 stars.svg  Edward Houston and Kenneth Wilson  (USA)51:25.8

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