Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Rowing
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Rowing pictogram.svg
Venue Lake Wendouree
Dates23–27 November 1956
Competitors242 from 25 nations
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1960  →

Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 23 to 27 November on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia. [1]

Medal summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
single sculls
details 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanov  (URS)Flag of Australia.svg  Stuart Mackenzie  (AUS)US flag 48 stars.svg  John B. Kelly Jr.  (USA)
double sculls
details 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Berkutov
and Yuriy Tyukalov  (URS)		US flag 48 stars.svg  Pat Costello
and Jim Gardiner  (USA)		Flag of Australia.svg  Murray Riley
and Mervyn Wood  (AUS)
coxless pairs
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  James Fifer
and Duvall Hecht  (USA)		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Buldakov
and Viktor Ivanov  (URS)		Flag of Austria.svg  Josef Kloimstein
and Alfred Sageder  (AUT)
coxed pair
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Arthur Ayrault
Conn Findlay
Kurt Seiffert 		Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
Horst Arndt
Rainer Borkowsky 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Ihor Yemchuk
Heorhiy Zhylin
Vladimir Petrov
coxless fours
details 		Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Archibald MacKinnon
Lorne Loomer
Walter D'Hondt
Donald Arnold 		US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
John Welchli
John McKinlay
Art McKinlay
James McIntosh 		Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
René Guissart
Yves Delacour
Gaston Mercier
Guy Guillabert
coxed fours
details 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Alberto Winkler
Romano Sgheiz
Angelo Vanzin
Franco Trincavelli
Ivo Stefanoni 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Olle Larsson
Gösta Eriksson
Ivar Aronsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Bertil Göransson 		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Kauko Hänninen
Reino Poutanen
Veli Lehtelä
Toimi Pitkänen
Matti Niemi
eights
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Thomas Charlton
David Wight
John Cooke
Donald Beer
Caldwell Esselstyn
Charles Grimes
Rusty Wailes
Robert Morey
William Becklean 		Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Philip Kueber
Richard McClure
Robert Wilson
David Helliwell
Wayne Pretty
Bill McKerlich
Douglas McDonald
Lawrence West
Carlton Ogawa 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Michael Aikman
David Boykett
Fred Benfield
Jim Howden
Garth Manton
Walter Howell
Adrian Monger
Brian Doyle
Harold Hewitt

Participating nations

A total of 242 rowers from 25 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)3216
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2114
3Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)1102
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1001
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0123
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)0101
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Totals (10 entries)77721

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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