Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pairs at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Lake Wendouree
Date	November 23 – November 27, 1956
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Medalists
James Fifer Duvall Hecht   United States Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov   Soviet Union Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder   Austria
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The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree near Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 November 23 to 27 November. The competition was won by James Fifer and Duvall Hecht representing the United States. ^[1]

Heats

In the heats the first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals. The others competed in the repechage for the remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Reg Douglas Bob Parker	New Zealand	7:32.6	SF
2	Peter Raper Maurice Grace	Australia	7:37.2	SF
3	Alvaro Banchi Maurizio Clerici	Italy	7:41.2

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Helmut Sauermilch Claus Heß	United Team of Germany	7:30.1	SF
2	Finn Pedersen Kjeld Østrøm	Denmark	7:36.6	SF
3	Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen	Belgium	7:45.6

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	James Fifer Duvall Hecht	United States	7:19.5	SF
2	Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov	Soviet Union	7:29.9	SF
3	Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder	Austria	7:37.0

Repechage

The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder	Austria		SF
2	Alvaro Banchi Maurizio Clerici	Italy		SF
3	Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen	Belgium

Semi-finals

The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov	Soviet Union	8:41.3	F
2	Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder	Austria	8:42.4	F
3	Reg Douglas Bob Parker	New Zealand	8:44.7
4	Finn Pedersen Kjeld Østrøm	Denmark	8:55.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
1	James Fifer Duvall Hecht	United States	8:37.7	F
2	Peter Raper Maurice Grace	Australia	8:48.2	F
3	Helmut Sauermilch Claus Heß	United Team of Germany	8:52.3
4	Alvaro Banchi Maurizio Clerici	Italy	9:11.1

Final

Rank	Athlete name	Country	Time	Notes
	James Fifer Duvall Hecht	United States	7:55.4
	Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov	Soviet Union	8:03.9
	Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder	Austria	8:11.8
4	Peter Raper Maurice Grace	Australia	8:22.2

References

1. "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2018.