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

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Men's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Lake Wendouree
DateNovember 23 – November 27
Competitors18 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1952
1960  

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

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 Reg Douglas
Bob Parker
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)7:32.6SF
2 Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)7:37.2SF
3 Alvaro Banchi
Maurizio Clerici
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)7:41.2

Heat 2

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 Helmut Sauermilch
Claus Heß
Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)7:30.1SF
2 Finn Pedersen
Kjeld Østrøm
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)7:36.6SF
3 Bob Baetens
Michel Knuysen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)7:45.6

Heat 3

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)7:19.5SF
2 Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)7:29.9SF
3 Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)7:37.0

Repechage

The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)SF
2 Alvaro Banchi
Maurizio Clerici
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)SF
3 Bob Baetens
Michel Knuysen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)

Semi-finals

The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)8:41.3F
2 Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)8:42.4F
3 Reg Douglas
Bob Parker
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)8:44.7
4 Finn Pedersen
Kjeld Østrøm
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)8:55.1

Heat 2

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
1 James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)8:37.7F
2 Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)8:48.2F
3 Helmut Sauermilch
Claus Heß
Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)8:52.3
4 Alvaro Banchi
Maurizio Clerici
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)9:11.1

Final

RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)7:55.4
Silver medal icon.svg Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)8:03.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)8:11.8
4 Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)8:22.2

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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.