Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
| Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | ||
| K-2 10000 m | men | |
The men's K-2 1000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on December 1.
Medalists
 Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
 Meinrad Miltenberger and Michel Scheuer (EUA) |
 Anatoly Demitkov and Mikhail Kaaleste (URS) |
 Maximilian Rauband Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
Heats
The 15 teams first raced in three heats. The top three teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Mikhail Kaaleste and Anatoly Demitkov (URS) |
3:55.1 | QF |
| 2. | Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
3:57.2 | QF |
| 3. |  Miroslav Jemelka and Rudolf Klabouch (TCH) |
3:58.3 | QF |
| 4. |  Carl-Åke Ljung and Ragnar Heurlin (SWE) |
4:00.0 | |
| 5. | .svg.png){kind=small} Imre Vágyóczky and Zoltán Szigeti (HUN) |
4:00.3 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Michel Scheuer and Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA) |
3:56.4 | QF |
| 2. | .svg.png){kind=small} Mircea Anastasescu and Stavru Teodorov (ROU) |
3:59.1 | QF |
| 3. | .svg.png){kind=small} Brian Bullivant and Raymond Blick (GBR) |
4:01.6 | QF |
| 4. | .svg.png){kind=small} Ryszard Skwarski and Jerzy Górski (POL) |
4:12.6 | |
| 5. | .svg.png){kind=small} Russell Dermond and John Pagkos (USA) |
4:22.7 | |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. |  Walter Brown and Dennis Green (AUS) |
4:03.0 | QF |
| 2. | .svg.png){kind=small} Henri Verbrugghe and Germain van der Moere (BEL) |
4:04.7 | QF |
| 3. |  Maurice Graffen and Michel Meyer (FRA) |
4:09.7 | QF |
| 4. | .svg.png){kind=small} Robert Smith and Leslie Melia (CAN) |
4:27.8 | |
| - |  Pentti Raaskoski and Juhani Helenius (FIN) |
DQ | |
The Finnish team originally finished second in their heat prior to their disqualification.
Final
|
Michel Scheuer and Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA) |
3:49.6 |
|
Mikhail Kaaleste and Anatoly Demitkov (URS) |
3:51.4 |
|
Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
3:55.8 |
| 4. | Mircea Anastasescu and Stavru Teodorov (ROU) |
3:56.1 |
| 5. | Maurice Graffen and Michel Meyer (FRA) |
3:58.3 |
| 6. | Henri Verbrugghe and Germain van der Moere (BEL) |
3:58.7 |
| 7. | Walter Brown and Dennis Green (AUS) |
3:59.1 |
| 8. | Miroslav Jemelka and Rudolf Klabouch (TCH) |
4:01.4 |
| 9. | Brian Bullivant and Raymond Blick (GBR) |
4:05.9 |
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