Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres

Canoeing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 1000 mmen
C-1 10000 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
C-2 10000 mmen
K-1 500 mwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-1 10000 mmen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-2 10000 mmen

The men's K-1 10000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-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.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Gert Fredriksson (SWE)  Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN)  Michel Scheuer (EUA)

Final

The final took place on November 30.

Gold  Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 47:43.4
Silver  Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) 47:53.3
Bronze  Michel Scheuer (EUA) 48:00.3
4.  Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 48:15.8
5.  Igor Pissarov (URS) 49:58.2
6.  Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH) 50:08.2
7.  Svend Frømming (DEN) 50:10.0
8.  Knut Østby (NOR) 51:28.2
9.  Max Baldwin (AUS) 51:49.7
10.  Lloyd Rice (CAN) 52:00.4
11.  Robert O'Brien (USA) 53:02.8

References