Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Leon Rotman  Romania	István Hernek  Hungary	Gennady Bukharin  Soviet Union
C-1 10000 metres	Leon Rotman  Romania	János Parti  Hungary	Gennady Bukharin  Soviet Union
C-2 1000 metres	Romania (ROU) Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc	Soviet Union (URS) Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev	Hungary (HUN) Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi
C-2 10000 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev	France (FRA) Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud	Hungary (HUN) Imre Farkas József Hunics
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson  Sweden	Igor Pissarov  Soviet Union	Lajos Kiss  Hungary
K-1 10000 metres	Gert Fredriksson  Sweden	Ferenc Hatlaczky  Hungary	Michael Scheuer  United Team of Germany
K-2 1000 metres	United Team of Germany (EUA) Michael Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	Soviet Union (URS) Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoli Demitkov	Austria (AUT) Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres	Hungary (HUN) János Urányi László Fábián	United Team of Germany (EUA) Fritz Briel Theodor Kleine	Australia (AUS) Dennis Green Walter Brown

Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Yelizaveta Dementyeva  Soviet Union	Therese Zenz  United Team of Germany	Tove Søby  Denmark

Medal table

1	Romania (ROU)	3	0	0	3
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	3	2	7
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	3	7
5	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	2	1	4
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1

References

• 1956 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 396–410.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.