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Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMeilahti
Date23 – 27 November
Competitors16 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pat Costello
Jim Gardiner
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Murray Riley
Mervyn Wood
 Australia
← 1952
1960 →

The men's double sculls competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 to 27 November.[1]

Heats

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The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. The others must compete in the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Pat Costello
Jim Gardiner
 United States (USA) 6:54.5 F
2 Sidney Rand
Bill Rand
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:03.4
3 Miguel Seijas
Paulo Carvalho
 Uruguay (URU) 7:09.6
4 Fernand Steenacker
Henri Steenacker
 Belgium (BEL) 7:24.1

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
 Soviet Union (URS) 6:44.4 F
2 Thomas Schneider
Kurt Hipper
 Germany (GER) 6:55.8
3 Murray Riley
Mervyn Wood
 Australia (AUS) 7:01.2
4 Albert Krajmer
František Reich
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:05.1

First repechage

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The winner in each heat qualified for the finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Murray Riley
Mervyn Wood
 Australia (AUS) 8:12.2 F
2 Sidney Rand
Bill Rand
 Great Britain (GBR) 8:19.4
3 Fernand Steenacker
Henri Steenacker
 Belgium (BEL) 9:01.9

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Schneider
Kurt Hipper
 Germany (GER) 8:16.7 F
2 Miguel Seijas
Paulo Carvalho
 Uruguay (URU) 8:27.5
3 Albert Krajmer
František Reich
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 8:38.2

Final

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:24.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pat Costello
Jim Gardiner
 United States (USA) 7:32.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Murray Riley
Mervyn Wood
 Australia (AUS) 7:37.4
4 Thomas Schneider
Kurt Hipper
 Germany (GER) 7:41.7

References

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