Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair
Men's coxless pairs at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Lake Wendouree | ||||||||||||
Date | November 23 – November 27 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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Single sculls | men |
Double sculls | men |
Coxless pair | men |
Coxed pair | men |
Coxless four | men |
Coxed four | men |
Eight | men |
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[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Reg Douglas Bob Parker |
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7:32.6 | SF |
2 | Peter Raper Maurice Grace |
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7:37.2 | SF |
3 | Alvaro Bianchi Maurizio Clerici |
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7:41.2 |
Heat 2[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Helmut Sauermilch Claus Heß |
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7:30.1 | SF |
2 | Finn Pedersen Kjeld Østrøm |
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7:36.6 | SF |
3 | Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen |
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7:45.6 |
Heat 3[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Fifer Duvall Hecht |
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7:19.5 | SF |
2 | Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov |
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7:29.9 | SF |
3 | Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder |
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7:37.0 |
Repechage[]
The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.
Heat 1[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder |
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SF | |
2 | Alvaro Bianchi Maurizio Clerici |
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SF | |
3 | Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen |
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Semi-finals[]
The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.
Heat 1[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov |
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8:41.3 | F |
2 | Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder |
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8:42.4 | F |
3 | Reg Douglas Bob Parker |
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8:44.7 | |
4 | Finn Pedersen Kjeld Østrøm |
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8:55.1 |
Heat 2[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Fifer Duvall Hecht |
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8:37.7 | F |
2 | Peter Raper Maurice Grace |
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8:48.2 | F |
3 | Helmut Sauermilch Claus Heß |
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8:52.3 | |
4 | Alvaro Bianchi Maurizio Clerici |
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9:11.1 |
Final[]
Rank | Athlete name | Country | Time | Notes |
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James Fifer Duvall Hecht |
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7:55.4 | |
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Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov |
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8:03.9 | |
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Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder |
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8:11.8 | |
4 | Peter Raper Maurice Grace |
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8:22.2 |
References[]
- ^ "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.
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