Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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]

Men's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueLake Wendouree
DateNovember 23 – November 27
Competitors18 from 9 nations
Medalists
James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States
Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union
Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria

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
1Reg Douglas
Bob Parker
 New Zealand (NZL)7:32.6SF
2Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
 Australia (AUS)7:37.2SF
3Alvaro Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici
 Italy (ITA)7:41.2

Heat 2

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1Helmut Sauermilch
Claus Heß
 United Team of Germany (EUA)7:30.1SF
2Finn Pedersen
Kjeld Østrøm
 Denmark (DEN)7:36.6SF
3Bob Baetens
Michel Knuysen
 Belgium (BEL)7:45.6

Heat 3

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States (USA)7:19.5SF
2Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS)7:29.9SF
3Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria (AUT)7:37.0

Repechage

The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria (AUT)SF
2Alvaro Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici
 Italy (ITA)SF
3Bob Baetens
Michel Knuysen
 Belgium (BEL)

Semi-finals

The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS)8:41.3F
2Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria (AUT)8:42.4F
3Reg Douglas
Bob Parker
 New Zealand (NZL)8:44.7
4Finn Pedersen
Kjeld Østrøm
 Denmark (DEN)8:55.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States (USA)8:37.7F
2Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
 Australia (AUS)8:48.2F
3Helmut Sauermilch
Claus Heß
 United Team of Germany (EUA)8:52.3
4Alvaro Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici
 Italy (ITA)9:11.1

Final

Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States (USA)7:55.4
Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS)8:03.9
Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria (AUT)8:11.8
4Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
 Australia (AUS)8:22.2

References

  1. "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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