Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

The men's eight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree near Ballarat, Australia.[1]

Men's eight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Date23–27 November
Competitors90 from 10 nations
Medalists
Thomas Charlton
David Wight
John Cooke
Donald Beer
Caldwell Esselstyn
Charles Grimes
Rusty Wailes
Robert Morey
William Becklean
 United States
Philip Kueber
Richard McClure
Robert Wilson
David Helliwell
Wayne Pretty
Bill McKerlich
Douglas McDonald
Lawrence West
Carlton Ogawa
 Canada
Michael Aikman
David Boykett
Fred Benfield
Jim Howden
Garth Manton
Walter Howell
Adrian Monger
Brian Doyle
Harold Hewitt
 Australia

Results

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
Thomas Charlton
David Wight
John Cooke
Donald Beer
Caldwell Esselstyn
Charles Grimes
Rusty Wailes
Robert Morey
William Becklean
 United States
Philip Kueber
Richard McClure
Robert Wilson
David Helliwell
Wayne Pretty
Bill McKerlich
Douglas McDonald
Lawrence West
Carlton Ogawa
 Canada
Michael Aikman
David Boykett
Fred Benfield
Jim Howden
Garth Manton
Walter Howell
Adrian Monger
Brian Doyle
Harold Hewitt
 Australia
Olle Larsson
Lennart Andersson
Kjell Hansson
Rune Andersson
Lennart Hansson
Gösta Eriksson
Ivar Aronsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Bertil Göransson
 Sweden
Ernest Verbin
Boris Fyodorov
Slava Amiragov
Leonid Gissen
Yevgeny Samsonov
Anatoly Antonov
Georgy Gushchenko
Vladimir Kryukov
Vladimir Petrov
 Soviet Union
Josef Věntus
Eduard Antoch
Ctibor Reiskup
Jan Švéda
Josef Švec
Zdeněk Žára
Jan Jindra
Stanislav Lusk
Miroslav Koranda
 Czechoslovakia
Yozo Iwasaki
Yasukuni Watanabe
Sadahiro Sunaga
Yoshiki Hiki
Takashi Imamura
Yasuhiko Takeda
Masao Hara
Junichi Kato
Toshiji Eda
 Japan
Antonio Amato
Salvatore Nuvoli
Cosimo Campioto
Livio Tesconi
Antonio Casuar
Giancarlo Casalini
Sergio Tagliapietra
Arrigo Menicocci
Vincenzo Rubolotta
 Italy
Richard Wheadon
Michael Delahooke
Ian Welsh
Kenneth Masser
Simon Tozer
Alan Watson
John A. Russell
Chris Davidge
John Hinde
 Great Britain
Santé Marcuzzi
Émile Clerc
Richard Duc
Maurice Bas
Édouard Leguery
Jean-Jacques Vignon
Maurice Houdayer
René Massiasse
Jacques Vilcoq
 France

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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