Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 10000 metres
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The men's K-2 10000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. This would the last time this event was held in the Summer Olympics, though it would be held at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1938 to 1993.
Medalists
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![]() and László Fábián (HUN) | ![]() and Theodor Kleine (EUA) | ![]() and Walter Brown (AUS) |
Final
The final took place November 30.
![]() | ![]() | 43:37.0 |
![]() | ![]() | 43:40.6 |
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4. | ![]() | 44:06.7 |
5. | ![]() | 45:49.3 |
6. | ![]() | 46:13.1 |
7. | ![]() | 46:40.4 |
8. | ![]() | 47:03.7 |
9. | ![]() | 47:12.8 |
10. | ![]() | 47:21.5 |
11. | ![]() | 49:03.7 |
12. | ![]() | 51:25.8 |
References
- 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 403.
- International Canoe Federation historical results to 2006 (Olympic and world for all disciplines).[permanent dead link]
- Sports-reference.com 1956 K-2 10000 m results Archived 2020-04-18 at the Wayback Machine