Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's K-2 1000 metres
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These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on December 1.
The Finnish
team originally finished second in their heat prior to their disqualification.
Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat.-Men's events:...
. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on December 1.
Medalists
| Gold | |
| Silver | |
| Bronze |
Heats
The 15 teams first raced in three heats. The top three teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | 3:55.1 | QF | |
| 2. | 3:57.2 | QF | |
| 3. | 3:58.3 | QF | |
| 4. | 4:00.0 | ||
| 5. | 4:00.3 | ||
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | 3:56.4 | QF | |
| 2. | 3:59.1 | QF | |
| 3. | 4:01.6 | QF | |
| 4. | 4:12.6 | ||
| 5. | 4:22.7 | ||
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. | 4:03.0 | QF | |
| 2. | 4:04.7 | QF | |
| 3. | 4:09.7 | QF | |
| 4. | 4:27.8 | ||
| - | DQ | ||
The Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
team originally finished second in their heat prior to their disqualification.
Final
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3:49.6 | |
 |
3:51.4 | |
 |
3:55.8 | |
| 4. | 3:56.1 | |
| 5. | 3:58.3 | |
| 6. | 3:58.7 | |
| 7. | 3:59.1 | |
| 8. | 4:01.4 | |
| 9. | 4:05.9 |