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
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder
 Austria
← 1952
1960 →

Heats

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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

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Rank Athlete name Country Time Notes
1 Reg Douglas
Bob Parker
  New Zealand (NZL) 7:32.6 SF
2 Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
  Australia (AUS) 7:37.2 SF
3 Alvaro Banchi
Maurizio Clerici
  Italy (ITA) 7:41.2

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Repechage

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The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.

Heat 1

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

Semi-finals

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The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Final

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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
4 Peter Raper
Maurice Grace
  Australia (AUS) 8:22.2

References

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  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.