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





















Men's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad

Venue Lake Wendouree
Date November 23 – November 27
Competitors 18 from 9 nations
Medalists



















1st, gold medalist(s)

James Fifer
Duvall Hecht

 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov

 Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder

 Austria

← 1952


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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]




Contents






  • 1 Heats


    • 1.1 Heat 1


    • 1.2 Heat 2


    • 1.3 Heat 3




  • 2 Repechage


    • 2.1 Heat 1




  • 3 Semi-finals


    • 3.1 Heat 1


    • 3.2 Heat 2




  • 4 Final


  • 5 References





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
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 Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici

 Italy (ITA)
7:41.2


Heat 2































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































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


The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.



Heat 1































Rank
Athlete name
Country
Time
Notes
1
Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder

 Austria (AUT)

SF
2
Alvaro Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici

 Italy (ITA)

SF
3
Bob Baetens
Michel Knuysen

 Belgium (BEL)



Semi-finals


The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.



Heat 1






































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






































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 Bianchi
Maurizio Clerici

 Italy (ITA)
9:11.1


Final






































Rank
Athlete name
Country
Time
Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)
James Fifer
Duvall Hecht

 United States (USA)
7:55.4
2nd, silver medalist(s)
Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov

 Soviet Union (URS)
8:03.9
3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder

 Austria (AUT)
8:11.8
4
Peter Raper
Maurice Grace

 Australia (AUS)
8:22.2


References





  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Retrieved 10 August 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}










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