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

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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 →

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Fifer
Duvall Hecht
 United States (USA) 7:55.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Buldakov
Viktor Ivanov
 Soviet Union (URS) 8:03.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.