title: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres
  
  The men's K-1 10000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-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
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) | Michel Scheuer (EUA) |
  
  ## Final
  
  The final took place on November 30.
  
  | | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | 47:43.4 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) | 47:53.3 |
  | | Michel Scheuer (EUA) | 48:00.3 |
  | 4. | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | 48:15.8 |
  | 5. | Igor Pissarov (URS) | 49:58.2 |
  | 6. | Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH) | 50:08.2 |
  | 7. | Svend Frømming (DEN) | 50:10.0 |
  | 8. | Knut Østby (NOR) | 51:28.2 |
  | 9. | Max Baldwin (AUS) | 51:49.7 |
  | 10. | Lloyd Rice (CAN) | 52:00.4 |
  | 11. | Robert O'Brien (USA) | 53:02.8 |
  