title: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
text: # 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.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
  | 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
  | 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | C-1 1000 metres details | Leon Rotman Romania | István Hernek Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
  | C-1 10000 metres details | Leon Rotman Romania | János Parti Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
  | C-2 1000 metres details | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) |
  | C-2 10000 metres details | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) | Imre Farkas and József Hunics (HUN) |
  | K-1 1000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Igor Pissarov Soviet Union | Lajos Kiss Hungary |
  | K-1 10000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Ferenc Hatlaczky Hungary | Michel Scheuer United Team of Germany |
  | K-2 1000 metres details | Michel Scheuer and Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA) | Mikhail Kaaleste and Anatoli Demitkov (URS) | Maximilian Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
  | K-2 10000 metres details | János Urányi and László Fábián (HUN) | Fritz Briel and Theodor Kleine (EUA) | Dennis Green and Walter Brown (AUS) |
  
  ### Women's event
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | K-1 500 metres details | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union | Therese Zenz United Team of Germany | Tove Søby Denmark |
  