title: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
  
  The men's C-2 1000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten teams in this event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on December 1.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) |
  
  ## Heats
  
  The ten teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
  
  Heat 1 :
  
  | 1. | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | 4:48.1 | QF |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2. | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | 4:52.4 | QF |
  | 3. | Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner (AUT) | 5:05.9 | QF |
  | 4. | Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen (DEN) | 5:07.5 | QF |
  | 5. | Egon Drews and Herbert Kirschner (EUA) | 5:19.8 | |
  | Heat 2 ||||
  | 1. | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) | 5:02.5 | QF |
  | 2. | William Jones and Thomas Ohman (AUS) | 5:04.6 | QF |
  | 3. | Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) | 5:07.2 | QF |
  | 4. | William Collins and Bert Oldershaw (CAN) | 5:08.9 | QF |
  | 5. | George Byers and Richard Moran (USA) | 5:16.1 | |
  
  ## Final
  
  | | Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | 4:47.4 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Pavel Kharin and Gratsian Botev (URS) | 4:48.6 |
  | | Károly Wieland and Ferenc Mohácsi (HUN) | 4:54.3 |
  | 4. | Georges Dransart and Marcel Renaud (FRA) | 4:57.7 |
  | 5. | William Jones and Thomas Ohman (AUS) | 5:03.0 |
  | 6. | Otto Schindler and Walter Waldner (AUT) | 5:04.4 |
  | 7. | William Collins and Bert Oldershaw (CAN) | 5:11.0 |
  | - | Kaj Sylvan and Gerner Christiansen (DEN) | DQ |
  
  The Danes originally finished seventh in the final, but were disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.
  
  