Canoeing Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) Men: 1000 m C2 December 1: Final: 1. Romania (Alexe Dumitru, Simion Ismailciuc) 4:47.4 2. Soviet Union (Pavel Kharin, Gratsian Botev) 4:48.6 3. Hungary (Károly Wieland, Ferenc Mohácsi) 4:54.3 4. France (Georges Dransart, Marcel Renaud) 4:57.7 5. Australia (William Jones, Thomas Ohman) 5:03.0 6. Austria (Otto Schindler, Walter Waldner) 5:04.4 7. Canada (William Collins, Bert Oldershaw) 5:11.0 -. Denmark (Kai Sylvan, Gerner Christiansen) disqualified