Canoeing Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) Men: 1000 m K1 December 1: Final: 1. Gert Fredriksson (swe) 4:12.8 2. Igor Pissarev (sov) 4:15.3 3. Lajos Kiss (hun) 4:16.2 4. Stefan Kaplaniak (pol) 4:19.8 5. Louis Grantois (fra) 4:22.1 6. Ladislav Cepciansky (czs) 4:23.2 7. Villy Christiansen (den) 4:25.2 8. Ernst Steinhauer (ger) 4:25.5 9. Barry Stuart (aus) 5:30.7