Rowing Men: Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) Coxed Fours November 23-27: Semifinals: Heat 1: 1. Italy (Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni) * 7:54.4 2. Australia (Gordon Cowey, Kevin McMahon, Reginald Libbis, Ian Allen, John Jenkinson) * 7:59.8 3. Denmark (Elo Tostenæs, Mogens Sørensen, Borge Hansen, Tage Grøndahl, John Wilhelmsen) 8:08.4 4. New Zealand (Peter Lucas, Ray Laurent, Donald Gemmell, Allan Ray Tong, Colin Johnstone) 8:30.7 Heat 2: 1. Sweden (Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Sven Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson) * 8:01.8 2. Finland (Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi) * 8:08.1 3. Soviet Union (Andrey Arhipov, Yuriy Popov, Valentin Zanin, Yaroslav Cherstvyi, Anatoliy Fetisov) 8:14.0 4. USA (James Wynne, Douglas Turner, James McMullen, Ronald Cardwell, Edward Masterson) 8:24.3 Final: 1. Italy (Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni) 7:19.4 2. Sweden (Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Sven Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson) 7:22.4 3. Finland (Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi) 7:30.9 4. Australia (Gordon Cowey, Kevin McMahon, Reginald Libbis, Ian Allen, John Jenkinson) 7:31.1