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Canoeing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
Date Started: December 1, 1956
Date Finished: December 1, 1956
Format: Final only.

Gold: ROU Leon Rotman
Silver: HUN István Hernek
Bronze: URS Gennady Bukharin

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T
1 Leon Rotman 22 Romania ROU Gold 5:05.3
2 István Hernek 21 Hungary HUN Silver 5:06.2
3 Gennady Bukharin 27 Soviet Union URS Bronze 5:12.7
4 Karel Hradil 19 Czechoslovakia TCH 5:15.9
5 Franz Johannsen 35 Germany GER 5:18.6
6 Werner Wettersten 33 Sweden SWE 5:28.0
7 Bryan Harper Australia AUS 5:37.6
8 George Bossy 29 Canada CAN 5:39.4
9 William Schuette 23 United States USA 5:47.7