Canoeing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Kayak 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

Gold:	Gert Fredriksson
Silver:	Igor Pisarev
Bronze:	Lajos Kiss

Final Standings

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	Medal
1	Gert Fredriksson	37	Sweden	SWE	Gold
2	Igor Pisarev	25	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
3	Lajos Kiss	22	Hungary	HUN	Bronze
4	Stefan Kapłaniak	23	Poland	POL
5	Louis Gantois	27	France	FRA
6	Ladislav Čepčianský	25	Czechoslovakia	TCH
7	Villy Christiansen	21	Denmark	DEN
8	Ernst Steinhauer	30	Germany	GER
9	Barry Stuart	22	Australia	AUS
4 h1r1/2	Knut Østby	34	Norway	NOR
4 h3r1/2	David Merwin	20	United States	USA
5 h1r1/2	Thorvald Strömberg	25	Finland	FIN
6 h1r1/2	Robert Smith	27	Canada	CAN

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