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Canoeing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres

Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
Date Started: November 30, 1956
Date Finished: November 30, 1956
Format: Final only.

Gold: SWE Gert Fredriksson
Silver: HUN Ferenc Hatlaczky
Bronze: GER Michel Scheuer

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T
1 Gert Fredriksson 37 Sweden SWE Gold 47:43.4
2 Ferenc Hatlaczky 22 Hungary HUN Silver 47:53.3
3 Michel Scheuer 29 Germany GER Bronze 48:00.3
4 Thorvald Strömberg 25 Finland FIN 48:15.8
5 Igor Pisarev 25 Soviet Union URS 49:58.2
6 Ladislav Čepčianský 25 Czechoslovakia TCH 50:08.2
7 Svend Frømming 38 Denmark DEN 50:10.0
8 Knut Østby 34 Norway NOR 51:28.2
9 Max Baldwin Australia AUS 51:49.7
10 Lloyd Rice 28 Canada CAN 52:00.4
11 Robert O'Brien 23 United States USA 53:02.8