| Rowing at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Lake Wendouree |
| Dates | 23–27 November 1956 |
| Competitors | 242 from 25 nations |
| Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 23 to 27 November on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]A total of 242 rowers from 25 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:
Australia (26)
Austria (4)
Belgium (7)
Brazil (5)
Canada (13)
Chile (3)
Cuba (9)
Czechoslovakia (11)
Denmark (7)
Finland (5)
France (13)
Great Britain (12)
United Team of Germany (12)
Greece (1)
Hungary (4)
Italy (21)
Japan (9)
Mexico (1)
New Zealand (8)
Poland (8)
Sweden (9)
Soviet Union (25)
United States (26)
Uruguay (2)
Yugoslavia (1)
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
External links
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