Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Event:	Men's coxless pairs
Games:	1956 Summer
Date:	November 23 – November 27
Competitors:	18
Nations:	9
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronzenoc:	AUT
Next:	1960

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree near Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 November 23 to 27 November. The competition was won by James Fifer and Duvall Hecht representing the United States.^[1]

Heats

In the heats the first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals. The others competed in the repechage for the remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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1			7:32.6	SF
2			7:37.2	SF
3			7:41.2

Heat 2

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1			7:30.1	SF
2			7:36.6	SF
3			7:45.6

Heat 3

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1			7:19.5	SF
2			7:29.9	SF
3			7:37.0

Repechage

The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.

Heat 1

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1				SF
2				SF
3

Semi-finals

The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

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1			8:41.3	F
2			8:42.4	F
3			8:44.7
4			8:55.1

Heat 2

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1			8:37.7	F
2			8:48.2	F
3			8:52.3
4			9:11.1

Final

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			7:55.4
			8:03.9
			8:11.8
4			8:22.2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 10 August 2018.