Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres

The men's K-1 10000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks. This would the last time this event was held in the Summer Olympics though it would be held at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1938 to 1993.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN)	Michel Scheuer (EUA)

Final

The final took place on November 30.

	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	47:43.4
	Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN)	47:53.3
	Michel Scheuer (EUA)	48:00.3
4.	Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)	48:15.8
5.	Igor Pissarov (URS)	49:58.2
6.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	50:08.2
7.	Svend Frømming (DEN)	50:10.0
8.	Knut Østby (NOR)	51:28.2
9.	Max Baldwin (AUS)	51:49.7
10.	Lloyd Rice (CAN)	52:00.4
11.	Robert O'Brien (USA)	53:02.8

References

• 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 401.
• International Canoe Federation historical results to 2006 (Olympic and world for all disciplines).
• Sports reference.com 1956 K-1 10000 m results