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.
Medal summary single scullsdouble sculls coxless pairscoxed pairArthur AyraultConn FindlayKurt SeiffertKarl-Heinrich von GroddeckHorst ArndtRainer BorkowskyIhor YemchukHeorhiy ZhylinVladimir Petrov coxless foursArchibald MacKinnonLorne LoomerWalter D'HondtDonald ArnoldJohn WelchliJohn McKinlayArt McKinlayJames McIntoshRené GuissartYves DelacourGaston MercierGuy Guillabert coxed foursAlberto WinklerRomano SgheizAngelo VanzinFranco TrincavelliIvo StefanoniOlle LarssonGösta ErikssonIvar AronssonEvert GunnarssonBertil GöranssonKauko HänninenReino PoutanenVeli LehteläToimi PitkänenMatti NiemieightsThomas CharltonDavid WightJohn CookeDonald BeerCaldwell EsselstynCharles GrimesRusty WailesRobert MoreyWilliam BeckleanPhilip KueberRichard McClureRobert WilsonDavid HelliwellWayne PrettyBill McKerlichDouglas McDonaldLawrence WestCarlton OgawaMichael AikmanDavid BoykettFred BenfieldJim HowdenGarth MantonWalter HowellAdrian MongerBrian DoyleHarold Hewitt
Participating nations
A total of 242 rowers from 25 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:
Medal table
References
External links International Olympic Committee medal database