Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 to 27 November.

Men's double sculls at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Meilahti
Date	23 – 27 November
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov  Soviet Union Pat Costello Jim Gardiner  United States Murray Riley Mervyn Wood  Australia

Heats

The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. The others must compete in the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	United States (USA)	6:54.5	F
2	Sidney Rand Bill Rand	Great Britain (GBR)	7:03.4
3	Miguel Seijas Paulo Carvalho	Uruguay (URU)	7:09.6
4	Fernand Steenacker Henri Steenacker	Belgium (BEL)	7:24.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov	Soviet Union (URS)	6:44.4	F
2	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	6:55.8
3	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	7:01.2
4	Albert Krajmer František Reich	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:05.1

First repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	8:12.2	F
2	Sidney Rand Bill Rand	Great Britain (GBR)	8:19.4
3	Fernand Steenacker Henri Steenacker	Belgium (BEL)	9:01.9

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	8:16.7	F
2	Miguel Seijas Paulo Carvalho	Uruguay (URU)	8:27.5
3	Albert Krajmer František Reich	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	8:38.2

Final

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov	Soviet Union (URS)	7:24.0
	Pat Costello Jim Gardiner	United States (USA)	7:32.2
	Murray Riley Mervyn Wood	Australia (AUS)	7:37.4
4	Thomas Schneider Kurt Hipper	Germany (GER)	7:41.7

External links

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF) (PDF). p. 611.