The men's C-2 1000 metres was a competition in

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. The C-2 event is raced by two-man

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s. Because there were ten teams in this event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on December 1.

Medalists

Heats

The ten teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Final

The

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originally finished seventh in the final, but were disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.

References

1956 Summer Olympics official report.
p. 408.

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