The men's coxless pairs competition at the
1956 Summer Olympics took place at
Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree () is an artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The name Wendouree comes from a local Aboriginal word ''wendaaree'' w ...
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.
Heats
In the heats the first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals. The others competed in the
repechage
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...
for the remaining spots in the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Repechage
The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.
Heat 1
Semi-finals
The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Final
References
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Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics