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Rowing At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxless Pair
The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree 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 ( , ; , ) 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 card system. Types Different type ... 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree () is an artificial lake, artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the Lake Wendouree, Victoria, suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The name Wendouree comes from a local Australian Aborigine, Aboriginal word ''wendaaree'' which means 'go away': a story is told that when settler William Cross Yuille asked a local Indigenous Australian, Indigenous woman what the name of the swamp was, that was her reply. Location and features Lake Wendouree is one of the smallest of a complex of natural wetlands which includes nearby Lake Burrumbeet and Lake Learmonth on the plains of the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands. The swamp was dammed following the Victorian gold rush in 1851 and since the 1860s it has been a popular recreational lake for Ballarat's citizens. Lake Wendouree now holds significant historical, environmental, and recreational values to the Ballarat community. The lake hosted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
