Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

The men's K-1 1000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on December 1.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Igor Pissarov (URS)	Lajos Kiss (HUN)

Heats

16 competitors entered, but 13 only took part. Those 13 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
1.	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	4:22.0	QF
2.	Igor Pissarov (URS)	4:22.2	QF
3.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	4:26.0	QF
4.	Knut Østby (NOR)	4:27.1
5.	Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)	4:51.3
6.	Robert Smith (CAN)	4:54.2
Heat 2
1.	Stefan Kapłaniak (POL)	4:35.4	QF
2.	Lajos Kiss (HUN)	4:35.8	QF
3.	Louis Gantois (FRA)	4:39.9	QF
Heat 3
1.	Ernst Steinhauer (EUA)	4:24.8	QF
2.	Villy Christiansen (DEN)	4:25.2	QF
3.	Barry Stuart (AUS)	4:30.1	QF
4.	David Merwin (USA)	4:35.9

Final

	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	4:12.8
	Igor Pissarov (URS)	4:15.3
	Lajos Kiss (HUN)	4:16.2
4.	Stefan Kapłaniak (POL)	4:19.8
5.	Louis Gantois (FRA)	4:22.1
6.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	4:23.2
7.	Villy Christiansen (DEN)	4:25.2
8.	Ernst Steinhauer (EUA)	4:25.5
9.	Barry Stuart (AUS)	4:30.7

References

• 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 403.
• Sports-reference.com 1956 K-1 1000 m results.