Canoeing 1956

The Disciplines at Melbourne :
total men women
comp prev comp prev comp prev
Canadian - Flatwater 42 15 42 15 - -
Kayak - Flatwater 71 20 61 17 10 3
Switchers 2 2
Total 113 37 103 34 10 3

Switchers:

  1. (256.0=240+16) William Schuette (USA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)
  2. (7480=7000+480) Marcel Renaud (FRA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)

Doubled Previously:

  1. (1910=1750+160) Bert Oldershaw (CAN/CAF-KAY/1948-56)
Total List - men:
  1. (73588) Gert Fredriksson (SWE/KAY/1948-60)
  2. (25500) Parti János (HUN/CAF/1952-60)
  3. (23040) Leon Rotman (ROU/CAF/1956-60)
  4. (18422) Frank Havens (USA/CAF/1948-60)
  5. (16940) Georges Dransart (FRA/CAF/1948-56)
  6. (13150) Pavel Kharin (urs-RUS/CAF/1952-56)
  7. (13000) Gratsian Botev (urs-RUS/CAF/1956)
  8. (12040) Thorvald Strömberg (FIN/KAY/1952-56)
  9. (11250) Hans Wetterström (SWE/KAY/1948-56)
  10. (11250) Alexe Dumitru (ROU/CAF/1956-60)
  11. (9920) Michel Scheuer (GER/KAY/1952-56)
  12. (9900) Yrjö Hietanen (FIN/KAY/1952-56)
  13. (9250) Simion Ismailciuc (ROU/CAF/1956)
  14. (8800) Finn Haunstoft (DEN/CAF/1952-56)
  15. (8563) Egon Drews (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  16. (8400) Wilfried Soltau (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  17. (7680) Gennady Bukharin (urs-RUS/CAF/1956)
  18. (7480) Marcel Renaud (FRA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)
  19. (7198) Urányi János (HUN/KAY/1948-56)
  20. (6400) Farkas Imre (HUN/CAF/1956-60)
  21. (6280) Meinrad Miltenberger (GER/KAY/1952-56)
  22. (6038) Knut Østby (NOR/KAY/1948-56)
  23. (6000) Hernek István (HUN/CAF/1956)
  24. (5410) Igor Pisarev (urs-RUS/KAY/1956-64)
  25. (5049) Herbert Wiedermann (AUT/KAY/1952-60)
  26. (5040) Max Raub (AUT/KAY/1952-56)
  27. (4800) Fábián László (HUN/KAY/1956)
  28. (4046) Stefan Kapłaniak (POL/KAY/1956-64)
  29. (4000) Hatlaczky Ferenc (HUN/KAY/1956)
  30. (3600) Franz Johannsen (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  31. (3560) Louis Gantois (FRA/KAY/1952-56)
  32. (3520) Werner Wettersten (SWE/CAF/1948,56)
  33. (3200) Hunics József (HUN/CAF/1956)
  34. (3200) Mohácsi Ferenc (HUN/CAF/1956)
  35. (3200) Wieland Károly (HUN/CAF/1956)
  36. (3000) Anatoly Demitkov (urs-RUS/KAY/1956)
  37. (3000) Fritz Briel (GER/KAY/1956)
  38. (3000) Mihhail Kaaleste (urs-EST/KAY/1956)
  39. (3000) Theo Kleine (GER/KAY/1956)
  40. (2560) Kiss Lajos (HUN/KAY/1956)
  41. (2435) Dennis Green (AUS/KAY/1956-72)
  42. (2400) Jiří Vokněr (tch-CZE/CAF/1956)
  43. (2400) Karel Hradil (tch-CZE/CAF/1956)
  44. (2220) Walter Brown (AUS/KAY/1956)
  45. (1910) Bert Oldershaw (CAN/CAF-KAY/1948-56)
  46. (1875) Frank Krick (USA/CAF/1952-56)
  47. (1875) John Haas (USA/CAF/1952-56)
  48. (1750) Bill Jones (AUS/CAF/1956)
  49. (1750) Tom Ohman (AUS/CAF/1956)
  50. (1380) Maurice Graffen (FRA/KAY/1948-56)
  51. (1364) Mircea Anastasescu (ROU/KAY/1952-60)
  52. (1360) Stavru Teodorov (ROU/KAY/1956-60)
  53. (1349) Ladislav Čepčianský (tch-SVK/KAY/1956-60)
  54. (1200) Carl-Gunnar Sundin (SWE/KAY/1956)
  55. (1200) Don Stringer (CAN/CAF/1956-60)
  56. (1120) Otto Schindler (AUT/CAF/1956)
  57. (1120) Walter Waldner (AUT/CAF/1956)
  58. (986.3) Rik Verbrugghe (BEL/KAY/1952-64)
  59. (972.0) Rudolf Klabouch (tch-CZE/KAY/1952-56)
  60. (871.1) Michel Meyer (FRA/KAY/1956-60)
  61. (840.0) Bryan Harper (AUS/CAF/1956)
  62. (800.0) Aksel Duun (DEN/CAF/1956)
  63. (750.0) Sergey Klimov (urs-RUS/KAY/1956)
  64. (750.0) Yevhen Yatsynenko (urs-UKR/KAY/1956)
  65. (700.0) Bill Stevenson (CAN/CAF/1948,56)
  66. (672.0) Miroslav Jemelka (tch-CZE/KAY/1956)
  67. (592.0) Svend Frømming (DEN/KAY/1952-56)
  68. (579.0) George Bossy (CAN/CAF/1952-56)
  69. (556.0) Simo Kuismanen (FIN/KAY/1956-60)
  70. (535.3) Germaan Van De Moere (BEL/KAY/1956-60)
  71. (520.0) Tom Hodgson (CAN/CAF/1952-56)
  72. (500.0) Bill Collins (CAN/CAF/1956)
  73. (468.2) Ryszard Skwarski (POL/KAY/1956-60)
  74. (400.0) Villy Christiansen (DEN/KAY/1956)
  75. (362.2) Barry Stuart (AUS/KAY/1956-68)
  76. (329.0) Raymond Blick (GBR/KAY/1956-60)
  77. (320.0) Gerner Christiansen (DEN/CAF/1956)
  78. (320.0) Kaj Sylvan (DEN/CAF/1956)
  79. (312.0) Brian Bullivant (GBR/KAY/1956)
  80. (256.0) William Schuette (USA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)
  81. (256.0) Ernst Steinhauer (GER/KAY/1956)
  82. (242.5) Richard Moran (USA/CAF/1956-60)
  83. (208.0) Alfred Schmidtberger (AUT/KAY/1952-56)
  84. (162.5) George Byers (USA/CAF/1956)
  85. (162.5) Herbert Kirschner (GER/CAF/1956)
  86. (160.0) Max Baldwin (AUS/KAY/1956)
  87. (126.0) Jerzy Górski (POL/KAY/1956)
  88. (100.0) Lloyd Rice (CAN/KAY/1956)
  89. (82.00) David Merwin (USA/KAY/1956)
  90. (76.60) Robert Smith (CAN/KAY/1956)
  91. (68.30) Robert O'Brien (USA/KAY/1956-60)
  92. (52.30) Hermann Salzner (AUT/KAY/1956-60)
  93. (51.00) Carl-Åke Ljung (SWE/KAY/1956)
  94. (51.00) Les Melia (CAN/KAY/1956)
  95. (51.00) Ragnar Heurlin (SWE/KAY/1956)
  96. (33.24) Ken Wilson (USA/KAY/1956-60)
  97. (30.00) Edward Houston (USA/KAY/1956)
  98. (29.90) Juhani Helenius (FIN/KAY/1956-60)
  99. (17.20) Chick Dermond (USA/KAY/1956-60)
  100. (17.20) John Pagkos (USA/KAY/1956-60)
  101. (12.90) Pentti Raaskoski (FIN/KAY/1956)
  102. (12.90) Szigeti Zoltán (HUN/KAY/1956)
  103. (12.90) Vágyóczky Imre (HUN/KAY/1956)

Competed Before

  1. (73588) Gert Fredriksson (SWE/KAY/1948-60)
  2. (25500) Parti János (HUN/CAF/1952-60)
  3. (18422) Frank Havens (USA/CAF/1948-60)
  4. (16940) Georges Dransart (FRA/CAF/1948-56)
  5. (13150) Pavel Kharin (urs-RUS/CAF/1952-56)
  6. (12040) Thorvald Strömberg (FIN/KAY/1952-56)
  7. (11250) Hans Wetterström (SWE/KAY/1948-56)
  8. (9920) Michel Scheuer (GER/KAY/1952-56)
  9. (9900) Yrjö Hietanen (FIN/KAY/1952-56)
  10. (8800) Finn Haunstoft (DEN/CAF/1952-56)
  11. (8563) Egon Drews (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  12. (8400) Wilfried Soltau (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  13. (7480) Marcel Renaud (FRA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)
  14. (7198) Urányi János (HUN/KAY/1948-56)
  15. (6280) Meinrad Miltenberger (GER/KAY/1952-56)
  16. (6038) Knut Østby (NOR/KAY/1948-56)
  17. (5049) Herbert Wiedermann (AUT/KAY/1952-60)
  18. (5040) Max Raub (AUT/KAY/1952-56)
  19. (3600) Franz Johannsen (GER/CAF/1952-56)
  20. (3560) Louis Gantois (FRA/KAY/1952-56)
  21. (3520) Werner Wettersten (SWE/CAF/1948,56)
  22. (1910) Bert Oldershaw (CAN/CAF-KAY/1948-56)
  23. (1875) Frank Krick (USA/CAF/1952-56)
  24. (1875) John Haas (USA/CAF/1952-56)
  25. (1380) Maurice Graffen (FRA/KAY/1948-56)
  26. (1364) Mircea Anastasescu (ROU/KAY/1952-60)
  27. (986.3) Rik Verbrugghe (BEL/KAY/1952-64)
  28. (972.0) Rudolf Klabouch (tch-CZE/KAY/1952-56)
  29. (700.0) Bill Stevenson (CAN/CAF/1948,56)
  30. (592.0) Svend Frømming (DEN/KAY/1952-56)
  31. (579.0) George Bossy (CAN/CAF/1952-56)
  32. (520.0) Tom Hodgson (CAN/CAF/1952-56)
  33. (256.0) William Schuette (USA/CAF-KAY/1952-56)
  34. (208.0) Alfred Schmidtberger (AUT/KAY/1952-56)

By Country - men:

Women: see Kayak - Sprint

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Written 2020-02-24 - last modified 2020-02-26

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