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

The men's C-1 1000 metres was a competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. The final took place on December 1.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Leon Rotman (ROU)	István Hernek (HUN)	Gennady Bukharin (URS)

Results

Final

Ten competitors entered, but one withdrew prior to the event. With only nine competitors, a final was held.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Leon Rotman	Romania	5:05.3
	István Hernek	Hungary	5:06.2
	Gennady Bukharin	Soviet Union	5:12.7
4	Karel Hradil	Czechoslovakia	5:15.9
5	Franz Johannsen	Germany	5:18.6
6	Werner Wettersten	Sweden	5:28.0
7	Bryan Harper	Australia	5:37.6
8	George Bossy	Canada	5:39.4
9.	William Schuette	United States	5:47.7

References

• 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 407.
• Sports-reference.com 1956 C-1 1000 m results