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 for the remaining spots in the semi-finals.
Heat 1 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 Reg DouglasBob Parker 7:32.6 SF 2 Peter RaperMaurice Grace 7:37.2 SF 3 Alvaro BanchiMaurizio Clerici 7:41.2
Heat 2 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 Helmut SauermilchClaus Heß 7:30.1 SF 2 Finn PedersenKjeld Østrøm 7:36.6 SF 3 Bob BaetensMichel Knuysen 7:45.6
Heat 3 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 James FiferDuvall Hecht 7:19.5 SF 2 Igor BuldakovViktor Ivanov 7:29.9 SF 3 Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder 7:37.0
Repechage The first two pairs advanced directly to semi-finals.
Heat 1 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder SF 2 Alvaro BanchiMaurizio Clerici SF 3 Bob BaetensMichel Knuysen
Semi-finals The first two pairs advanced directly to the final.
Heat 1 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 Igor BuldakovViktor Ivanov 8:41.3 F 2 Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder 8:42.4 F 3 Reg DouglasBob Parker 8:44.7 4 Finn PedersenKjeld Østrøm 8:55.1
Heat 2 RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes 1 James FiferDuvall Hecht 8:37.7 F 2 Peter RaperMaurice Grace 8:48.2 F 3 Helmut SauermilchClaus Heß 8:52.3 4 Alvaro BanchiMaurizio Clerici 9:11.1
Final
RankAthlete nameCountryTimeNotes James FiferDuvall Hecht 7:55.4 Igor BuldakovViktor Ivanov 8:03.9 Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder 8:11.8 4 Peter RaperMaurice Grace 8:22.2
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