The men's double sculls competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia. The event was held from 23 to 27 November.
Heats The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. The others must compete in the repechage.
Heat 1 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Pat Costello Jim Gardiner 6:54.5 F 2 Sidney RandBill Rand 7:03.4 3 Miguel SeijasPaulo Carvalho 7:09.6 4 Fernand SteenackerHenri Steenacker 7:24.1
Heat 2 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov 6:44.4 F 2 Thomas SchneiderKurt Hipper 6:55.8 3 Murray Riley Mervyn Wood 7:01.2 4 Albert KrajmerFrantišek Reich 7:05.1
First repechage The winner in each heat qualified for the finals.
Heat 1 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Murray Riley Mervyn Wood 8:12.2 F 2 Sidney RandBill Rand 8:19.4 3 Fernand SteenackerHenri Steenacker 9:01.9
Heat 2 RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes 1 Thomas SchneiderKurt Hipper 8:16.7 F 2 Miguel SeijasPaulo Carvalho 8:27.5 3 Albert KrajmerFrantišek Reich 8:38.2
Final RankAthlete NameCountryTimeNotes Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov 7:24.0 Pat Costello Jim Gardiner 7:32.2 Murray Riley Mervyn Wood 7:37.4 4 Thomas SchneiderKurt Hipper 7:41.7
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