| Rowing at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Lake Wendouree |
| Dates | 23–27 November 1956 |
| Competitors | 242 from 25 nations |
| Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
Rowing at the1956 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 23 to 27 November onLake Wendouree,Ballarat, Australia.[1]
A total of 242 rowers from 25 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:
Australia (26)
Austria (4)
Belgium (7)
Brazil (5)
Canada (13)
Chile (3)
Cuba (9)
Czechoslovakia (11)
Denmark (7)
Finland (5)
France (13)
United Team of Germany (12)
Great Britain (12)
Greece (1)
Hungary (4)
Italy (21)
Japan (9)
Mexico (1)
New Zealand (8)
Poland (8)
Soviet Union (25)
Sweden (9)
United States (26)
Uruguay (2)
Yugoslavia (1)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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