Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

The men's eight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Wendouree near Ballarat, Australia.[1]

Men's eight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Date	23–27 November
Competitors	90 from 10 nations
Medalists
Thomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean  United States Philip Kueber Richard McClure Robert Wilson David Helliwell Wayne Pretty Bill McKerlich Douglas McDonald Lawrence West Carlton Ogawa  Canada Michael Aikman David Boykett Fred Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Brian Doyle Harold Hewitt  Australia

Results

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Thomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean	United States
	Philip Kueber Richard McClure Robert Wilson David Helliwell Wayne Pretty Bill McKerlich Douglas McDonald Lawrence West Carlton Ogawa	Canada
	Michael Aikman David Boykett Fred Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Brian Doyle Harold Hewitt	Australia
	Olle Larsson Lennart Andersson Kjell Hansson Rune Andersson Lennart Hansson Gösta Eriksson Ivar Aronsson Evert Gunnarsson Bertil Göransson	Sweden
	Ernest Verbin Boris Fyodorov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Anatoly Antonov Georgy Gushchenko Vladimir Kryukov Vladimir Petrov	Soviet Union
	Josef Věntus Eduard Antoch Ctibor Reiskup Jan Švéda Josef Švec Zdeněk Žára Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda	Czechoslovakia
	Yozo Iwasaki Yasukuni Watanabe Sadahiro Sunaga Yoshiki Hiki Takashi Imamura Yasuhiko Takeda Masao Hara Junichi Kato Toshiji Eda	Japan
	Antonio Amato Salvatore Nuvoli Cosimo Campioto Livio Tesconi Antonio Casuar Giancarlo Casalini Sergio Tagliapietra Arrigo Menicocci Vincenzo Rubolotta	Italy
	Richard Wheadon Michael Delahooke Ian Welsh Kenneth Masser Simon Tozer Alan Watson John A. Russell Chris Davidge John Hinde	Great Britain
	Santé Marcuzzi Émile Clerc Richard Duc Maurice Bas Édouard Leguery Jean-Jacques Vignon Maurice Houdayer René Massiasse Jacques Vilcoq	France

References

1. "Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2018.