Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics
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| Venue | Lake Wendouree |
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| Dates | 23–27 November |
| Competitors | 242 from 25 nations |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pairs | men |
| Coxed pairs | men |
| Coxless fours | men |
| Coxed fours | men |
| Eights | men |
Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 23 to 27 November on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia.
Medal summary
Participating nations
A total of 242 rowers from 25 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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