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Men: Single Sculls
Dates: 23 November 1956-27 November 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Ivanov | URS | 8:02.5 |
| 2 | Stuart MacKenzie | AUS | 8:07.7 |
| 3 | Jack Kelly Jr. | USA | 8:11.8 |
| 4 | Teodor Kocerka | POL | 8:12.9 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 5 | Perica Vlašić | YUG | 9:32.2 |
| 5 | James Hill | NZL | 9:12.5 |
| 7 | Klaus von Fersen | GER | 9:23.2 |
| 7 | Stefano Martinoli | ITA | 9:35.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jim Fifer; Duvall Hecht | USA | 7:55.4 |
| 2 | Igor Buldakov; Viktor Ivanov | URS | 8:03.9 |
| 3 | Josef Kloimstein; Alfred Sageder | AUT | 8:11.8 |
| 4 | Peter Raper; Maurice Grace | AUS | 8:22.2 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 5 | Frank Sauermilch; Claus Heß | GER | 8:52.3 |
| 5 | Reginald Douglas; Bob Parker | NZL | 8:44.7 |
| 7 | Finn Pedersen; Kjeld Østrøm | DEN | 8:55.1 |
| 7 | Alvaro Bianchi; Maurizio Clerici | ITA | 9:11.1 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Aleksandr Berkutov; Yury Tyukalov | URS | 7:24.0 |
| 2 | Pat Costello; Jim Gardiner | USA | 7:32.2 |
| 3 | Murray Riley; Merv Wood | AUS | 7:37.4 |
| 4 | Thomas Schneider; Kurt Hipper | GER | 7:41.7 |
| Repechages | |||
| 5 | Sidney Rand; Bill Rand | GBR | 8:19.4 |
| 5 | Miguel Seijas; Pablo Carvalho | URU | 8:27.5 |
| 7 | Fernand Steenacker; Henri Steenacker | BEL | 9:01.9 |
| 7 | Albert Krajmer; František Reich | TCH | 8:38.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Dan Ayrault; Conn Findlay; Kurt Seiffert (Coxswain) | USA | 8:26.1 |
| 2 | Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck; Horst Arndt; Rainer Borkowsky (Coxswain) | GER | 8:29.2 |
| 3 | Igor Yemchuk; Georgy Zhilin; Vladimir Petrov (Coxswain) | URS | 8:31.0 |
| 4 | Zbigniew Schwarzer; Henryk Jagodziński; Berthold Mainka (Coxswain) | POL | 8:31.5 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 5 | Robert Duncan; Bruce Dickson; John Cockbill (Coxswain) | AUS | 9:37.7 |
| 5 | Liévin Ven; Antoon Ven; Jos Van Thillo (Coxswain) | BEL | 9:29.3 |
| 7 | Josef Kloimstein; Alfred Sageder; Franz König (Coxswain) | AUT | 9:29.7 |
| 7 | Juan Carmona; Jorge Contreras; Eusebio Ojeda (Coxswain) | CHI | 11:03.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Archie MacKinnon; Lorne Loomer; Walter D'Hondt; Donald Arnold | CAN | 7:08.8 |
| 2 | John Welchli; John McKinlay; Art McKinlay; Jim McIntosh | USA | 7:18.4 |
| 3 | Guy Guillabert; Gaston Mercier; Yves Delacour; René Guissart | FRA | 7:20.9 |
| 4 | Abbondio Marcelli; Giovanni Zucchi; Attilio Cantoni; Giuseppe Moioli | ITA | 7:22.5 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 5 | Leonid Zakharov; Aleksandr Sheff; Nikolay Karasyov; Igor Ivanov | URS | 8:18.3 |
| 5 | Wilhelm Montag; Horst Stobbe; Gunther Kaschlun; Manfred Fitze | GER | 8:19.8 |
| 7 | John Harrison; Peter Evatt; Geoff Williamson; David Anderson | AUS | 8:22.4 |
| 7 | Kazimierz Błasiński; Szczepan Grajczyk; Zbigniew Paradowski; Marian Nietupski | POL | 8:32.0 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Winkler; Romano Sgheiz; Angelo Vanzin; Franco Trincavelli; Ivo Stefanoni (Coxswain) | ITA | 7:19.4 |
| 2 | Olle Larsson; Gösta Eriksson; Ivar Aronsson; Evert Gunnarsson; Bertil Göransson (Coxswain) | SWE | 7:22.4 |
| 3 | Kauko Hänninen; Reino Poutanen; Veli Lehtelä; Toimi Pitkänen; Matti Niemi (Coxswain) | FIN | 7:30.9 |
| 4 | Gordon Cowey; Kevin McMahon; Reg Libbis; Mick Allen; John Jenkinson (Coxswain) | AUS | 7:31.1 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 5 | Elo Tostenæs; Mogens Sørensen; Børge Hansen; Tage Grøndahl; John Vilhelmsen (Coxswain) | DEN | 8:08.4 |
| 5 | Andrey Arkhipov; Yury Popov; Valentin Zanin; Yaroslav Cherstvy; Anatoly Fetisov (Coxswain) | URS | 8:14.0 |
| 7 | Peter Lucas; Ray Laurent; Donald Gemmell; Allan Tong; Colin Johnstone (Coxswain) | NZL | 8:30.7 |
| 7 | James Wynne; Douglas Turner; James McMullen; Ronald Cardwell; Edward Masterson (Coxswain) | USA | 8:24.3 |