Melbourne 1956 - Rowing - Men: Coxed Four - Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Alberto Winkler; Romano Sgheiz; Angelo Vanzin; Franco Trincavelli; Ivo Stefanoni (Coxswain)	ITA	7:54.4
2	Gordon Cowey; Kevin McMahon; Reg Libbis; Mick Allen; John Jenkinson (Coxswain)	AUS	7:59.8
3	Elo Tostenæs; Mogens Sørensen; Børge Hansen; Tage Grøndahl; John Vilhelmsen (Coxswain)	DEN	8:08.4
4	Peter Lucas; Ray Laurent; Donald Gemmell; Allan Tong; Colin Johnstone (Coxswain)	NZL	8:30.7

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
1	Olle Larsson; Gösta Eriksson; Ivar Aronsson; Evert Gunnarsson; Bertil Göransson (Coxswain)	SWE	8:01.8
2	Kauko Hänninen; Reino Poutanen; Veli Lehtelä; Toimi Pitkänen; Matti Niemi (Coxswain)	FIN	8:08.1
3	Andrey Arkhipov; Yury Popov; Valentin Zanin; Yaroslav Cherstvy; Anatoly Fetisov (Coxswain)	URS	8:14.0
4	James Wynne; Douglas Turner; James McMullen; Ronald Cardwell; Edward Masterson (Coxswain)	USA	8:24.3