Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 10000 metres

Canoeing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 1000 m men
C-1 10000 m men
C-2 1000 m men
C-2 10000 m men
K-1 500 m women
K-1 1000 m men
K-1 10000 m men
K-2 1000 m men
K-2 10000 m men

These are the results of the Men's C-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Heats and final took place on August 11.

Medalists

Gold  Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski
United States (USA)
Silver  Václáv Havel and Jiří Pecka
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bronze  Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil
France (FRA)

Final

With only six teams competing, a final was held.

 Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA) 55:55.4
 Václáv Havel and Jiří Pecka (TCH) 57:38.5
 Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA) 58:00.8
4.  Karl Molnar and Viktor Salmhofer (AUT) 58:59.3
5.  Bert Oldershaw and William Stevenson (CAN) 59:48.4
6.  Gunnar Johansson and Werner Wettersten (SWE) 1:03:34.4

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