Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 10000 metres

Canoeing at the
1952 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 K-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold  Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen
Finland (FIN)
Silver  Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström
Sweden (SWE)
Bronze  Ferenc Varga and József Gurovits
Hungary (HUN)

Final

The final took place July 27.

 Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) 44:21.3
 Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) 44:21.7
 Ferenc Varga and József Gurovits (HUN) 44:26.6
4.  Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) 44:29.1
5.  Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) 45:04.7
6.  Karl-Heinz Schäfer and Meinrad Miltenberger (GER) 45:15.2
7.  Rudolf Klabouch and Bedřich Dvořák (TCH) 45:39.6
8.  Ingvard Nørregaard and Svend Frømming (DEN) 45:59.6
9.  Cees Koch and Jan Klingers (NED) 46:09.6
10.  Igor Feoktisov and Nikolay Teterkin (URS) 47:00.9
11.  William Bridgen and James Nickel (CAN) 47:53.2
12.  Heinrich Hess and Kurt Zimmer (SAA) 48:05.6
13.  Josy Koelsch and Georges Kunz (FRA) 48:23.2
14.  John Anderson and Paul Bochenwich (USA) 48:30.7
15.  Graham Palmer and Raymond Parker (GBR) 48:32.6
16.  Werner Müller and Werner Bieri (SUI) 49:21.2
17.  Raffaele Bastoni and Dante Agostini (ITA) 49:21.8
18.  Eugène Hanck and Roland Licker (LUX) 50:08.4

References