Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 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 C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Josef Holeček
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver  János Parti
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze  Olavi Ojanperä
Finland (FIN)

Heats

The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
1.  Jean Molle (FRA) 4:56.1 QF
2.  János Parti (HUN) 4:58.5 QF
3.  Frank Havens (USA) 5:09.3 QF
4.  Ingemar Andersson (SWE) 5:11.9 QF
5.  George Bossy (CAN) 5:25.8
Heat 2
1.  Josef Holeček (TCH) 5:06.0 QF
2.  Olavi Ojanperä (FIN) 5:09.8 QF
3.  Ralf Berckhan (GER) 5:17.3 QF
4.  Vladimir Kotyrev (URS) 5:21.2 QF
5.  Gerald Marchand (GBR) 5:28.8

Final

 Josef Holeček (TCH) 4:56.3
 János Parti (HUN) 5:03.6
 Olavi Ojanperä (FIN) 5:08.5
4.  Frank Havens (USA) 5:13.7
5.  Ingemar Andersson (SWE) 5:15.0
6.  Ralf Berckhan (GER) 5:22.8
7.  Jean Molle (FRA) 5:24.1
8.  Vladimir Kotyrev (URS) 5:24.5

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