Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.

Contents

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres  Josef Holeček
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
 János Parti
Hungary (HUN)
 Olavi Ojanperä
Finland (FIN)
C-1 10000 metres  Frank Havens
United States (USA)
 Gábor Novák
Hungary (HUN)
 Alfréd Jindra
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
C-2 1000 metres  Denmark (DEN)
Bent Peder Rasch
Finn Haunstoft
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Jan Brzák-Felix
Bohumil Kudrna
 Germany (GER)
Egon Drews
Wilfried Soltau
C-2 10000 metres  France (FRA)
Georges Turlier
Jean Laudet
 Canada (CAN)
Kenneth Lane
Donald Hawgood
 Germany (GER)
Egon Drews
Wilfried Soltau
K-1 1000 metres  Gert Fredriksson
Sweden (SWE)
 Thorvald Strömberg
Finland (FIN)
 Louis Gantois
France (FRA)
K-1 10000 metres  Thorvald Strömberg
Finland (FIN)
 Gert Fredriksson
Sweden (SWE)
 Michael Scheuer
Germany (GER)
K-2 1000 metres  Finland (FIN)
Kurt Wires
Yrjö Hietanen
 Sweden (SWE)
Lars Glasser
Ingemar Hedberg
 Austria (AUT)
Max Raub
Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres  Finland (FIN)
Kurt Wires
Yrjö Hietanen
 Sweden (SWE)
Gunnar Åkerlund
Hans Wetterström
 Hungary (HUN)
Ferenc Varga
József Gurovits

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres  Sylvi Saimo
Finland (FIN)
 Gertrude Liebhart
Austria (AUT)
 Nina Savina
Soviet Union (URS)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 4 1 1 6
2  Sweden (SWE) 1 3 0 4
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 1 3
4  France (FRA) 1 0 1 2
5  Denmark (DEN) 1 0 0 1
 United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
7  Hungary (HUN) 0 2 1 3
8  Austria (AUT) 0 1 1 2
9  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
10  Germany (GER) 0 0 3 3
11  Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 1 1

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