Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 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 K-1 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold Gert Fredriksson
Sweden (SWE)
Silver Kurt Wires
Finland (FIN)
Bronze Elvind Skabo
Norway (NOR)

Final

The final took place on August 11.

 Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 50:47.7
 Kurt Wires (FIN) 51:18.2
 Elvind Skabo (NOR) 51:35.4
4. Knud Ditlevsen (DEN) 51:54.2
5. Henri Eberhardt (FRA) 52:09.0
6. Jochem Bobeldijk (NED) 52:13.2
7. Czesław Sobieraj (POL) 52:51.0
8. Alfred Corbiaux (BEL) 53:23.5
9. Jan Matocha (TCH) 53:51.0
10. Herbert Klepp (AUT) 55:11.7
11. Emil Bottlang (SUI) 55:33.7
12. Ernest Riedel (USA) 56:34.5
13. Marcel Lentz (LUX) 59:58.2

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