1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938.^[1] This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of three Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and seven kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak.

This was the first championships in canoe sprint and the only one held prior to World War II which would break out the following year. It is also the only time the K-1 10000 m folding and K-2 10000 m folding events would take place in the world championships.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Otto Neumüller (GER)	6:45.8[2]	Hans Wiedemann (GER)	6:51.4[2]	Bohumil Sládek (TCH)	7:11.7[2]
C-2 1000 m	Germany Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl	5:47.3[2]	Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Jan Brzák-Felix	5:52.3[2]	Czechoslovakia Václav Mottl Zdeněk Škrland	5:54.4[2]
C-2 10000 m	Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Jan Brzák-Felix	52:38.7[2]	Germany Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl	53:06.5[2]	Germany Christian Holzenberg Heinz Jürgens	54:12.4[2]

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 1000 m	Karl Widmark (SWE)	5:03.2[2]	Helmut Cämmerer (GER)	5:05.9[2]	Gregor Hradetzky (GER)	5:06.4[2]
K-1 10000 m	Karl Widmark (SWE)	46:42.8[2]	Czesław Sobieraj (POL)	47:35.6[2]	Egon Nilsson (SWE)	48:10.7[2]
K-1 10000 m folding	Arne Bogren (SWE)	51.48.8[2]	Kamill Balatoni (HUN)	51:49.7[2]	Günter Nowatzki (GER)	51:59.3[2]
K-2 1000 m	Germany Helmut Triebe Hans Eberle	4:46.6[2]	Sweden Kurt Boo Hans Berglund	4:45.5[2]	Denmark Poul Larsen Vagn Jørgensen	4:46.7[2]
K-2 10000 m	Sweden Gunnar Johansson Berndt Berndtsson	43:29.9[2]	Germany Helmut Triebe Hans Eberle	44:06.6[2]	Germany Adolf Kainz Karl Maurer	44:21.1[2]
K-2 10000 m folding	Sweden Carl-Gustav Hellstrandt Erik Helsvik	47:11.5[2]	Sweden Sven Johansson Erik Bladström	47:37.7[2]	Germany Kurt Kreh Johann Fuchs	48:10.7[2]
K-4 1000 m	Germany Ernst Kube Heini Brüggemann Ernst Strathmann Heine Strathmann	4:08.2[2]	Germany Hans Rein Josef Reidel Albert Schorn Karl Aulenbach	4:08.8[2]	Sweden Roland Karlsson Göte Carlsson Gunnar Johansson Berndt Berndtsson	4:10.5[2]

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 600 m	Maggie Kalka (FIN)	3:26.0[2]	Maj-Britt Bergqvist (SWE)	3:30.3[2]	Bodil Thirstedt (DEN)	3:32.2[2]
K-2 600 m	Czechoslovakia Marta Pavlisová Marie Zvolánková	3:05.2[2]	Germany Josefa Köster Elisabeth Kropp	3:05.5[2]	Denmark Ruth Lange Bodil Thirstedt	3:06.9

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	4	6	5	15
2	Sweden	5	3	2	10
3	Czechoslovakia	2	1	2	5
4	Denmark	0	0	3	3
5	Finland	1	0	0	1
6	Hungary	0	1	0	1
7	Poland	0	1	0	1
Total		12	12	12	36

References

• International Canoe Federation
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Editions	1938 1948 1950 1954 1958 1963 1966 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2017
Medalists	Men's Canadian Women's Canadian Men's kayak Women's kayak Paracanoe