1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. Events that debuted at these championships were C-1 10000 m and K-4 10000 m.

This was the third championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Josef Holeček (TCH)		Robert Boutigny (FRA)		Bengt Backlund (SWE)
C-1 10000 m	Robert Boutigny (FRA)		Josef Holeček (TCH)		Bengt Backlund (SWE)
C-2 1000 m	Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Czechoslovakia Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka
C-2 10000 m	Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Oldřich Lomecký

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Johann Kobberup (DEN)		Lennart Klingström (SWE)		Andreas Lind (DEN)
K-1 1000 m	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)		Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)		Lars Petterson (SWE)
K-1 10000 m	Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)		Gert Fredriksson (SWE)		Arne Jansson (SWE)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Sweden Lars Glasser Ingermar Hedberg Lennart Klingström Gert Fredriksson		Denmark Poul Agger Andreas Lind Ejvind Hansen Johan Kobberup		Austria Herbert Klepp Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann Günther Rührnschopf
K-2 500 m	Sweden Lars Glasser Ingermar Hedberg		Sweden Herny Pettersson Berndt Häppling		Austria Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 1000 m	Sweden Lars Glasser Ingermar Hedberg		Norway Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby		Netherlands Piet Bakker Harri Kooistra
K-2 10000 m	Sweden Gunnar Akerhund Hans Wetterström		Denmark Svend Frømming Ingvar Nørregaard		Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson
K-4 1000 m	Sweden Einar Pihl Hans Eirksson Lars Pettersson Harry Johansson		Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Ebbe Frick Sven-Olaf Sjödelius Hans Wetterström		Austria Herbert Klepp Walter Frühwirth Hans Ortner Paul Felinger
K-4 10000 m	Sweden Karl Andersson Stig Andersson Gösta Gustavsson Berndt Häppling		Sweden Karl-Erik Björk Per-Olav Olsson Klas Norgren Arne Jannson		Austria Walter Piemann Alfred Schmidtberger Otto Lochner Alfred Kramer

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Sylvi Saimo (FIN)		Karen Hoff (DEN)		Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)
K-2 500 m	Finland Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm		Austria Trude Leibhart Fritzi Schwingl		Sweden Ingrid Wallgren Lisa Lundberg

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	7	5	6	18
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	6
3	Austria	0	1	5	6
4	Denmark	1	3	1	5
5	Finland	3	1	0	4
6	France	1	3	0	4
7	Norway	0	1	0	1
8	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Total		15	15	15	45

References

• 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