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.

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
Sylvi Saimo
 Finland
Gertrude Liebhart
 Austria
Nina Savina
 Soviet Union

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

References

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