Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Canoeing; at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
No. of events	9
	← 1936 1952 →

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.

Quick facts Canoeing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, No. of events ...

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	0	4
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	0	4
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
3	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
6	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
6	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	0	4	4
10	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres details	Josef Holeček (TCH)	Douglas Bennett (CAN)	Robert Boutigny (FRA)
C-1 10000 metres details	František Čapek (TCH)	Frank Havens (USA)	Norman Lane (CAN)
C-2 1000 metres details	Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH)	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA)	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA)
C-2 10000 metres details	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA)	Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka (TCH)	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA)
K-1 1000 metres details	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Johan Andersen (DEN)	Henri Eberhardt (FRA)
K-1 10000 metres details	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Kurt Wires (FIN)	Eivind Skabo (NOR)
K-2 1000 metres details	Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE)	Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN)	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)
K-2 10000 metres details	Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE)	Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR)	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)

Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Medal table

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's event

Participating nations

References

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