František Čapek

For the Czech Olympic shooter, see František Čapek (sport shooter).

František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

František Čapek

Medal record
Men's Canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1948 London	C-1 10000 m
World Championships
	1954 Mâcon	C-1 10000 m

Born in Branice, he also won a silver medal at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon in the C-1 10000 m event.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "František Čapek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.