Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's event 2 Medal table 3 Reference

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Josef Holecek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Douglas Bennett Canada (CAN)	Robert Boutigny France (FRA)
C-1 10000 metres	Frantisek Capek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Frank Havens United States (USA)	Norman Lane Canada (CAN)
C-2 1000 metres	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jan Brzak-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	United States (USA) Steven Lysak Stephen Macknowski	France (FRA) Georges Dransart Georges Gandil
C-2 10000 metres	United States (USA) Steven Lysak Stephen Macknowski	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Vaclav Havel Jiri Pecka	France (FRA) Georges Dransart Georges Gandil
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE)	Johan Andersen Denmark (DEN)	Henri Eberhart France (FRA)
K-1 10000 metres	Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE)	Kurt Oskar Wires Finland (FIN)	Eivind Skabo Norway (NOR)
K-2 1000 metres	Sweden (SWE) Hans Berglund Lennart Klingström	Denmark (DEN) Ejvind Hansen Jakob Jensen	Finland (FIN) Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf
K-2 10000 metres	Sweden (SWE) Gunnar Akerlund Hans Wetterström	Norway (NOR) Ivar Mathisen Knut Ostbye	Finland (FIN) Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf

[edit] Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Karen Hoff Denmark (DEN)	Alida van der Anker-Doedens Netherlands (NED)	Friederike Schwingl Austria (AUT)

[edit] Medal table

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
	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
6	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	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

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on December 5, 2006.

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics (London)
Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Canoeing at the Summer Olympics
1924 (demonstration) • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (women)