1948 Summer Olympics / Canoe

At the XIV Summer Olympics in London in 1948 , a total of nine canoeing competitions were held, eight for men and one for women.

Men

Single kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Gert Fredriksson	4: 33.2 min
2	THE	Johan Frederik Andersen	4: 39.9 min
3	FRA	Henri Eberhardt	4: 41.4 min

Single kayak 10,000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Gert Fredriksson	50: 47.7 min
2	FIN	Kurt Wires	51: 18.2 min
3	NOR	Eivind Skabo	51: 35.4 min

Two-person kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Hans Berglund Lennart Klingström	4: 07.3 min
2	THE	Ejvind Hansen Jakob Jensen	4: 07.5 min
3	FIN	Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf	4: 08.7 min

Two-person kayak 10,000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström	46: 09.4 min
2	NOR	Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby	46: 44.8 min
3	FIN	Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf	46: 48.2 min

Single canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	TCH	Josef Holeček	5: 42.0 min
2	CAN	Douglas Bennett	5: 53.3 min
3	FRA	Robert Boutigny	5: 55.9 min

Single canoe 10,000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	TCH	František Čapek	1:02:05 h
2	United States	Frank Havens	1:02:40 h
3	CAN	Norman Lane	1:04:35 h

Two-person canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	TCH	Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	5: 07.1 min
2	United States	Steve Lysak Steve Macknowski	5: 08.2 min
3	FRA	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	5: 15.2 min

Two-man canoe 10,000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Steve Lysak Steve Macknowski	55: 55.4 min
2	TCH	Václav Havel Jiří Pecka	57: 38.5 min
3	FRA	Georges Dransart Georges Gandil	58: 00.6 min

Women

Single kayak 500 m

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	THE	Karen Hoff	2: 31.9 min
2	NED	Alida van der Anker	2: 32.8 min
3	AUT	Fritzi Schwingl	2: 32.9 min