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 |