Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
No. of events	9
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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.

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
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Medal summary

Men's events

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)

Women's event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres details	Karen Hoff  (DEN)	Alida van der Anker-Doedens  (NED)	Fritzi Schwingl  (AUT)

Participating nations

•   Austria  (7)
•   Belgium  (9)
•   Canada  (7)
•   Czechoslovakia  (13)
•   Denmark  (7)
•   Finland  (5)
•   France  (10)
•   Great Britain  (8)
•   Hungary  (5)
•   Luxembourg  (3)
•   Netherlands  (7)
•   Norway  (4)
•   Poland  (3)
•   Sweden  (9)
•   Switzerland  (6)
•   United States  (9)

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 307–16.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 5 December 2006.

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