Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

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These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics . The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on August 12.

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Sweden.svg  Gert Fredriksson  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg  Johan Andersen  (DEN)Flag of France.svg  Henri Eberhardt  (FRA)

Heats

The 15 competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in both heats moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Sweden.svg  Gert Fredriksson  (SWE)4:51.9QF
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Harry Åkerfelt  (FIN)4:52.0QF
3.Flag of Austria.svg  Walter Piemann  (AUT)4:52.2QF
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Lubomir Vambera  (TCH)4:52.8QF
5.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Bogaert  (BEL)5:00.1
6.Flag of Switzerland.svg  Hans Straub  (SUI)5:05.5
7.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Marcel Lentz  (LUX)5:10.8
Heat 2
1.Flag of Denmark.svg  Johan Frederik Kobberup  (DEN)4:40.9QF
2.Flag of Norway.svg  Hans Martin Gulbrandsen  (NOR)4:45.4QF
3.Flag of France.svg  Henri Eberhardt  (FRA)4:45.5QF
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim van der Kroft  (NED)4:46.2QF
5.Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Czesław Soberiaj  (POL)4:46.5
6.US flag 48 stars.svg  Thomas Horton  (USA)4:58.0
7.Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  János Toldi  (HUN)4:59.8
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Norman Dobson  (GBR)5:00.1

Final

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Gert Fredriksson  (SWE)4:33.2
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Johan Frederik Kobberup  (DEN)4:39.9
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of France.svg  Henri Eberhardt  (FRA)4:41.4
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Hans Martin Gulbrandsen  (NOR)4:41.7
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim van der Kroft  (NED)4:43.5
6.Flag of Finland.svg  Harry Åkerfelt  (FIN)4:44.2
7.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Lubomir Vambera  (TCH)4:44.3
8.Flag of Austria.svg  Walter Piemann  (AUT)4:50.3

In the heats, Fredriksson was fourth with 50 meters left and sprinted to the win. Fredriksson's margin of victory is the largest in any Olympic kayak final that was not 10,000 meters in length.

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