| Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-1 10000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 10000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 10000 m | men | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 10000 m | men | |
These are the results of the men's K-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics . The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) |  Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) |  Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN) |
The final took place August 11.
| | Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) | 46:09.4 |
| | Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) | 46:44.8 |
| | Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklof (FIN) | 46:48.2 |
| 4. |  Alfred Christensen and Finn Rasmussen (DEN) | 47:17.5 |
| 5. |  Gyula Andrási and János Urányi (HUN) | 47:33.1 |
| 6. |  Cornelius Koch and Henrdrik Stroo (NED) | 47:35.6 |
| 7. |  Ludvík Klíma and Karel Lomecký (TCH) | 48:14.9 |
| 8. |  Hilaire Deprez and Jozef Massy (BEL) | 48:23.1 |
| 9. |  Walter Piemann and Alfred Umgeher (AUT) | 48:24.5 |
| 10. |  Alfons Jezewski and Marian Matłotka (POL) | 48:25.6 |
| 11. |  Fritz Frey and Werner Zimmermann (SUI) | 48:33.2 |
| 12. |  René Flèche and Maurice Graffen (FRA) | 50:10.1 |
| 13. |  Raymond Clark and John Eiseman (USA) | 50:26.6 |
| 14. |  Gerald Covey and Henry Harper (CAN) | 53:04.2 |
| 15. |  René Fonck and Jean Nickels (LUX) | 53:46.0 |
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