| Canoeing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| No. of events | 9 |
| Canoeing at the 1952 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 | |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland (FIN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-1 1000 metres | Josef Holeček  Czechoslovakia | János Parti  Hungary | Olavi Ojanperä  Finland |
| C-1 10000 metres | Frank Havens  United States | Gábor Novák Hungary | Alfréd Jindra Czechoslovakia |
| C-2 1000 metres | Bent Peder Rasch and Finn Haunstoft (DEN) | Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH) | Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (GER) |
| C-2 10000 metres | Georges Turlier and Jean Laudet (FRA) | Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood (CAN) | Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (GER) |
| K-1 1000 metres | Gert Fredriksson  Sweden | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Louis Gantois  France |
| K-1 10000 metres | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Michael Scheuer  Germany |
| K-2 1000 metres | Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) | Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg (SWE) | Maximilian Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
| K-2 10000 metres | Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) | Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) | Ferenc Varga and József Gurovits (HUN) |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 metres | Sylvi Saimo Finland | Gertrude Liebhart  Austria | Nina Savina  Soviet Union |
Austria (7)
Belgium (4) Canada (11) Czechoslovakia (13) Denmark (9) Finland (10) France (13) Germany (10)
Great Britain (7) Hungary (12)
Italy (6)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (5)
Norway (4)
Romania (1)
Saar (3) Soviet Union (13) Sweden (10)
Switzerland (7) United States (9)
Yugoslavia (1)| |  | ||
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