Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

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These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics . The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on July 28.

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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 Finland.svg  Kurt Wires
and Yrjö Hietanen  (FIN)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Glassér
and Ingemar Hedberg  (SWE)
Flag of Austria.svg  Maximilian Raub
and Herbert Wiedermann  (AUT)

Heats

The 19 teams first raced in three heats. The top three teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg  (SWE)3:51.7QF
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen  (FIN)3:53.0QF
3.Flag of Denmark.svg  Egon Dyg and Andreas Lind  (DEN)3:53.3QF
4.Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Anatoly Troshenkov and Igor Kuznetsov  (URS)3:54.0
5.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jan Matocha and Otto Kroutil  (TCH)3:56.3
6.Flag of Italy.svg  Eligio Valentino and Pio Vennettilli  (ITA)4:03.8
7.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Frank Prout and Roland Prout  (GBR)4:07.6
Heat 2
1.Flag of Austria.svg  Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann  (AUT)3:55.2QF
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Gustav Schmidt and Helmut Noller  (GER)3:55.7QF
3.Flag of Norway.svg  Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby  (NOR)3:58.2QF
4.Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Heinrich Hess and Kurt Zimmer  (SAA)4:01.4
5.Flag of Switzerland.svg  Anton Kuster and Hans Straub  (SUI)4:14.9
6.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Johnny Lucas and Léon Roth  (LUX)4:21.6
Heat 3
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cees Koch and Jan Klingers  (NED)3:54.3QF
2.Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  István Granek and János Kulcsár  (HUN)3:54.5QF
3.Flag of France.svg  Maurice Graffen and Marcel Renaud  (FRA)3:54.8QF
4.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Frans Van den Berghen and Albert Van de Vliet  (BEL)3:59.2
5.US flag 48 stars.svg  Thomas Horton and John Eiseman  (USA)4:02.9
6.Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Robert Cordner and George Ward  (CAN)4:27.5

Final

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen  (FIN)3:51.1
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg  (SWE)3:51.1
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Austria.svg  Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann  (AUT)3:51.4
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Gustav Schmidt and Helmut Noller  (GER)3:51.8
5.Flag of Norway.svg  Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby  (NOR)3:54.7
6.Flag of France.svg  Maurice Graffen and Marcel Renaud  (FRA)3:55.1
7.Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  István Granek and János Kulcsár  (HUN)3:55.1
8.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cees Koch and Jan Klingers  (NED)3:55.8
9.Flag of Denmark.svg  Egon Dyg and Andreas Lind  (DEN)3:59.3

The Finnish duo won the gold medal after studying a photo finish of the event.

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