Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in flatwater canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's event 2 Medal table 3 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Josef Holecek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	János Parti Hungary (HUN)	Arvo Ojanpera Finland (FIN)
C-1 10000 metres	Frank Havens United States (USA)	Gábor Novák Hungary (HUN)	Alfred Jindra Czechoslovakia (TCH)
C-2 1000 metres	Denmark (DEN) Bent Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jan Brzak-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	Germany (GER) Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
C-2 10000 metres	France (FRA) Georges Turlier Jean Laudet	Canada (CAN) Kenneth Lane Donald Hawgood	Germany (GER) Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE)	Thorvald Strömberg Finland (FIN)	Louis Gantois France (FRA)
K-1 10000 metres	Thorvald Strömberg Finland (FIN)	Gert Fredriksson Sweden (SWE)	Michael Scheuer Germany (GER)
K-2 1000 metres	Finland (FIN) Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden (SWE) Lars Glasser Ingemar Hedberg	Austria (AUT) Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres	Finland (FIN) Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden (SWE) Gunnar Akerlund Hans Wetterström	Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Varga József Gurovits

[edit] Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Sylvi Saimo Finland (FIN)	Gertrude Liebhart Austria (AUT)	Nina Savina Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.

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