Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Canoeing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 9 |
Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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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.
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Medal summary
[edit]Men's events
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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) |
Women's event
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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K-1 500 metres |
Sylvi Saimo Finland |
Gertrude Liebhart Austria |
Nina Savina Soviet Union |
References
[edit]- 1952 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 624–37.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-19.