Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josef Holeček (TCH)	János Parti (HUN)	Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)

Heats

The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1.	Jean Molle (FRA)	4:56.1	QF
2	János Parti (HUN)	4:58.5	QF
3	Frank Havens (USA)	5:09.3	QF
4	Ingemar Andersson (SWE)	5:11.9	QF
5	George Bossy (CAN)	5:25.8

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Josef Holeček (TCH)	5:06.0	QF
2	Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)	5:09.8	QF
3	Ralf Berckhan (GER)	5:17.3	QF
4	Vladimir Kotyrev (URS)	5:21.2	QF
5	Gerald Marchand (GBR)	5:28.8

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Josef Holeček (TCH)	4:56.3
	János Parti (HUN)	5:03.6
	Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)	5:08.5
4	Frank Havens (USA)	5:13.7
5	Ingemar Andersson (SWE)	5:15.0
6	Ralf Berckhan (GER)	5:22.8
7	Jean Molle (FRA)	5:24.1
8	Vladimir Kotyrev (URS)	5:24.5