Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Josef Holeček  Czechoslovakia	Douglas Bennett  Canada	Robert Boutigny  France
C-1 10000 metres	František Čapek  Czechoslovakia	Frank Havens  United States	Norman Lane  Canada
C-2 1000 metres	Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna  Czechoslovakia	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski  United States	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil  France
C-2 10000 metres	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski  United States	Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka  Czechoslovakia	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil  France
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson  Sweden	Johan Andersen  Denmark	Henri Eberhardt  France
K-1 10000 metres	Gert Fredriksson  Sweden	Kurt Wires  Finland	Eivind Skabo  Norway
K-2 1000 metres	Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström  Sweden	Ejvind Hansen and Jakob Jensen  Denmark	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf  Finland
K-2 10000 metres	Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström  Sweden	Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby  Norway	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf  Finland

Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Karen Hoff  Denmark	Alida van der Anker-Doedens  Netherlands	Fritzi Schwingl  Austria

Medal table

1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	0	4
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	0	4
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
6	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	0	4	4
10	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 307–16.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.