Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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 summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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	Denmark (DEN) Bent Peder Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jan Brzák-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	Thorvald Strömberg  Finland	Louis Gantois  France
K-1 10000 metres	Thorvald Strömberg  Finland	Gert Fredriksson  Sweden	Michael Scheuer  Germany
K-2 1000 metres	Finland (FIN) Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden (SWE) Lars Glasser Ingemar Hedberg	Austria (AUT) Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres	Finland (FIN) Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden (SWE) Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström	Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Varga József Gurovits

Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Sylvi Saimo  Finland	Gertrude Liebhart  Austria	Nina Savina  Soviet Union

Medal table

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

References

• 1952 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 624–37.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-19.