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.

Canoeing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
No. of events	9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Josef Holeček (TCH)	Douglas Bennett (CAN)	Robert Boutigny (FRA)
C-1 10000 metres	František Čapek (TCH)	Frank Havens (USA)	Norman Lane (CAN)
C-2 1000 metres	Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH)	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA)	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA)
C-2 10000 metres	Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA)	Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka (TCH)	Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA)
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Johan Andersen (DEN)	Henri Eberhardt (FRA)
K-1 10000 metres	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Kurt Wires (FIN)	Eivind Skabo (NOR)
K-2 1000 metres	Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE)	Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN)	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)
K-2 10000 metres	Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE)	Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR)	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)

Women's event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Karen Hoff (DEN)	Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)	Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 307–16.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 December 2006.