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

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

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Jean Molle 4:56.1 QF2 János Parti 4:58.5 QF3 Frank Havens 5:09.3 QF4Ingemar Andersson 5:11.9 QF5 George Bossy 5:25.8

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Josef Holeček 5:06.0 QF2Olavi Ojanperä 5:09.8 QF3Ralf Berckhan 5:17.3 QF4Vladimir Kotyrev 5:21.2 QF5Gerald Marchand 5:28.8

Final RankCanoerCountryTimeNotesJosef Holeček 4:56.3 János Parti 5:03.6Olavi Ojanperä 5:08.5 4Frank Havens 5:13.7 5Ingemar Andersson 5:15.0 6Ralf Berckhan 5:22.8 7Jean Molle 5:24.1 8Vladimir Kotyrev 5:24.5

References

1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 633. Sports-reference.com 1952 C-1 1000 m results